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Foreword
Almost 10 years ago, October of 2001 to be exact, Apple introduced the world to a revolutionary
product called the iPod, which changed music and the music industry as we know it, pretty
much forever. Funny how the iPod is now essentially just a small feature no better than an
app on my iPhone, a product which also changed things a bit. Fortunately this ridiculously
rapid change of things in our lives doesn’t apply to everything. Though we’re on the brink of
a double-dip recession (though you could argue we never escaped the first one) and the global
economy has everyone on edge, as a design culture we have not regressed but continued to press
ahead… in a way. We’ve done so by adapting and making decisions more consciously, always
looking for simple, effective ways to delight. It’s about tapping into what people already love but
making them love it more, better or again. A new spin on the old. A new twist on the known.
A burger with jalapenos and an iPhone with a turntable app. And though the old adage might
have said “familiarity breeds contempt,” I’d say we’re seeing that familiarity actually breeds
contentedness.

I bet if Darwin was alive today he would set up a time-lapse camera on the world, then
cryogenically freeze himself so that he can be thawed out 100,000 years from now, just to see
what happened and to figure out how, where and why things changed as they did. Well, while
he didn’t get the chance to do that, as designers we get to do that almost daily in the trends we
observe, and it’s amazing to watch the evolution occur from month to month or year to year.
Everything is evolving, from forms to fundamentals. This evolution is reminiscent of a tree.
The taller, broader and heavier the tree gets with leaves and branches, the deeper the roots take
hold into the ground to support it. The more things get crazy, the more we crave the familiar.
The more bizzaro Ferran Adria makes food, the more burger places and taco trucks open. And
funny enough, you can see the same happening with the things around us, as we’ve found in
this year’s Wanderlust ICFF edition.




                                                                        Demetrius Romanos
                                                                    Executive Creative Director




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WANDERLUST
    NOVEMBER 2011 VOL. 3 NO. 2

    Design Trends: Furniture
    Presented by Kaleidoscope, a Product Development Strategy Firm
    Cincinnati, Ohio
    New York, New York
    Detroit, Michigan
    Indianapolis, Indiana
    Kunshan, China
    Miami, Florida
    Stony Brook, New York
    Orlando, Florida
    CEO: Matthew Kornau
    President: William Taylor
    COO: Giuseppe Delena
    Director of Innovation and NPD: Christopher Hammond
    Director of Visualization: Robert Cheezum
    Director of Asia Operations: Mu-kai Shen

    Executive Editor: Demetrius Romanos
    Editors: Michael Roller and Miles Begin
    Art Director: Jerad Raines
    Contributing Staff: Nick Rudemiller, Chelsea McLemore, Eric Zhu, Scott Tirey, Amy Kim, Ben
                      ˘
    Miller, Nico Li, Vera Soper, Michelle Zimmerman, Brian Bjelovuk, Brandon Eder, Meredith Patrick,
    Nick Matarese, Herald Ureña, Brendan Oberkircher

    About Kaleidoscope Inc.
    Founded in 1989, Kaleidoscope is a socially responsible strategic product development and
    design firm dedicated to leveraging expertise in product development, brand engagement and
    entrepreneurial innovation. The company helps its partners become global leaders by providing
    a spectrum of design services from product inception through to manufacturing. Kaleidoscope is
    located in Cincinnati, New York City, Long Island, Detroit, Miami, Indianapolis, and China.

    For information regarding Kaleidoscope and our services please see
    www.kascope.com or +1.800.930.5793

    © 2011 by Kaleidoscope Animations Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.




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Our Approach

Observation                              Expression                              Communication
Each study begins by deeply              After     de ve l op i n g a    clear   When clients enlist our team for
exploring the patterns of the most       understanding of what patterns          insights and education on trends, we
forward thinking categories,             are occurring and what motivates        collaborate with them to understand
followed by a filtered examination       the people participating in them,       their business and brand needs. We
of what these patterns mean to           we create a landscape of focused        select the most relevant trends and
consumers through the contextual         narratives to share these stories and   develop tangible concepts to inspire
lens of macro trends.                    inspire teams.                          innovation.




                            Contextual                                      Brand
                            Lens                                            Lens




_Ethnography                             _Information Mapping                    _Opportunity Mapping
_Contextual Inquiry                      _Persona Development                    _Co-creation
_Immersion Session                       _Scenario Building                      _Prototyping
                                                                                                                        Tangibility is our first priority. Our
                                                                                                                        trend work must be be applicable
                                                                                                                        and specific in order to be relevant.

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Contextual Lenses
    How do we know if the electric car we saw in January and the chaise lounge we saw in May
    form a trend? Additionally, how would we apply this idea to a cellphone, a package, or a medical
    device? We overlay macro-level thinking to understand the motivations behind each product trend.
    This approach pairs visual patterns with the values, needs, and desires of today’s consumers. By
    identifying both the need and its visual manifestation, we can apply trends across any category.

    The following are Kaleidoscope’s four key lenses for 2011...




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More for less is more.                                      Dude, where’s my                                      Indulge wisely.                                            Can I substitute
                                                              laser cutter?                                                                                                     a salad?




