{"id":58646,"date":"2014-10-28T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/projects\/emerging-designers-charting-new-territories-2014\/"},"modified":"2022-05-24T01:33:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T01:33:44","slug":"emerging-designers-charting-new-territories-2014","status":"publish","type":"metro_viewpoint","link":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/viewpoints\/emerging-designers-charting-new-territories-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Emerging Designers Charting New Territories in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sound, bio-design, computation, development policy, urbanism\u2014the range of fields that design\u2019s rising stars draw upon in their work is mind-bogglingly diverse. The ten new talents that we have gathered here\u2014each one handpicked by industry leaders, mentors, and critics\u2014dabble in areas that often have little\u00a0to do with their training.<\/span><\/p>\n Among this year\u2019s list are architects who make clothes, and a fashion designer who works much like a scientist. Art is married with landscapes; craft traditions are melded into the contemporary furniture industry; biologists hold key insights for sustainable cities. It is this kind of cross-pollination that will uncover entirely new frontiers for design.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n