Hasta La Ideas

Looks from the fall 2010 collections of L’Wren Scott (left) and Robert Geller (right), two of the newest members of the CFDA

The Council of Fashion Designers is freshening up. The trade association tasked snappy dresser Michael Bierut of Pentagram with updating his original CFDA logo and recently debuted a spatially tweaked version that spells out the organization’s full name below the distinctive acronym. Meanwhile, the CFDA has renewed its ranks with the induction of 26 new members, including 2009 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winner and runner-up Sophie Theallet and Monique Péan, CFDA Fashion Incubatees Waris Ahluwalia and Bibhu Mohapatra, Erickson Beamon’s Karen Erickson and Vicki Beamon, and luxe handbag artist Sang A Im-Propp. In addition to ready-to-wear designers such as L’Wren Scott and Pamella DeVos (of Pamella Roland), the list of new members includes those who design for mainstream brands including Ann Taylor (Lisa Axelson) and the BCBG empire (Lubov Azria). CFDA executive director Steven Kolb described the Class of 2010 as “a talented mix of creativity.” They’ll be feted at an October party at the Park Avenue apartment of Vera Wang, a member of the CFDA’s board of directors who can give the newbies tips on how to become a lifestyle brand. We’ve posted the full list of new members below.

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pDesign is a critical element of innovation. So why, asks the Irish Times today, is Ireland lagging behind? /p

blockquoteem”Good design is good business, and yet industry seems slow to grasp the opportunities it offers. Reports, such as last year’s Forfás report “Skills in Creativity Design and Innovation”, continue to make the point that “creativity and design are key drivers of innovation, which is in turn a key driver of productivity growth”. So why haven’t we got what the Scandinavians have got? Or have we? Is it the talent that is lacking in this country, or the uptake?”/em/blockquote

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pFor her design thesis at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago,a href=”http://leenleem.com/” Lynn Lim/a explores the complex emotional response of “being grossed out,” from weird giddiness to total revulsion. She explores several low-level phobias in her work: bugs, mold, body parts, and awkward social situations. Pictured below are a toilet loveseat, tripe bathmats, and moldy tiles. Behind her in the video above is centipede wallpaper./p

pEven better: everything is blank and super white, all the better to attract dirt and footprints, enhancing the effect. Not sure if that was intentional or not, but it works./p

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