Value-Able                                                  Ubiquitous Tech                                       Recession Rebound                                           Green Majority
Over the last two decades, businesses have dragged          Technology used to be an awkward acquaintance         There’s no doubt that the economic climate has              As the importance of sustainability continues
the word “value” through the mud, eroding its               who wanted to help us solve problems we already       permanently changed consumers and their habits.             to grow, it approaches the mass market with an
meaning until all that was left was “low cost.”             had under control. More often than not, technology    Strained but not defeated, many consumers                   important challenge: make it care. Sustainability
But value is taking back the quality, meaning,              hovered around us, trying to be helpful but also      attempt to rebound from the recession through               is past the early adopter phase, and brands must
and flexibility that go along with its thriftiness.         screwing a lot of things up. All this has changed     the careful selection of indulgences. Regardless of         appeal to a skeptical majority by giving them
Through a range of environmental factors, value             through the integration of devices and platforms.     income level, people seek out luxury in one form            no choice but to buy into sustainable ideas. No
means more than it ever has to consumers. They’re           Consumer electronics have finally hit a point where   or another, and it’s important for brands to clearly        consumer chooses a product purely because of its
becoming more thoughtful in their choices,                  their ubiquity is helpful and desirable. Furniture    communicate why they’re the right choice to this            sustainable promise—there is always a primary
demanding products and services that perform                technologies evolve in parallel, initially born as    cautious audience. Consumers will probably never            benefit.
multiple tasks, last a long time, and give them             novelties but becoming sources of true innovation     return to their prerecession habits, but they yearn
delightful experiences, all at a reasonable cost. It        now that users are experienced with the tools.        for products and services that will catapult them           Furniture has a well-established relationship with
is a daunting task, but we’ve seen categories like                                                                out of their current funk and into a new phase of           sustainability, and this year’s manufacturers didn’t
fashion and furniture take this on and succeed in           We see affordable, rapid manufacturing techniques     consumerism that will feel responsible and still            seem to feel a need to make obvious claims about
big ways.                                                   reinventing the concept of craft. While some          luxurious.                                                  responsible sourcing or processes. Reclaimed,
                                                            designers reinvent their work exclusively with                                                                    niche pieces take a different angle, wearing the
A return to modern era styling aims to transcend            laser cutters and 3D printers, others incorporate     Much of the work at ICFF favored classic modernism          sustainable heart on their sleeves.
other trends and create pieces that fit in any              traditional techniques to form an interesting         over overt displays of luxury, but with any trend
room, in any style. Many designers emphasize                paradox that is both new and old. Regardless of       there’s always an opposing force. Some consumers
functionality or construction to bring a value-             the approach, respect and appreciation of craft is    have been unaffected by the recession, and we see
based twist that makes people take notice. The DIY          elevated through technology.                          designers responding with the appropriate level of
movement is in step with Value-Able too, raising                                                                  opulence.
the quality of assembly and attention to detail to
make a stronger imprint on the category.




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Mod Mix
                                                                                                           Not (quite) your dad’s Eames chair.




                                                                                                           Futureganic
                                                                                                           Mr. Mobius would be proud.




                                                                                                           Strange Craft
                                                                                                           Welcome to the Industrial Devolution.


Six Key Trends
We look to the work of designers globally for inspiration and understanding. Assessed through the
contextual lens of four macro trends, six patterns emerge from our observations at the 2011 ICFF.
More than just a collection of what’s hot in furniture, each of these trends has been analyzed and
interpreted at the consumer level to identify key emotional and functional needs. This step ensures
that we’re not just looking at “cool stuff” and that these trends will make sense across many
                                                                                                           Curated Curiosities
                                                                                                           The cure for the common craft.
categories as they design for the same needs.

Each trend has fundamental differences. Some are in line with macro trends while others are in
clear opposition. Sometimes trends manifest themselves in bold ways and other times executions
are more subtle. To visualize these differences, we map the contextual lenses according to how they
are expressed by their creator:


                                                                                                           Nouveau Riche
                                                                                                           This is where all that moustache stuff fits.
C. Lenses                                fig. 1                                Trend Visuals
                                 Bold


—Value-Able
—Ubiquitous Technology
—Recession Rebound


                                                                                                           Future Perfect
—Green Majority

                                Subtle
                                                                                                           Man and machine living in harmony.
                                         Ignore        Embrace



                                                  12                                                  13
14   15
Mod
TREND 1




Mix
Inspired by classic Mod designs, this trend sports geometric shapes and
clean lines. While designs of the 40s and 50s were simple and designed to be
manufactured, “next century” modern shakes things up with the addition
of bold colors, refined surfaces and a microscopic attention to detail.

Bold




                                  Trend Visuals
                                    Value-Able                  You get the most bang for your buck with these time-
                                                                tested yet slightly updated designs. This isn't economic
                                    Ubiquitous Technology       boom furniture; it focuses on a sophisticated consumer
                                    Recession Rebound           that spends wisely.

Subtle                              Green Majority
         Ignore    Embrace




                                                 17 | Mod Mix
Sweet Transitions
Bolt some steel tubing onto bent ply and you have Mid-Century furniture. With the advent of 3D
modeling software, once impossible surface transitions get the justice they deserve.

                                            18 | Mod Mix                                         19 | Mod Mix
20 | Mod Mix   21 | Mod Mix
Contemporary Details
These simple geometric pieces could be right out of the 50s. However, a closer inspection reveals
patterning, texture, and material finish unlike anything seen in that era.




                                                                                                    Credit for the item featured in the “hero image” could go here.




                                            22 | Mod Mix                                                                                           23 | Mod Mix
24 | Mod Mix   25 | Mod Mix
A Bold Finish
Bold colors, vibrant finishes, and playful joinery introduce a whimsy to traditional methods. These
focal points demand your attention and are much different from the neutral palettes employed in
the designs of the likes of Eames and Saarinen.




                                             26 | Mod Mix                                             27 | Mod Mix
28 | Mod Mix   29 | Mod Mix
In the 1950s bent ply was new technology.
                                                                                                                                                                       Since then, almost every conceivable
                                                                                                                                                                       form has taken its turn in the bending jig.


Editorial Tone:


PONTIFICATION



Editorial Tone:

    PARALLEL
    WORLDS



    INSPIRED OR TIRED?
Editorial Tone:



  I SPY
                                                                                                                                                                                     Top: KEM Weber Airline Chair, 1935
                                                                                                                                                                                     Bottom: Airline Chair, 2009



          For better or worse, Mid-Century Modern is one of the most popular furniture movements. After the show
          this year, we asked ourselves which Mod remixes felt inspired and which felt tired. The successful, inspired
          pieces captured the essence of the Mid-Mod period and celebrated it by offering us something new with a
          subtle twist. The tired examples, however, simply didn’t bring anything new to the table (pardon the pun).
Editorial Tone:                                                                                                          Furniture in the Danish sense. One of these


 RANT     Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.                                                               was actually designed in 1949 by Hans
                                                                                                                         Wegner, can you tell which one?


         Whoa, is that G3 curvature? A fine example
         of a sophisticated update to a classic form

Editorial Tone:



HACK
Editorial Tone:
                                                           A subtle Eames influenced chair focuses in on all the right
                                                           details, simplifying even an Eiffel Chair
SIMILITUDE




Inspired                                                                                                                                                                                                             Tired
Future-
     TREND 2




     ganic
     The study and development of materials is an essential step to the future.
     This allows us to continue to push the limits on products by adopting new
     forms. By combining new methods we can break the mold and push the
     boundaries on design. Commonly these forms have a sense of motion, speed,
     accuracy, and delicacy.

     Bold




                                      Trend Visuals
                                        Value-Able                 If you are interested in new, expensive materials and
                                                                   processes, this is the place to be. Ignoring practicality,
                                        Ubiquitous Technology      these unique designs are like Lamborghinis: they're
                                        Recession Rebound          show-stoppers, but they're really only good at going fast.

