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Eclecticism

N.28 of February 11th, 2016

Cristina Morozzi

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The purist should give in: “good design” is not healthy, minimalism is reserved for a hard-core few and only sticks around if designed by stars and includes new colours and soft materials, like cork. Eclecticism, instead, is moving forward, giving thought and gestures freedom. Drastically diverse styles coexist, the avant-garde and vintage join hands, and romanticism dominates with florals printed on clothing and furniture. Ethnic echoes contaminate Western design and fashion. Creatives, seeking to amaze, rediscover expert execution and bizarre shapes. Artistic design has gone beyond gallery walls, breaking the traditional codes of good taste in order to stimulate new expressive license.

Cristina Morozzi

Editor-in-chief
editor@themoodboarders.com/old

The purist should give in: “good design” is not healthy, minimalism is reserved for a hard-core few and only sticks around if designed by stars and includes new colours and soft materials, like cork. Eclecticism, instead, is moving forward, giving thought and gestures freedom. Drastically diverse styles coexist, the avant-garde and vintage join hands, and romanticism dominates with florals printed on clothing and furniture. Ethnic echoes contaminate Western design and fashion. Creatives, seeking to amaze, rediscover expert execution and bizarre shapes. Artistic design has gone beyond gallery walls, breaking the traditional codes of good taste in order to stimulate new expressive license.

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The Moodboarders is a glance into the design world, which, in all of its facets, captures the extraordinary even within the routine. It is a measure of the times. It is an antenna sensitive enough to pick-up on budding trends, emerging talents and neglected aesthetics. Instead of essays, we use brief tales to tune into the rhythm of our world. We travelled for a year without stopping, and seeing as the memory of this journey has not faded, we have chosen to edit a printed copy. We eliminated anything episodic, ephemeral or fading, maintaining a variety of articles that flow, without losing the element of surprise, the events caught taking place, and the creations having just bloomed.