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5 reasons 5VIE is the destination district at Milan Design Week 2021

Design Wanted

5VIE Design District is somewhat of a newcomer on the Milan Design Week scene but it has still fast become one of the most integrated Milan design districts. Since 2013, 5VIE has organized impeccable exhibits focusing on art-design and unique and collectible pieces. Jorge Penadés presents LOOKS LIKE MAGIC! – © 5VIE.

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In Memoriam: Russell E. Sway, FRDI 1943 – 2022

Retail Design Institute

Sway served as the Retail Design Institute’s International President from 2002 through 2006, then as Chairman of the Institute from 2006 through 2010. Relocating to New York in 1985, he became director of specialty retail design for Walker Group/CNI, New York City, then the world’s largest retail design firm. and abroad.

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Denim brand Ksubi to open first standalone store in London

Inside Retail

Our team are looking forward to bringing our unique design point of view and attitude to Carnaby Street.”. Originally called Tsubi, the brand quickly spread to London, debuting in a disused tube station in 2002, before being renamed Ksubi in 2006 following a trademark dispute.

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Design Week’s guide to London Design Biennale 2021

Design Week

From 1 June, designers from around the world will descend on the capital for the London Design Biennale, hosted at Somerset House. Highlighting the “peril of our global icecaps”, the Antarctica pavilion has been spearheaded by installation artist and designer Ben Cullen Williams.

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Forte Forte's first US store features golden changing rooms and balancing stones

Dezeen

The Italian label's art director Robert Vattilana designed the interiors of the store, which is located at 8424 Melrose Place in Los Angeles – the first Forte Forte branch in the US. Vattilana called the design "an ineffable balance of the geometric and the organic". The store features a sage green enamelled metal facade.

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New Philip K. Dick book collection showcases author’s “paranoid but joyful” world

Design Week

La Boca, an illustration-focused studio based in Amsterdam and London, has designed a new four-volume book collection that celebrates the short stories of Philip K. These worlds are the primary inspiration for the design of the collection, according to The Folio Society. “For the book design, we felt Philip K.