     Subtle                             Green Majority
              Ignore    Embrace




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Suspended Forms
Striving for unique forms often creates a balancing act. Using the right materials and processes are
crucial to these shapes. These pieces first catch the eye, then furrow the brow, and finally impart
a sense of curiousity regarding the production methodology that could bring such a thing to life.




                                            34 | Futureganic                                           35 | Futureganic
This chair creates an intial sense of doubt. It is not until we take the trust fall of actually sitting in
                   it do we believe it will function properly.




36 | Futureganic                                                    37 | Futureganic
“What you design is an accumulation of
                                                                                                      everything you have seen and done in your
                                                                                                      life previous to that point.” -Tinker Hatfield




Natural Nature
There is a push to resemble the natural forms that surround us every day. It’s a challenging task
to achieve these forms using our man made materials, but if executed properly it can create a great
piece. This is a subtle and elegant way of bringing nature into the home.




                                            38 | Futureganic                                                                   39 | Futureganic
40 | Futureganic   41 | Futureganic
Controlled Motion
Dynamic forms lead more than the eye across the piece. They get our legs involved as we circle
like a shark to take it in from every angle. The motion of the piece is strong, yet doesn’t rush us.
The craftsmanship instills a sense of control that allows us to admire the work that has been done.




                                            42 | Futureganic                                           43 | Futureganic
Editorial Tone:


                   PONTIFICATION
                                     Tron

                   Editorial Tone:

                       PARALLEL
                       WORLDS
                                                                                                                      Tron: Legacy

                   Editorial Tone:
                                     Terminator
                     I SPY
                   Editorial Tone:



                    RANT                                                                                                     Avatar

                                     Back to the Future

                   Editorial Tone:



                   HACK
                                                                                                                    Concept Flake

                   Editorial Tone:   Wall-e
                   SIMILITUDE



                                                                                                                             Wall-e

                                     The Future of Future
                                     Our vision of the future changes over time. We used to see a strong push in machines with
                                     emphasis on the technology. Now we look at the future as organic with the emphasis not only
                                     on the technology but the form as well. This is shown in many films and concepts. As time
                                     keeps going, what will be our vision for the next future?




44 | Futureganic                                                               45 | Futureganic
Strange
TREND 3




Craft
Materials like steel and iron evoke the industrial age, where they were
utilized purely for their function. Used in new ways, designers show how
these materials can be repurposed for a more playful, unexpected feeling.

Bold




                                Trend Visuals
                                  Value-Able                        Turning its back on technology and sustainability,
                                                                    Strange Craft quietly offers themes of nostalgia.
                                  Ubiquitous Technology             Unexpected shapes lend an uplifting feel.
                                  Recession Rebound
Subtle                            Green Majority
         Ignore   Embrace




                                               47 | Strange Craft
Lighten Up
There is an unorthodox direction in the treatment of lighting. Typically shaded, exposed lightbulbs
framed in metal fixtures create a heavy presence in any room.




                                           48 | Strange Craft                                         49 | Strange Craft
50 | Strange Craft   51 | Strange Craft
Lack of Muscle
Metals like iron and steel are generally associated with strength and mass. However, throughout
the show many pieces were using these materials minimally, creating a spindly skeleton that
seemed to be just enough structure to hold the elements of the design together.




                                          52 | Strange Craft                                      53 | Strange Craft
The delicate legs on the table above seem barely strong enough to hold up the formidable top, creating
an interesting tension between elements.




                                             54 | Strange Craft                                          55 | Strange Craft
Unexpected Twist
We expect most traditional industrial products (like a light bulb) to be fairly straight forward. At
this year’s show, we saw designers bringing a sense of whimsy to these products by playing with
the basic structural elements of the object.




                                             56 | Strange Craft                                        57 | Strange Craft
58 | Strange Craft   59 | Strange Craft
Editorial Tone:

    PARALLEL
    WORLDS


Editorial Tone:



  I SPY
Editorial Tone:



 RANT
   Designer Vision
   Designers tend to see things a little differently than the rest of the world, often finding humor in
Editorial Tone:



HACK
   something that might not seem funny at first glance. As a team, we had some fun sketching what we saw
   in our minds when we looked at certain pieces from the show.




Editorial Tone:


SIMILITUDE




        “How much muscle does this table really need                       “Dont slip!”                    “Remember these two?!”                        “What’s up Doc?”
                to hold a sheet of glass?”




                                                 60 | Strange Craft                                                                 61 | Strange Craft
TREND 4




 “Reclaim” has been a material trend for a few years now. You immediately
 get a vision of a table made from scraps of a ransacked warehouse. While
 that aesthetic is still present, it has now matured, kicking and screaming,
 into its own established style. Despite its conservative roots as a reaction
 against excess, this trend refuses to be somber. Pieces are thrown together
 like so many flea market finds, each having thier own story. The joy is in
 the vulnerability and the warmth is difficult to deny.

Bold




                                  Trend Visuals
                                    Value-Able                  This all about making, crafting and curating our
                                                                surroundings. While it doesn’t reject sustainability, the
                                    Ubiquitous Technology       aesthetic has evolved past a practical reuse for reuse sake
                                    Recession Rebound           and developed approachable warmth. There is a price for
                                                                this more mature approach, but it’s not about splurging,
Subtle                              Green Majority              it’s about the challenge of creating something new and
                                                                interesting from familiar components.
         Ignore     Embrace




                                             63 | Curated Curiosities
Raw Deal
Battle-scars are badges of honor, particularly in the case of natural materials. Surfaces are left
untreated and appreciated for what they are and what they have been through.




                                         64 | Curated Curiosities                                    65 | Curated Curiosities
While the materials are left in their natural state, it is the choice and juxtaposition of those materials
that provides refinement and intentionality, even when the details are unexpected.

                                            66 | Curated Curiosities                                         67 | Curated Curiosities
“A work can become modern only if
                                                                                                      it is first postmodern.” -Jean Francois Lyotard




Assemblage
Whether structured or tossed together, the amount of the elements themselves become the statement.

                                        68 | Curated Curiosities                                                               69 | Curated Curiosities
The repetition of materials serves not just as structure but as texture.




Just the right amount of design separates a piece of
furniture from furniture of pieces.

                                            70 | Curated Curiosities                                                71 | Curated Curiosities
Variety Show
This trend isn’t just about up-cycling raw materials. As designers continue to explore the theme,
the choice of elements to combine gets more and more surprising and often playful.




