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Are members-only supermarkets the future of grocery?

Inside Retail

In China, shopping is part of leisure, and it is also a family-oriented concept. In late 2014, grocery retailer FairPrice opened Warehouse Club (WHC), the first membership-only retail warehouse in Singapore for groceries and household consumables. In 2019, an altogether different concept hit the market in the US, in the form of Move.

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Brand Story – Gufram

Design Wanted

Its sensuous form coyly alludes to 15-minute fame, vibrant glamour, and the mass-produced feminine form. Soap, 2014. Designed by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari in 2014, SOAP is a large bar of soap allowing to wash the home like we wash our hands – ©Gufram. The secret to the sofa?

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BLUE Architecture Studio inserts rustic cabin into Hangzhou furniture store

Dezeen

During this collaboration, we wanted to bring the concept and sense of home into the store, echoing a way of life that cherishes things in daily life," explained BLUE Architecture Studio. Through the use of solid wood, we attempt to form a dialogue with the brand's furniture collection," the studio added.

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Studio Anne Holtrop creates gypsum walls that look like fabric for Maison Margiela store

Dezeen

Dutch architect Anne Holtrop has remodelled Maison Margiela 's concept store in London adding walls cast in textile moulds to reflect the brand's garment construction techniques. The gypsum casts in textile formwork translate the 'anonymity of the lining' concept into an architectural element," explained Maison Margiela.

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Design awards in Asia – Call for entries now open for 2021 Golden Pin Design Award

Design Wanted

Since GPDA began accepting global submissions in 2014, a wide range of world-famous brands and design companies now join the competition each year , including HP, Zeiss Optics, Sharp Technologies, Acer, ASUS, the BenQ Corporation, Xiaomi, One Plus Partnership Limited (Hong Kong), Grass Jelly (Taiwan) and Nanjing’s Hanqingtang Design (China) etc.

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Neo/craft reexamines traditional materials with striking effect

Design Wanted

The Berlin studio designs and fabricates exceptional furniture that re-examines conventional notions about materials, form and function. The Neo/craft label was founded in 2014 by the Berlin-based designer Sebastian Scherer. Together they create an interesting play of flowing forms and materials that are hard to identify on their own.

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Louis Vuitton’s brand history in heritage window displays

Design Retail Space

His window display concept design encapsulates the idea of Modernity which welcomes the use of all art disciplines in one art form. Since 2014 Gaston’s display sketches hidden in archives has been revived in LV stores all over the world. And it takes us back to the brand’s values nowadays.

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