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Off White, Louis Vuitton artistic designer Virgil Abloh passes away

Inside Retail

Virgil Abloh, artistic director at LVMH, Louis Vuitton and Off White, has passed away. In 2013, he founded Off White, and became the Men’s Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton in 2018. The post Off White, Louis Vuitton artistic designer Virgil Abloh passes away appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail appointments of the week

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Virgil Abloh, artistic director at LVMH, Louis Vuitton and Off White, died on the weekend. In 2013, he founded Off White, and he became the men’s artistic director of Louis Vuitton in 2018. Hillberg joined SurfStitch as merchandise manager in 2014, before becoming general manager in 2015 and managing director in 2018.

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Twisting bamboo installation weaves through Barcelona's Casa Loewe

Dezeen

As craft is an integral element of Loewe's identity, a key goal for Casa Loewe's interior scheme was to showcase various artists and artwork. A centrepiece of the interior is a twisting bamboo installation by Japanese artist Tanabe Chikuunsai IV , which weaves across the store's ceiling, walls and structural columns.

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Tunsgate Quarter welcomes Soho Fine Art Gallery to scheme

Retail Focus

Established publisher and promoter for some of the country’s most talented artists, Buckingham Fine Art has chosen to open its first ever gallery in the covered shopping centre, offering customers the opportunity to browse original and high quality limited edition artwork from both emerging and established published artists in person.

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Social enterprise Homie enters metaverse with new NFT range

Inside Retail

Crook worked with Reborn designers Chloe Turner and Corin Corcoran, and 3D Artist Ivica Gokchevski to transform four already upcycled, locally designed outfits from the upcoming Reborn range into premium 3D designs and animated characters, which will be sold via new NFT marketplace, Limitd. Gokchevski said.

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Hedi Slimane uses "French elegance" to define Celine store in London

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These artworks gently break the store's rule of symmetry while adding natural and earthy hues, textures and forms against the largely grayscale interior. Pieces by artists Davina Semo and Mel Kendrick are suspended above the furniture, while large square mirrors are set into the walls between rows of floating shelves.

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Design inspiration: our favourite projects from November

Design Week

Braulio Amado and Hafiz’s design Face This is a streetwear charity where Indonesian schoolchildren collaborate with artists on T-shirts – the proceeds of which are then used to improve the children’s schools. The coffee dripper and jug hints at the form of an hourglass, as a nod to the computer loading icon, for example.

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