                                         72 | Curated Curiosities                                   73 | Curated Curiosities
Editorial Tone:



                                                                                   I SPY
                                                                                 Editorial Tone:



                                                                                  RANT
                                                                                 Editorial Tone:



                                                                                 HACK
                                                                                 Editorial Tone:


                                                                                 SIMILITUDE

Quirky but functional combinations and reinterpretations of existing products.




                                                                                                                                   “Marie Coquine”                         -Philippe Starck for Baccarat

                                                                                                   A plea for                                                 Maybe that’s why something that didn’t look



                                                                                                   BALANCE
                                                                                                                                                              like flotsam and jetsam felt like an escape after
                                                                                                                                                              10 hours of show floor pounding, chatting, and
                                                                                                                                                              photographing.

                                                                                                   The idea of using materials in unexpected ways is          ...Something that didn’t look like
                                                                                                   always present in design trends. In the past few
                                                                                                   years, it’s been overwhelmed by a waste-not-want-          flotsam and jetsam felt like an escape
                                                                                                   not aesthetic. It’s as if the sound of our collective
                                                                                                   credit cards being declined woke us from a create-         Finally, balance. Dignity with a wink. Modernity
                                                                                                   and-consume coma long enough to look around at             with warm referential nods. This piece evolves
                                                                                                   all this stuff we already had for the first time in        the re-use aesthetic while divorcing it from its
                                                                                                   years.                                                     initial anti-consumer motives. It works because a
                                                                                                                                                              consumer’s dollar deserves a great product, not
                                                                                                   Often, reactive trends tend to fall off before the         just an ideology.
                                                                                                   passionate but niche armies behind them get strong
                                                                                                   enough to go mass. Their value however, can be in
                                                                                                   paving the way for something more considered.

                                          74 | Curated Curiosities                                                                              75 | Curated Curiosities
Nouveau
TREND 5




Riche
The past few seasons have been about restraint. A display of wealth was a
distasteful tell of your indifference to a sober state of affairs. Luxury,
however, is a tough habit to break and we see it returning now with a
referential nod to excess past... long past.

Let them eat cake.

Bold




                                 Trend Visuals
                                   Value-Able                  Economy be damned, logic is tedious and careful choices
                                                               are just too restraining. It’s as if our deeply repressed
                                   Ubiquitous Technology       desires for opulence finally broke free of the shackles of
                                   Recession Rebound           common sense. Interesting that Portugal, in the midst of
                                                               their own widely publicized financial crisis, should lead
Subtle                             Green Majority              the way here.
         Ignore      Embrace




                                                77 | Nouveau Riche
Gilded Rage
Gloss black used as a neutral sets off an unapologetic and edgy use of warm metallics.




                                          78 | Nouveau Riche                             79 | Nouveau Riche
Highly detailed sufaces and forms frozen in gold are a brazen statement of luxury that reacts strongly
against Curated Curiousities’ battle-scarred materials.

                                            80 | Nouveau Riche                                           81 | Nouveau Riche
“Greed, for lack of a better word,
                                                                                                    is good” -Gordon Gekko




Detailed Details
Every surface is dripping with details that would make Versailles blush. It makes one wonder what
could possibly be left to be stored inside of these pieces.

                                         82 | Nouveau Riche                                                                 83 | Nouveau Riche
A resin-solidified thread serves as structure and ornamentation.




                                            84 | Nouveau Riche     85 | Nouveau Riche
“I love lamp.”   -Brick Tamland, Anchorman




Armour-ous
Beautiful pieces with features just sharp enough to tell you that they are strictly look-but-don’t-
touch. Every rose has its thorns.




                                           86 | Nouveau Riche                                                                   87 | Nouveau Riche
Editorial Tone:



                                                                                           RANT
                                                                                          Editorial Tone:



                                                                                          HACK


                                                                                                                               TEXTURAL
                                                                                          Editorial Tone:


                                                                                          SIMILITUDE


                                                                                                                                HEALING
                                                                                                                                    As product designers we can get fixated on form.
                                                                                                                                    CMF (color, material, and finish) including textures
                                                                                                                                    and patterns tend to be time consuming and often
                                                                                                                                    don’t find their way into the toolbox until much
                                                                                                                                    later in the process.
Traditional silhouettes and forms get fortified with aggressive textures and surfacing.
                                                                                                                                    ...textures and patterns tend to be time
                                                                                                                                    consuming and often don’t find their way into
                                                                                                                                    the toolbox until much later in the process
                                                                                                                                    Furniture design makes no apologies about
                                                                                                                                    bringing these elements to the forefront.
                                                                                                                                    Wanderlust has compiled the most inspiring
                                                                                                                                    textures and patterns from this year’s show for
                                                                                                                                    you to use while ideating. Happy swatching!




                                                                                                                               Materials                                            How to Use



                                                                                                                   scissors                                                                         texture
                                                                                                                                                                                                    like
                                                                                                                                                                                                    this!




                                                                                                            tape         swatches           sketches                                       fig. 2



                                             88 | Nouveau Riche
One to Cut            One to Keep




 90 | Nouveau Riche    91 | Nouveau Riche
Future
TREND 6




Perfect
Technology plays an important role in the products we use today. Precisely
machined patterns and detail hint at the complexity and sophistication it takes
to bring these products to life. These manufacturing techniques are constantly
reinventing the concept of craft. Traditional techniques, once painstakingly
created by hand centuries ago, are now reproduced in mere seconds by
computer controlled processes.

Bold




                                  Trend Visuals
                                   Value-Able                   Future Perfect is a reaction to the technology in our lives;
                                                                either strongly for or against it. It's about the two faces of
                                   Ubiquitous Technology        perfection; the kind we can program, and the kind that
                                   Recession Rebound            can't be duplicated.

Subtle                             Green Majority
         Ignore    Embrace




                                                93 | Future Perfect
Fascination with Facets
Faceting is a marvelous combination of engineering and art. These planar forms represent our ability
to turn raw materials into pure gems.




                                          94 | Future Perfect                                          95 | Future Perfect
Intersecting planes; it’s one of the simplest techniques we can use to create dimensional form, but
it holds our fascination timelessly.

                                              96 | Future Perfect                                     97 | Future Perfect
“What we call chaos is just patterns we haven’t
                                                                                                      recognized. What we call random is just patterns
                                                                                                      we can’t decipher...” -Chuck Palahniuk




Micro Patterning
Works are influenced by materials and processes but these preoccupations evolve. These patterns are
explorations in manufacturing systems.

