/themes/ Recent content in Themes on FORMA Hugo en-us /themes/archive-activation/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /themes/archive-activation/ Furniture publishers (Cassina, Vitra, Knoll, Fritz Hansen) reissuing previously unproduced or under-produced works from their archives, often with foundation partners. /themes/brutalism-fashion/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /themes/brutalism-fashion/ Adoption of brutalist architectural language in fashion store interiors and presentation design — exposed concrete, raw structure, monumental scale. /themes/collaboration/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /themes/collaboration/ Distinct from celebrity-licensing. Both parties contribute to design decisions over extended duration. HADES x Swinton, Cecilie Bahnsen x Alpha, Sacai x Carhartt. /themes/collectible-design/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /themes/collectible-design/ Limited-edition design pieces priced above traditional luxury, sold to collectors and institutions. Typically editions of 12–100. /themes/craft/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /themes/craft/ Hand-making, traditional techniques, slow production. Contested territory between luxury houses (claiming craft as identity) and independent makers. /themes/hospitality/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /themes/hospitality/ Designer-run restaurants, hotels, cafés that function as permanent design environments. Examples: Tom Dixon Mua Mua, Marni x Cucchi. /themes/fashion-into-design/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /themes/fashion-into-design/ The systematic move of fashion houses into furniture, lighting, hospitality, and interiors. Distinct from earlier brand-extension licensing because the creative ambition is genuine, not just… /themes/intrecciato/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /themes/intrecciato/ Bottega Veneta's signature woven leather technique. Diagonal strips of hand-cut calfskin, 4mm wide. Originated 1966. /themes/japanese-architecture/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /themes/japanese-architecture/ Lineage from Mies through SANAA, Ishigami: pursuit of disappearing the building, structure as light field rather than mass. /themes/mid-century/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /themes/mid-century/ Design movement c. 1945–1970. The canon Cassina, Knoll, and Vitra largely commercialise. /themes/patronage/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /themes/patronage/ Brand provides resources for cultural work without requiring brand reference in the work. Prada Frames, Prada x Theaster Gates Chawan Cabinet. /themes/post-industrial/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /themes/post-industrial/ Use of former industrial spaces (warehouses, factories) and industrial materials in luxury contexts. Stone Island reference point. /themes/quiet-luxury/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /themes/quiet-luxury/ Aesthetic / commercial position favouring discretion, material intelligence, no obvious logos. Loro Piana, Phoebe Philo, Hermès. /themes/residence/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /themes/residence/ Brand-owned residential showroom that operates between gallery, retail, and home. Examples: Loro Piana Casa Brera, Bottega Veneta Casa. /themes/restraint/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /themes/restraint/ Aesthetic / strategic preference for understated presentation, minimal branding, small editions. Opposite of brand-activation maximalism.