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How artist Jason Krugman turns power into striking light sculptures

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Jason Krugman’s mesmerizing light sculptures feature wire mesh forms studded with thousands of hand-soldered LED bulbs. We know it’s hard to believe but before he mastered the art of light, New york-based artist Jason Krugman worked in investment banking. Why focus on sculptural lighting? What’s next for Jason Krugman?

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Sustainability at the Olympics? Here are Tokyo 2020’s winning design projects

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The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games might not win gold for sustainability on the whole but these projects still deserve a medal. With this in mind, in the run up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Japan has been on a mission to show off its technological prowess and stun the millions of people watching with its vision of a sustainable future.

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Nike races into the metaverse with acquisition of NFT studio RTFKT

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Launched in 2020 by Benoit Pagotto, Chris Le and Steven Vasilev, RTFKT Studios creates virtual sneakers and streetwear collectibles for the metaverse. The most recent and noteworthy collaboration was with contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. What is RTFKT?

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Moschino flagship store references the "history of ancient Italy"

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Sometimes we start to design from memories, sometimes from form, materials and colours," added Andrea Tognon Architecture founder Andrea Tognon. In 2020, Scott replaced models at his Spring Summer 2021 show with puppets that wore the brand's womenswear collection. For this project, I started only from words."

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How two sisters are tapping into demand for unique jewellery in Apac 

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In collaboration with art galleries, we showcase jewellery as a form of art and feature works by local Singaporean artists. The digital factor The sisters launched their business online in 2020, and this actually helped them to ensure customers were satisfied with their offerings.

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Four out-of-the-box influencer marketing strategies

Inside Retail

Like just about every industry, the influencer economy evolved significantly from 2020 to 2021. Though hardly a new initiative, the inclusive campaign took off in late 2020 and has maintained momentum into 2021, with style bloggers such as Bella Ramos (@bella.ramos) routinely flaunting the brand’s lingerie in flirty at-home posts.

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Is Art Nouveau making a comeback? Here’s a design guide, just in case…

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An iconic movement that combined luxurious lines and organic forms at the turn of the 20th Century. Not limited to dazzling storefronts, Art Nouveau was an artistic movement that flourished in Paris in the 1890s , touching everything from architecture and design to the decorative and fine arts. Merge ornament and structure.

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