                                          98 | Future Perfect                                                               99 | Future Perfect
100 | Future Perfect   101 | Future Perfect
Perfect Edges
At first glance you might not catch the intricate edge detail. Patterning like this is a powerful
intersection of “ubiquitous technology” and pure human touch.                                       Devil in the details.

                                         102 | Future Perfect                                                               103 | Future Perfect
Editorial Tone:



                                RANT
                               Editorial Tone:




                   B
                               HACK
                               Editorial Tone:


                               SIMILITUDE


A                  C




D                          E

                                                 HOW WAS IT MADE?
                                                 This year we noticed a lot of attention being paid to material details that were ambiguous in
                                                 origin. The woodcarver's chisel is starting to pull some cues from the computer driven mill,
                                                 and vice versa.


                                                 These are some of our favorite examples from the show. Can you identify which pieces are
                                                 made be hand, and which by machines?



F                  G
    104 | Future Perfect                                                                                 105 | Future Perfect
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Wanderlust Furniture 2011

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  • 2. Foreword Almost 10 years ago, October of 2001 to be exact, Apple introduced the world to a revolutionary product called the iPod, which changed music and the music industry as we know it, pretty much forever. Funny how the iPod is now essentially just a small feature no better than an app on my iPhone, a product which also changed things a bit. Fortunately this ridiculously rapid change of things in our lives doesn’t apply to everything. Though we’re on the brink of a double-dip recession (though you could argue we never escaped the first one) and the global economy has everyone on edge, as a design culture we have not regressed but continued to press ahead… in a way. We’ve done so by adapting and making decisions more consciously, always looking for simple, effective ways to delight. It’s about tapping into what people already love but making them love it more, better or again. A new spin on the old. A new twist on the known. A burger with jalapenos and an iPhone with a turntable app. And though the old adage might have said “familiarity breeds contempt,” I’d say we’re seeing that familiarity actually breeds contentedness. I bet if Darwin was alive today he would set up a time-lapse camera on the world, then cryogenically freeze himself so that he can be thawed out 100,000 years from now, just to see what happened and to figure out how, where and why things changed as they did. Well, while he didn’t get the chance to do that, as designers we get to do that almost daily in the trends we observe, and it’s amazing to watch the evolution occur from month to month or year to year. Everything is evolving, from forms to fundamentals. This evolution is reminiscent of a tree. The taller, broader and heavier the tree gets with leaves and branches, the deeper the roots take hold into the ground to support it. The more things get crazy, the more we crave the familiar. The more bizzaro Ferran Adria makes food, the more burger places and taco trucks open. And funny enough, you can see the same happening with the things around us, as we’ve found in this year’s Wanderlust ICFF edition. Demetrius Romanos Executive Creative Director 2 3
  • 3. WANDERLUST NOVEMBER 2011 VOL. 3 NO. 2 Design Trends: Furniture Presented by Kaleidoscope, a Product Development Strategy Firm Cincinnati, Ohio New York, New York Detroit, Michigan Indianapolis, Indiana Kunshan, China Miami, Florida Stony Brook, New York Orlando, Florida CEO: Matthew Kornau President: William Taylor COO: Giuseppe Delena Director of Innovation and NPD: Christopher Hammond Director of Visualization: Robert Cheezum Director of Asia Operations: Mu-kai Shen Executive Editor: Demetrius Romanos Editors: Michael Roller and Miles Begin Art Director: Jerad Raines Contributing Staff: Nick Rudemiller, Chelsea McLemore, Eric Zhu, Scott Tirey, Amy Kim, Ben ˘ Miller, Nico Li, Vera Soper, Michelle Zimmerman, Brian Bjelovuk, Brandon Eder, Meredith Patrick, Nick Matarese, Herald Ureña, Brendan Oberkircher About Kaleidoscope Inc. Founded in 1989, Kaleidoscope is a socially responsible strategic product development and design firm dedicated to leveraging expertise in product development, brand engagement and entrepreneurial innovation. The company helps its partners become global leaders by providing a spectrum of design services from product inception through to manufacturing. Kaleidoscope is located in Cincinnati, New York City, Long Island, Detroit, Miami, Indianapolis, and China. For information regarding Kaleidoscope and our services please see www.kascope.com or +1.800.930.5793 © 2011 by Kaleidoscope Animations Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. 4 5
  • 4. Our Approach Observation Expression Communication Each study begins by deeply After de ve l op i n g a clear When clients enlist our team for exploring the patterns of the most understanding of what patterns insights and education on trends, we forward thinking categories, are occurring and what motivates collaborate with them to understand followed by a filtered examination the people participating in them, their business and brand needs. We of what these patterns mean to we create a landscape of focused select the most relevant trends and consumers through the contextual narratives to share these stories and develop tangible concepts to inspire lens of macro trends. inspire teams. innovation. Contextual Brand Lens Lens _Ethnography _Information Mapping _Opportunity Mapping _Contextual Inquiry _Persona Development _Co-creation _Immersion Session _Scenario Building _Prototyping Tangibility is our first priority. Our trend work must be be applicable and specific in order to be relevant. 6 7
  • 5. Contextual Lenses How do we know if the electric car we saw in January and the chaise lounge we saw in May form a trend? Additionally, how would we apply this idea to a cellphone, a package, or a medical device? We overlay macro-level thinking to understand the motivations behind each product trend. This approach pairs visual patterns with the values, needs, and desires of today’s consumers. By identifying both the need and its visual manifestation, we can apply trends across any category. The following are Kaleidoscope’s four key lenses for 2011... 8 9
