Topic: Li Edelkoort

Li Edelkoort: Famous Trendspotter

Whether it's our impending obsession with veils and turbans or our "global quest for decadence," Li Edelkoort knows what's coming. She is the oracle behind Trend Union, the go-to source for trend forecasting for the fashion, beauty, retail, automotive, consumer-electronics, and interior-design industries. And you might not believe what she sees on the horizon. READ»

• 2008 Masters of Design
• Future Trends: What’s Hot and What’s Not
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Celebrating Design "Creative people should always try to do things they can't do," Marcel Wanders told guests at Fast Company's Masters of Design party in New York. "That's when creativity is needed." But what can design do, asked ...READ»

Letter From the Editor of Fast Company: Shock Value

If I had thought ahead, I would have gotten a pedicure. A few weeks ago, I was at an executive retreat and found myself in a strategy session that took place in an open-air porch. All of us were sporting shorts (or skirts) and bare ...READ»

Dutch Design Arrives in New York

This Satuday, the Cite gallery will open up 400 Years Later: Cite Goes Dutch, a month-long design exhibition. Curated by Alissia Melka-Teichroew and Jan Habraken--both young Dutch designers living in New York--the exhibition focuses ...READ»

Spinning the Recession: Sheik Majed Al-Sabah

Americans may be in a state of gloom about the economy, but it's still a beautiful day in the neighborhood, if you live next door to Sheik Majed Al-Sabah.READ»

• Spinning the Recession: David Melancon, Ito Partnership
• Spinning the Recession: Michael Burke, CEO of Fendi

Milan 101: A Furniture Fair Primer

Each spring, the design world descends like a flock of starlings (glossy, dressed in black) on the northern Italian city of Milan for a week of revelry in honor of the Milan Furniture Fair (which those with Continental pretensions ...READ»