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Neri&Hu creates "wooden hut" and "cave-dwelling" interiors for Shanghai stores

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Chinese studio Neri&Hu has completed two retail spaces for Shanghai fabric and fashion company Jisifang, using wood and concrete to evoke "a more primitive state of being". These have been lined with translucent linen curtains and fitted with custom-built walnut cabinetry, contrasting the roughness of the concrete.

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Visionnaire blurs the lines between art and design

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And yet, for well over a century, artists and furniture designers have turned this maxim on its head, blurring the lines between art and design. The Visionnaire brand was born in 2004 and presented for the first time at the “Abitare il Tempo” fair in Verona. In this context, opportunities to learn and expand our knowledge can arise.”.

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Emma Lewisham credits her skincare brand’s success to never compromising

Inside Retail

Emma Lewisham, both the founder and the brand, has disrupted the beauty industry since launching in 2019 with a skincare line designed to be sustainable for people and the planet. “I The probiotic unique to the supernatural blemish serum was identified in a swabbing programme back in 2004 and is now patented by Emma Lewisham.

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Flashback: Inside Ginger & Smart’s first ever studio

Inside Retail

Here, sisters and luxury fashion designers Alexandra and Genevieve Smart remember their first ever studio in the well-heeled fashion district of Paddington in Sydney back in 2004, when they had just embarked upon their first ever international order. It was just Alex and I in the business at this time.

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Neri&Hu highlights simplicity and functionality at Shanghai art gallery

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The entrance of the gallery features an oversized sliding door "The primary design challenge was to utilise the areas along the facade for both storage and display, blurring the distinction between functional and experiential space," explained Neri&Hu.

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CGI, manga and fantasy: Sydney fashion label Injury launches NFT art series

Inside Retail

In 2004, Eugene Leung started the Injury label , initially releasing 10 limited-edition screen-printed tops followed by an official menswear range, which launched during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia. The NFT space is continuously making headlines all over the world. Physical to digital.

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Freitag store in Kyoto is designed to resemble the brand's own warehouse

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Hazard lines and metal shelving are some of the industrial finishes that Torafu Architects has included in bag brand Freitag 's store in Kyoto – which even includes its own workshop. Above: hazard lines have been painted on some of the store's surfaces. Similar lines appear beneath the green cash desk.

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