  • 6. More for less is more. Dude, where’s my Indulge wisely. Can I substitute laser cutter? a salad? Value-Able Ubiquitous Tech Recession Rebound Green Majority Over the last two decades, businesses have dragged Technology used to be an awkward acquaintance There’s no doubt that the economic climate has As the importance of sustainability continues the word “value” through the mud, eroding its who wanted to help us solve problems we already permanently changed consumers and their habits. to grow, it approaches the mass market with an meaning until all that was left was “low cost.” had under control. More often than not, technology Strained but not defeated, many consumers important challenge: make it care. Sustainability But value is taking back the quality, meaning, hovered around us, trying to be helpful but also attempt to rebound from the recession through is past the early adopter phase, and brands must and flexibility that go along with its thriftiness. screwing a lot of things up. All this has changed the careful selection of indulgences. Regardless of appeal to a skeptical majority by giving them Through a range of environmental factors, value through the integration of devices and platforms. income level, people seek out luxury in one form no choice but to buy into sustainable ideas. No means more than it ever has to consumers. They’re Consumer electronics have finally hit a point where or another, and it’s important for brands to clearly consumer chooses a product purely because of its becoming more thoughtful in their choices, their ubiquity is helpful and desirable. Furniture communicate why they’re the right choice to this sustainable promise—there is always a primary demanding products and services that perform technologies evolve in parallel, initially born as cautious audience. Consumers will probably never benefit. multiple tasks, last a long time, and give them novelties but becoming sources of true innovation return to their prerecession habits, but they yearn delightful experiences, all at a reasonable cost. It now that users are experienced with the tools. for products and services that will catapult them Furniture has a well-established relationship with is a daunting task, but we’ve seen categories like out of their current funk and into a new phase of sustainability, and this year’s manufacturers didn’t fashion and furniture take this on and succeed in We see affordable, rapid manufacturing techniques consumerism that will feel responsible and still seem to feel a need to make obvious claims about big ways. reinventing the concept of craft. While some luxurious. responsible sourcing or processes. Reclaimed, designers reinvent their work exclusively with niche pieces take a different angle, wearing the A return to modern era styling aims to transcend laser cutters and 3D printers, others incorporate Much of the work at ICFF favored classic modernism sustainable heart on their sleeves. other trends and create pieces that fit in any traditional techniques to form an interesting over overt displays of luxury, but with any trend room, in any style. Many designers emphasize paradox that is both new and old. Regardless of there’s always an opposing force. Some consumers functionality or construction to bring a value- the approach, respect and appreciation of craft is have been unaffected by the recession, and we see based twist that makes people take notice. The DIY elevated through technology. designers responding with the appropriate level of movement is in step with Value-Able too, raising opulence. the quality of assembly and attention to detail to make a stronger imprint on the category. 10 11
  • 7. Mod Mix Not (quite) your dad’s Eames chair. Futureganic Mr. Mobius would be proud. Strange Craft Welcome to the Industrial Devolution. Six Key Trends We look to the work of designers globally for inspiration and understanding. Assessed through the contextual lens of four macro trends, six patterns emerge from our observations at the 2011 ICFF. More than just a collection of what’s hot in furniture, each of these trends has been analyzed and interpreted at the consumer level to identify key emotional and functional needs. This step ensures that we’re not just looking at “cool stuff” and that these trends will make sense across many Curated Curiosities The cure for the common craft. categories as they design for the same needs. Each trend has fundamental differences. Some are in line with macro trends while others are in clear opposition. Sometimes trends manifest themselves in bold ways and other times executions are more subtle. To visualize these differences, we map the contextual lenses according to how they are expressed by their creator: Nouveau Riche This is where all that moustache stuff fits. C. Lenses fig. 1 Trend Visuals Bold —Value-Able —Ubiquitous Technology —Recession Rebound Future Perfect —Green Majority Subtle Man and machine living in harmony. Ignore Embrace 12 13
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  • 9. Mod TREND 1 Mix Inspired by classic Mod designs, this trend sports geometric shapes and clean lines. While designs of the 40s and 50s were simple and designed to be manufactured, “next century” modern shakes things up with the addition of bold colors, refined surfaces and a microscopic attention to detail. Bold Trend Visuals Value-Able You get the most bang for your buck with these time- tested yet slightly updated designs. This isn't economic Ubiquitous Technology boom furniture; it focuses on a sophisticated consumer Recession Rebound that spends wisely. Subtle Green Majority Ignore Embrace 17 | Mod Mix
  • 10. Sweet Transitions Bolt some steel tubing onto bent ply and you have Mid-Century furniture. With the advent of 3D modeling software, once impossible surface transitions get the justice they deserve. 18 | Mod Mix 19 | Mod Mix
  • 11. 20 | Mod Mix 21 | Mod Mix
  • 12. Contemporary Details These simple geometric pieces could be right out of the 50s. However, a closer inspection reveals patterning, texture, and material finish unlike anything seen in that era. Credit for the item featured in the “hero image” could go here. 22 | Mod Mix 23 | Mod Mix
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  • 14. A Bold Finish Bold colors, vibrant finishes, and playful joinery introduce a whimsy to traditional methods. These focal points demand your attention and are much different from the neutral palettes employed in the designs of the likes of Eames and Saarinen. 26 | Mod Mix 27 | Mod Mix
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  • 16. In the 1950s bent ply was new technology. Since then, almost every conceivable form has taken its turn in the bending jig. Editorial Tone: PONTIFICATION Editorial Tone: PARALLEL WORLDS INSPIRED OR TIRED? Editorial Tone: I SPY Top: KEM Weber Airline Chair, 1935 Bottom: Airline Chair, 2009 For better or worse, Mid-Century Modern is one of the most popular furniture movements. After the show this year, we asked ourselves which Mod remixes felt inspired and which felt tired. The successful, inspired pieces captured the essence of the Mid-Mod period and celebrated it by offering us something new with a subtle twist. The tired examples, however, simply didn’t bring anything new to the table (pardon the pun). Editorial Tone: Furniture in the Danish sense. One of these RANT Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. was actually designed in 1949 by Hans Wegner, can you tell which one? Whoa, is that G3 curvature? A fine example of a sophisticated update to a classic form Editorial Tone: HACK Editorial Tone: A subtle Eames influenced chair focuses in on all the right details, simplifying even an Eiffel Chair SIMILITUDE Inspired Tired
  • 17. Future- TREND 2 ganic The study and development of materials is an essential step to the future. This allows us to continue to push the limits on products by adopting new forms. By combining new methods we can break the mold and push the boundaries on design. Commonly these forms have a sense of motion, speed, accuracy, and delicacy. Bold Trend Visuals Value-Able If you are interested in new, expensive materials and processes, this is the place to be. Ignoring practicality, Ubiquitous Technology these unique designs are like Lamborghinis: they're Recession Rebound show-stoppers, but they're really only good at going fast. Subtle Green Majority Ignore Embrace 32 33 | Futureganic
