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First Nations fashion design can be a powerful method of healing

Inside Retail

Around the world, fashion researchers, designers and artists are exploring the links between clothing, adornment and wellbeing. Enclothed cognition ” considers the psychology of clothing, and designers are exploring how to create garments to heal the wearer. Often, garments were forms of payment and punishment.

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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. Virgil was not only a genius designer, a visionary, he was also a man with a beautiful soul and great wisdom. Abloh trained as an architect and engineer in his early life, and transitioned to designing clothes in 2012.

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Balenciaga designer, CEO apologise for ad campaign

Inside Retail

“I want to personally apologise for the wrong artistic choice of concept for the gifting campaign with the kids,” said creative director Demna Gvasalia, known as Demna, in a message posted on Instagram. The post Balenciaga designer, CEO apologise for ad campaign appeared first on Inside Retail.

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The LOOKNOW Xintiandi Flagship combines artistic studio with home comforts

Retail Focus

Through the storyline of “House Now”, Sò Studio conveys the narrative of the space and the immersive experience to create a strong identity of the contemporary design style. “Resident in” is a privative concept to recreate the conditions of where the artist lives, likes a living room.

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How artist Jason Krugman turns power into striking light sculptures

Design Wanted

Jason Krugman’s mesmerizing light sculptures feature wire mesh forms studded with thousands of hand-soldered LED bulbs. We spoke to the designer after he recently winning a LIT Lighting Design Award for his project, Capella Basket. How did your journey in design begin? Who is Jason Krugman?

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When waste becomes art: Behind Casetify’s global activations

Inside Retail

Local artists were invited to breathe new life into discarded Casetify phone cases, each reflecting the artist’s unique style. Casetify commissioned emerging South Korean artists Youngmin Kang, Dayoung Hwang, and Kim Su-rin to craft larger-than-life art installations for public display.

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Isern Serra turns renderings into reality to form pink Moco Concept Store in Barcelona

Dezeen

Design studio Isern Serra has transformed a computer-generated image by digital artist Six N Five into a rose-coloured retail space for the Moco Museum in Barcelona. Situated in Barcelona's El Born neighbourhood, the Moco Museum exclusively exhibits the work of modern artists such as Damien Hirst , Kaws , Yayoi Kusama and Jeff Koons.

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