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Join Disegno and Axor for a panel discussion examining individualisation in product design, with speakers including Corinna Gardner from the V&A, Tom Lloyd from Pearson Lloyd, and Attua Aparicio Torinos from Silo Studio.

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SWAROVSKI AND DESIGN MIAMI

ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF THE 2018 DESIGNERS OF THE FUTURE AWARD. 

The Swarovski Designers of the Future Award winners have been selected for their ability to implement pioneering concepts and to dream, experiment and innovate within their work. The 2018 Swarovski Designers of the Future Award winners are:

Frank Kolkman, an experimental Dutch designer specializing in robotic technologies.

Study O Portable, a research based Dutch-Japanese practice making objects about the designed environment.

Yosuke Ushigome of TAKRAM, a creative Japanese technologist specializing in emerging technologies

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Tom Dixon is to step away from the Milan design weekcircuit for the first time in 15 years, and will instead launch products during a 90-day world tour. In April, the British designer will embark on the tour that will see him travel the globe to visit press, designers and clients in their own countries – rather than at Milan design week. Speaking to Dezeen, Dixon said showing in Milan had become "expected" of his company. He envisages that moving forward, the brand will treat the annual event as a biennale, by showing there every other year. "Milan is clearly just as important and possibly even more as it remains the biggest in our sector, but it has mutated from a pure trade show into a more public design and marketing festival," he said. "As a result, it may make more sense for us to treat it as a biennale, and show more powerfully every other year."