The zipper trend we reported on last month is revealing itself across the globe in fashion, fine art and furniture alike. From Catherine Malandrino’s zip applique collar to this brilliant malleable lamp featured at the Stockholm Design Fair, clever applications are finding their way into the design side of the creation process. In the southern hemisphere, Brazilian conceptual artist, Nielson Leirner covers large canvases with warm colored fabrics, which are delicately draped open with zippers. This example of the mundane is quickly forgotten though when designers add a punk point of view. Rag and Bone’s latest bondage experiment, as noted by New York Magazine, is the “skinny jean for fat days.”

BA coverage by: Rebecca Silver