trendwatching: fear culture, ghost design and conservative fashion
In this trendwatching podcast, Cathi Bond talks about a move to start manufacturing, for trial purposes, an avian flu vaccine delivered as a nasal powder (via Medgadget) She comments on all the medicines we’re starting to carry around with us, and speculates about the “culture of fear.”
Meanwhile, Nora Young finds a cool lounge chair, called, ahem, The Lounger, by British company Hoverit. The Lounger relies on repellent magnets to keep the top of the chair ‘hovering’ over the base. (via Times of London). To Nora, it seemed aesthetically in line with the baroque-yet-transparent furniture so popular now, like the Ghost candelabra, or Kartell’s Louis xv ghost chairs.
And Cathi scares the pants off Nora, with news about the return of the dreaded….prairie skirt! (via JC Report)