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Linehouse designs space-themed cafe in Shanghai for creator of "Australia's most Instagrammed dessert"

Dezeen

Design studio Linehouse combined stainless steel and meteorites to create a space -themed cafe in central Shanghai as Australian chain Black Star Pastry's first Chinese outpost. Shanghai-based Linehouse designed the space to evoke the feeling of being in space. A terrazzo staircase leads guests upstairs to a dining space.

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Visionnaire blurs the lines between art and design

Design Wanted

Form follows function ” goes the old saying, a design directive prioritising an object’s use before any unnecessary decoration. And yet, for well over a century, artists and furniture designers have turned this maxim on its head, blurring the lines between art and design. Meta-luxury” brand Visionnaire has taken up this same charge.

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Trillions in revenue and a million jobs: Unpacking JD.com’s 20-year roadmap

Inside Retail

The business got its first big break in 2003, during the SARS outbreak, when Liu saw an opportunity to capitalise on the burgeoning e-commerce sector and began selling products online to customers who were eager to avoid public spaces. A year later, Liu closed his bricks-and-mortar store and moved the business fully online.

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The 5 Best Apple Products You Can Buy in 2023

Retail Focus

Details about the device, including its price and form factor, still need to be discovered. This will be the first significant upgrade for the device line since it started using an M1 chip two years ago. The current iPad Pros come with 8GB, while those with 1 or 2TB of space get 16 GB. 14-inch iPad Pro Since the 12.9-inch

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Norm Architects fashions industrial yet warm interiors for Notabene flagship in Copenhagen

Dezeen

Thick slats of oakwood align to form the balustrade of the store's staircase, which takes customers down to a shoeshine bar. Downstairs, the store has an oak-lined shoeshine bar. The retail space includes a relaxing lounge area with bouclé seating. On the mezzanine level is Notabene's design lab.

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Furniture maker Prostoria celebrates ten years of championing Croatian design

Design Wanted

Since 2011, Prostoria (English for “room”) has been developing an integrative approach, functioning as more of a collaboration platform between its production line and a portfolio of talented designers from its native enclave. Technically, it’s a little earlier than 2011. A fan of the puzzle-like modular concept?

Design 98
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Design inspiration: our favourite projects from November

Design Week

Since it was set up in 2008, the organisation has worked with five schools across the country. To further delineate the cat and dog food line, animal characters were designed which appear in the A’s negative space. The pastel colour palette has been inspired by core ingredients – seafood, meat and vegetables.

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