Milan Design Week, visionary Rihanna and the effects of social media

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Newsletter week 38

Milan Design Week 

Last week we visited Milan Design Week and among the many highlights was the Odyssey installation by Andrés Reisinger at Nilufar Depot. His born-digital furniture was immersed by futuristic video landscapes creating a new magical narrative for physical and digital design.

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An Ode to Rihanna 

Rihanna’s big enterprise, her music, Fenty, her designs to who she sends down the runway, she is a visionary. Dazed Magazine published a series of pictures for their 30th anniversary by Rafael Pavarotti styled by Ib Kamara.

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Lifetime Achievement Award 

Streetwear icon Dapper Dan has been selected by the Council of Fashion Designers of America to receive the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the first black designer to receive the award. Read more here

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The Effects of Social Media 

Facebook has conducted in-depth studies on how Instagram impacts its millions of young users. The research found that Instagram has harmful effects among a significant portion of its millions of young users, particularly teenage girls.

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Hello, This is the Future Speaking? The power of imagination is needed for our future and for our planet. Expedition: future is a four-day event filled with workshops, walks, debates, food and music, on various locations in Amsterdam and online.

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