  • 18. Suspended Forms Striving for unique forms often creates a balancing act. Using the right materials and processes are crucial to these shapes. These pieces first catch the eye, then furrow the brow, and finally impart a sense of curiousity regarding the production methodology that could bring such a thing to life. 34 | Futureganic 35 | Futureganic
  • 19. This chair creates an intial sense of doubt. It is not until we take the trust fall of actually sitting in it do we believe it will function properly. 36 | Futureganic 37 | Futureganic
  • 20. “What you design is an accumulation of everything you have seen and done in your life previous to that point.” -Tinker Hatfield Natural Nature There is a push to resemble the natural forms that surround us every day. It’s a challenging task to achieve these forms using our man made materials, but if executed properly it can create a great piece. This is a subtle and elegant way of bringing nature into the home. 38 | Futureganic 39 | Futureganic
  • 21. 40 | Futureganic 41 | Futureganic
  • 22. Controlled Motion Dynamic forms lead more than the eye across the piece. They get our legs involved as we circle like a shark to take it in from every angle. The motion of the piece is strong, yet doesn’t rush us. The craftsmanship instills a sense of control that allows us to admire the work that has been done. 42 | Futureganic 43 | Futureganic
  • 23. Editorial Tone: PONTIFICATION Tron Editorial Tone: PARALLEL WORLDS Tron: Legacy Editorial Tone: Terminator I SPY Editorial Tone: RANT Avatar Back to the Future Editorial Tone: HACK Concept Flake Editorial Tone: Wall-e SIMILITUDE Wall-e The Future of Future Our vision of the future changes over time. We used to see a strong push in machines with emphasis on the technology. Now we look at the future as organic with the emphasis not only on the technology but the form as well. This is shown in many films and concepts. As time keeps going, what will be our vision for the next future? 44 | Futureganic 45 | Futureganic
  • 24. Strange TREND 3 Craft Materials like steel and iron evoke the industrial age, where they were utilized purely for their function. Used in new ways, designers show how these materials can be repurposed for a more playful, unexpected feeling. Bold Trend Visuals Value-Able Turning its back on technology and sustainability, Strange Craft quietly offers themes of nostalgia. Ubiquitous Technology Unexpected shapes lend an uplifting feel. Recession Rebound Subtle Green Majority Ignore Embrace 47 | Strange Craft
  • 25. Lighten Up There is an unorthodox direction in the treatment of lighting. Typically shaded, exposed lightbulbs framed in metal fixtures create a heavy presence in any room. 48 | Strange Craft 49 | Strange Craft
  • 26. 50 | Strange Craft 51 | Strange Craft
  • 27. Lack of Muscle Metals like iron and steel are generally associated with strength and mass. However, throughout the show many pieces were using these materials minimally, creating a spindly skeleton that seemed to be just enough structure to hold the elements of the design together. 52 | Strange Craft 53 | Strange Craft
  • 28. The delicate legs on the table above seem barely strong enough to hold up the formidable top, creating an interesting tension between elements. 54 | Strange Craft 55 | Strange Craft
  • 29. Unexpected Twist We expect most traditional industrial products (like a light bulb) to be fairly straight forward. At this year’s show, we saw designers bringing a sense of whimsy to these products by playing with the basic structural elements of the object. 56 | Strange Craft 57 | Strange Craft
  • 30. 58 | Strange Craft 59 | Strange Craft
  • 31. Editorial Tone: PARALLEL WORLDS Editorial Tone: I SPY Editorial Tone: RANT Designer Vision Designers tend to see things a little differently than the rest of the world, often finding humor in Editorial Tone: HACK something that might not seem funny at first glance. As a team, we had some fun sketching what we saw in our minds when we looked at certain pieces from the show. Editorial Tone: SIMILITUDE “How much muscle does this table really need “Dont slip!” “Remember these two?!” “What’s up Doc?” to hold a sheet of glass?” 60 | Strange Craft 61 | Strange Craft
  • 32. TREND 4 “Reclaim” has been a material trend for a few years now. You immediately get a vision of a table made from scraps of a ransacked warehouse. While that aesthetic is still present, it has now matured, kicking and screaming, into its own established style. Despite its conservative roots as a reaction against excess, this trend refuses to be somber. Pieces are thrown together like so many flea market finds, each having thier own story. The joy is in the vulnerability and the warmth is difficult to deny. Bold Trend Visuals Value-Able This all about making, crafting and curating our surroundings. While it doesn’t reject sustainability, the Ubiquitous Technology aesthetic has evolved past a practical reuse for reuse sake Recession Rebound and developed approachable warmth. There is a price for this more mature approach, but it’s not about splurging, Subtle Green Majority it’s about the challenge of creating something new and interesting from familiar components. Ignore Embrace 63 | Curated Curiosities
  • 33. Raw Deal Battle-scars are badges of honor, particularly in the case of natural materials. Surfaces are left untreated and appreciated for what they are and what they have been through. 64 | Curated Curiosities 65 | Curated Curiosities
  • 34. While the materials are left in their natural state, it is the choice and juxtaposition of those materials that provides refinement and intentionality, even when the details are unexpected. 66 | Curated Curiosities 67 | Curated Curiosities
  • 35. “A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern.” -Jean Francois Lyotard Assemblage Whether structured or tossed together, the amount of the elements themselves become the statement. 68 | Curated Curiosities 69 | Curated Curiosities
  • 36. The repetition of materials serves not just as structure but as texture. Just the right amount of design separates a piece of furniture from furniture of pieces. 70 | Curated Curiosities 71 | Curated Curiosities
  • 37. Variety Show This trend isn’t just about up-cycling raw materials. As designers continue to explore the theme, the choice of elements to combine gets more and more surprising and often playful. 72 | Curated Curiosities 73 | Curated Curiosities
  • 38. Editorial Tone: I SPY Editorial Tone: RANT Editorial Tone: HACK Editorial Tone: SIMILITUDE Quirky but functional combinations and reinterpretations of existing products. “Marie Coquine” -Philippe Starck for Baccarat A plea for Maybe that’s why something that didn’t look BALANCE like flotsam and jetsam felt like an escape after 10 hours of show floor pounding, chatting, and photographing. The idea of using materials in unexpected ways is ...Something that didn’t look like always present in design trends. In the past few years, it’s been overwhelmed by a waste-not-want- flotsam and jetsam felt like an escape not aesthetic. It’s as if the sound of our collective credit cards being declined woke us from a create- Finally, balance. Dignity with a wink. Modernity and-consume coma long enough to look around at with warm referential nods. This piece evolves all this stuff we already had for the first time in the re-use aesthetic while divorcing it from its years. initial anti-consumer motives. It works because a consumer’s dollar deserves a great product, not Often, reactive trends tend to fall off before the just an ideology. passionate but niche armies behind them get strong enough to go mass. Their value however, can be in paving the way for something more considered. 74 | Curated Curiosities 75 | Curated Curiosities
