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Technology is changing life so dramatically and at such a headspinning rate, it can be challenging to find the time to breathe – let alone figure out the implications for “the future.” Nonetheless, that’s the role of the well-trained designer according to the 80s design theorist Victor Papanek, who predicted that “given the way technology’s transformative effects were accelerating so quickly, simply making sense of all the change was what a designer’s job eventually would become.”
Which
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The new documentary Fresh Dressed celebrates the roots of hip-hop culture’s early street style, when money seemed to matter less than your ability to dress with creative panache. “Being fresh was more important than having money,” reminisces the always-dapper Kanye West. “When I grew up, I wanted money so I could be fresh.”
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Which, in the epicenter of 70s and 80s fresh, NYC, also had a borough-specific component.
Wearing Clarks, Cazal glasses without lenses
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“I know sometimes we shock people when they ask about a piece,” notes the Copenhagen-based design consultant and eponymous owner of Oliver Gustav Studio, a high-end mash-up of home-furnishings, art, antiques, interior-design consultancy, and boutique