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Flying into the future: Step inside Pan Am’s flagship store in South Korea

Inside Retail

When someone mentions Pan Am, most people think of the former US airline that Leonardo DiCaprio portrayed in the hit film “Catch Me If You Can” as a con artist disguising himself as the airline’s pilot. The store also presents a series of content collaborations with local artists and labels, such as Nuri Yeon, Playmobil, and Arc.N.Book.

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How the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was designed

Design Week

Belgian designer Olivier Debie claimed that the identity shared similarities to his 2011 design for the Théâtre de Liège. The torch from above The Olympic torch was conceived by Tokujin Yoshioka, a multidisciplinary designer who is known for his work with light and nature. It weighs around 200kg.

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

Design Wanted

Check out the interview with Ian Yang founder of the first company in the world producing affordable and sustainable luxury lighting. This year’s ceremonial relay will feature a torch crafted from aluminium waste taken from temporary housing that was built in the aftermath of the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

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How luxury travel brand Scott Dunn caters to ultra-high-net-worth customers

Inside Retail

One of the partner beneficiaries we’ve worked with since 2011 is Mary’s Meals, a global charity that provides much-needed food and nutrition to about 2 million of the poorest children in the world. IR : With the increasing interest in sustainability, how are you addressing the environmental and community impact of luxury travel experiences?

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ExpoWanted offers design brands a virtual way to launch products in ultra-realistic quality

Design Wanted

SHIN Software was founded in 2011 with the aim of bringing the expressive, communicative and engaging power of 3D graphics used in video games to the business world ,” says Stefano Provenzano, founder of SHIN. If not, using laser scanners, the first detection of surfaces is made: then 3D artists decompose the object into customizable parts.

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From Tumi to Birkenstock, here are six cool new stores in Asia

Inside Retail

The ground-floor Tumi Asia-Pacific flagship store spans more than 186sqm and features a range of artistic design elements, inspired by Tumi’s 19 Degree collection which includes an aluminium backpack. The store’s main focal point is a 19 Degree Aluminium Sculpture by pioneering perceptual artist Michael Murphy.

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Prince Philip: “An incredible ambassador of design”

Design Week

In those 52 years, the organisation says that he helped with its goal of “achieving recognition for the profession of design” CSD initially formed in 1930 as the Society of Industrial Artists in London’s Fleet Street. ” The designer also remembers how the Duke came to the degree show of the same light project.

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