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Space-age design informs Nodaleto shoe store by Rafael de Cárdenas

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The studio also linked the shape of Nodaleto 's signature heels to chairs featured in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The shape of Nodaleto's signature heel reminded Rafael de Cárdenas of the seats in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The interiors pay homage to midcentury French design and space-age movie sets.

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Gary Card redesigns London's LN-CC store with orange tunnel and LED-lit club

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Visitors enter via an orange wooden tunnel with an octagonal shape reminiscent of the architecture in director Stanley Kubrick 's film 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the Atrium, Card used tile adhesive to create the structures and patterns on the room's wide lime-green pillars, which provide shelving for the store's accessories.

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Gridded steel facade evokes bamboo forest at Hermès store in Tokyo

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The 488-square-metre store is the first freestanding Hermès outlet in Tokyo since the brand opened its Ginza emporium in 2001, which was also designed by RDAI. Small window displays are incorporated into the patterned cladding, along with lighting that illuminates the stonework at night. Top image: it has a gridded steel facade.

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Thisaway creates “challenger” identity for the United Rugby Championship

Design Week

Established in 2001, the URC (formerly PRO14) is an annual rugby union league, comprising teams from Ireland, Scotland, Italy and Wales. The patterns take details from each team, such as bird wings from Swansea’s Ospreys. In some mock-ups, the patterns make it look like players have horns or wings themselves, for instance.

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Gen Z grew up in a world of ugly fashion – no wonder they love their Crocs

Inside Retail

Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake’s iconic matching double denim moment at the 2001 American Music Awards embodied the era’s ugliness. Here to stay Popular predictions of post-pandemic fashions suggest there are two options: we will continue to dress for comfort, or we will embrace eye-catching colours and patterns and strange silhouettes.

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Kurppa Hosk reveals Olympics-inspired rebrand for Nordic sports giant XXL

Design Week

Established in Oslo, Norway in 2001, XXL offers a wide selection of sports gear in its large-scale stores. Kurppa Hosk also created a graphic pattern – or “fifth element” – which is founded on a “perfect 60-degree triangle”, Kurppa says.

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Mastering the look and feel of Lamitex CLPL® decorative surfaces

Design Wanted

Since 2001, the company has combined technological research and aesthetic creativity in the sector of interior design, furniture and furnishings. With hundreds of varieties, colours, grain patterns and textures, there are surfaces to suit every taste, and with an effect almost identical to the real thing. What are CLPLs ®?

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