Textile Design

Thoughts, case studies, book reviews, debates and tips of interest for Textile Design, written by prominent authors and carefully edited by FOROALFA.

Main illustration of the article Some ideas are too big
Fernando Del Vecchio Some ideas are too big
We all have ideas. Some have great ideas. What is the difference between an idea and a big idea?
Main illustration of the article A passion for design
Fernando Del Vecchio A passion for design
Who doesn't want to feel passion for what he or she likes, and loves?
Main illustration of the article The Seventh Commandment
Erik Spiekermann The Seventh Commandment
The tribute, robbery and theft of authorship, have blurred boundaries in the design practice.
Main illustration of the article And where are the opportunities?
Fernando Del Vecchio And where are the opportunities?
Somebody has a problem and somebody has the answer to that problem, but... ¿How can we do to meet this couple?
Main illustration of the article Innovation on Design Is Not Inside Design
Fernando Del Vecchio Innovation on Design Is Not Inside Design
Nowadays, is common to listen in almost every conversation “innovation” term. Everything must be “innovative”. However, innovation is not the same for everyone.
Main illustration of the article We Must Learn to Play the Game
Fernando Del Vecchio We Must Learn to Play the Game
In the market there are good and bad designers, good and bad clients, all sort of competition and prices. All of them are some of the components of the game to play.
Main illustration of the article Planned Obsolescence
David Gallo Planned Obsolescence
Design should no longer respond to market interests anymore, but to the human needs that as a global community we have created as time goes by.
Main illustration of the article Invisible Design
Pau De Riba Invisible Design
After the “premium” stage where design acts as quality mark, good design should become a “commodity”, a component of the welfare society we take for granted.
Main illustration of the article About Effectiveness
Fernando Del Vecchio About Effectiveness
Being efficacious entails doing the right things; being efficient, doing them correctly. Being effective means being efficacious and efficient.
Main illustration of the article CLAP International Design Awards
Premios Clap CLAP International Design Awards
We launch the the first excellence awards for design, branding and communication professionals in Latin America.
Main illustration of the article Sign consumption
Martín Álvarez Comesaña Sign consumption
Culture adherence to the speech of globalization require reviewing purposes and values design assumed.
Main illustration of the article Craftsmanship and design
André Ricard Craftsmanship and design
Craftsmanship can not be limited to reproduce past tools and essentials. There is a minor market of handmade products that design should attend to.
Main illustration of the article The capacity of visualizing
André Ricard The capacity of visualizing
The essential of designing resides on the ability to imagine how things will work before they materialize.

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