*F means feature to follow in the coming weeks The week transcended all expectations.  With a day’s distance from my time at the fair, I see the trends as follows: Reality skewing shapes, new world order inventions for sustainability rocketing us into better mousetraps, intellectual pursuit, bold against black, color and self-assuredness. Here I recount [...]

I was asked the question.  I started to write an off the cuff list.  Here it is: * Crowdsourcing the solution to function and design questions. * The intelligent craftsperson is the visual world’s thought leader. * A challenge to the primacy of traditional currency – a resurgence and innovation in barter. * The most [...]

By December 1st, my boyfriend and I will have transplanted ourselves from Paris (me) and London (he) to a cozy 45 square meter flat in Barcelona.  I’ve had a tendency through the years to disclose my flights of fancy in ill-conceived rushes of enthusiasm only to later regret it. As we all know, sometimes visions [...]

LOOKING to better understand perceptions and impressions of Japan, the Japanese, Japonism, Japonica, all related Japan culture – in the west. There is frequent buzz about Japan’s influence on the youth market – manga – anime – gaming – technology – harajuku girls – those  vending machines – j-horror – j-pop – etc. Im looking [...]

Chauncey writes about the current state of luxury from the French perspective. This week’s feature story on BrandChannel.com

today’s new york times (here’s the permalink)

Here’s one of the better, more succinct trend articles of the end of the year discussing the impact of High Net Individuals, the growing middle class’ ever-shifting definitions of luxury, and a consumption cluster effect the writer calls “spheres” which combine experiences, physical goods, and other self-identity purchases and behaviors that go beyond individual hard [...]

It’s on the topic of the Design Moment and it’s published in this first issue of Terrace by the founders of the brilliant and inimitable Trace. Pick it up at your local (better) newsstand. By the way, that’s me with the hat in the lower center square.