  • 39. Nouveau TREND 5 Riche The past few seasons have been about restraint. A display of wealth was a distasteful tell of your indifference to a sober state of affairs. Luxury, however, is a tough habit to break and we see it returning now with a referential nod to excess past... long past. Let them eat cake. Bold Trend Visuals Value-Able Economy be damned, logic is tedious and careful choices are just too restraining. It’s as if our deeply repressed Ubiquitous Technology desires for opulence finally broke free of the shackles of Recession Rebound common sense. Interesting that Portugal, in the midst of their own widely publicized financial crisis, should lead Subtle Green Majority the way here. Ignore Embrace 77 | Nouveau Riche
  • 40. Gilded Rage Gloss black used as a neutral sets off an unapologetic and edgy use of warm metallics. 78 | Nouveau Riche 79 | Nouveau Riche
  • 41. Highly detailed sufaces and forms frozen in gold are a brazen statement of luxury that reacts strongly against Curated Curiousities’ battle-scarred materials. 80 | Nouveau Riche 81 | Nouveau Riche
  • 42. “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good” -Gordon Gekko Detailed Details Every surface is dripping with details that would make Versailles blush. It makes one wonder what could possibly be left to be stored inside of these pieces. 82 | Nouveau Riche 83 | Nouveau Riche
  • 43. A resin-solidified thread serves as structure and ornamentation. 84 | Nouveau Riche 85 | Nouveau Riche
  • 44. “I love lamp.” -Brick Tamland, Anchorman Armour-ous Beautiful pieces with features just sharp enough to tell you that they are strictly look-but-don’t- touch. Every rose has its thorns. 86 | Nouveau Riche 87 | Nouveau Riche
  • 45. Editorial Tone: RANT Editorial Tone: HACK TEXTURAL Editorial Tone: SIMILITUDE HEALING As product designers we can get fixated on form. CMF (color, material, and finish) including textures and patterns tend to be time consuming and often don’t find their way into the toolbox until much later in the process. Traditional silhouettes and forms get fortified with aggressive textures and surfacing. ...textures and patterns tend to be time consuming and often don’t find their way into the toolbox until much later in the process Furniture design makes no apologies about bringing these elements to the forefront. Wanderlust has compiled the most inspiring textures and patterns from this year’s show for you to use while ideating. Happy swatching! Materials How to Use scissors texture like this! tape swatches sketches fig. 2 88 | Nouveau Riche
  • 46. One to Cut One to Keep 90 | Nouveau Riche 91 | Nouveau Riche
  • 47. Future TREND 6 Perfect Technology plays an important role in the products we use today. Precisely machined patterns and detail hint at the complexity and sophistication it takes to bring these products to life. These manufacturing techniques are constantly reinventing the concept of craft. Traditional techniques, once painstakingly created by hand centuries ago, are now reproduced in mere seconds by computer controlled processes. Bold Trend Visuals Value-Able Future Perfect is a reaction to the technology in our lives; either strongly for or against it. It's about the two faces of Ubiquitous Technology perfection; the kind we can program, and the kind that Recession Rebound can't be duplicated. Subtle Green Majority Ignore Embrace 93 | Future Perfect
  • 48. Fascination with Facets Faceting is a marvelous combination of engineering and art. These planar forms represent our ability to turn raw materials into pure gems. 94 | Future Perfect 95 | Future Perfect
  • 49. Intersecting planes; it’s one of the simplest techniques we can use to create dimensional form, but it holds our fascination timelessly. 96 | Future Perfect 97 | Future Perfect
  • 50. “What we call chaos is just patterns we haven’t recognized. What we call random is just patterns we can’t decipher...” -Chuck Palahniuk Micro Patterning Works are influenced by materials and processes but these preoccupations evolve. These patterns are explorations in manufacturing systems. 98 | Future Perfect 99 | Future Perfect
  • 51. 100 | Future Perfect 101 | Future Perfect
  • 52. Perfect Edges At first glance you might not catch the intricate edge detail. Patterning like this is a powerful intersection of “ubiquitous technology” and pure human touch. Devil in the details. 102 | Future Perfect 103 | Future Perfect
  • 53. Editorial Tone: RANT Editorial Tone: B HACK Editorial Tone: SIMILITUDE A C D E HOW WAS IT MADE? This year we noticed a lot of attention being paid to material details that were ambiguous in origin. The woodcarver's chisel is starting to pull some cues from the computer driven mill, and vice versa. These are some of our favorite examples from the show. Can you identify which pieces are made be hand, and which by machines? F G 104 | Future Perfect 105 | Future Perfect
  • 54. HOW TO FURNITURE Duration: 5MIN. – LIFETIME BECOME A DESIGNER Difficulty: M O D E R A T E LY C H A L L E N G I N G SUCCESSFUL Illustration: RAMSEY FORD $UCCE$$ PROTOTYPE You won a RELOCATE prestegious competition!!! EVALUATE Of Great, I didn’t... course! start You’re in, you have been made famous by Are you lucky? yes Do you have $10,000 to the democratic Antique How do you feel prototype your internet! Now go pay Roadshow about scroll work? design? homage to your is my Fav! ...but I have online followers and these student thank them. A major designer wants to Move to loans and I just make your chair! no North moved to Italy! Like the Carolina Do you have Compensation? The privilege Totally consistent of having Lignet Rosset carry thing on the Optional internet access? bottom of my your chair in their store. TV screen? Are you an industrial Are you an architect? designer? WA H O O, no YO U ’ R E What is your opinion on hygiene? Move to Brooklyn WAY T O yes FA M O U S ! You’re FA IL Lucky If I had been I CO M M I T ! would have Cleanliness designed is next to Would your Yes parents let you treehouses. A godliness what?! move back in with them? media Yes, and I blitz! Tell your Mom the like being I’m yes Repeat for world isn't ready for 3 - ? years Not your genius. employed half no “HMPH!” lucky Yeti Move to Scandinavian What is your ideal region of your THAT temperature? choice! E PI C FA I L icff booth be seen Do you have an accent? WIL L Pay another $$$$ to Say things like …like at Maybe you have The Power of get a booth to show DO! the beach other talents? Persuasiveness “hoist one’s own off your piece to petard” at right? Move to Kickstarter potential buyers, intellectual Italy multiply costs by design salons. Oooh... where are no number of years... slick website you from? Si Empathy for the FREE White background, sans yes movement You got serif, confusing flash Design for Download lucky interaction, lugubrious Hai una vespa? imagery. Like FA I LU R E Midwestern? Handicraft Not Return to Go Etsy lucky no and roll again.
  • 55. Behind the scene This is what it looks like. These are the faces, techniques, and spaces that come together to bring you this issue of Wanderlust.