DECADES AGO, THE "MODERN futuristic look" was defined. Shiny vinyl. See-through plexi-glass. Shimmery silver. Slinky shapes. They were not always easy to use, wear or live with, but they captured a moment inspired by that 2001 space odyssey we were all to make. With the year 2000 mere months away, those visions of what was to be the future are now retro. Design going into the new millennium is less science-fiction, more science-fact. Inter-galactic carriers are no …showed first 75 words of 1010 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1010 total…oung. "The next wave of Asian designs will reflect urban tribal style." It will spring from real people on the teeming streets of present-day Bombay and Shanghai. And it will find its individualism in the great expanses of lookalike housing blocks that many Asians will find themselves living in as people continue to pour into the big cities. To find the future of design in Asia, you just have to look around you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**