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“Pick up the rocks”: CEO on how donating $13 million of profits is good business

Inside Retail

The brand, which was founded by Griffiths, Danny Alexander and Jehan Ratnatunga, has donated 50 per cent of its profits since launching in 2012, helping over 400,000 people worldwide gain access to toilets and adequate sanitation in the developing world. What progress has Who Gives A Crap made towards its mission since being founded in 2012?

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Unboxed Festival will aim to showcase “creativity at the heart of the everyday”

Design Week

The organisers of Unboxed Festival – previously known by the placeholder name Festival 2022 – have revealed details about its event, which will engage more than 600 creatives across 10 projects over the course of 2022. The project will engage the help of 20,000 participants from across the UK. 10 projects in total.

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4 Priorities To Consider When Designing Workplaces For Gen Z

All Work

Office design is an essential piece of the puzzle to keep Gen Z and others motivated, engaged, and physically and mentally supported. Born between 1997 and 2012, Gen Z is the first digitally native generation and is becoming the most diverse and educated. This article was written by M Moser’s Michelle Smith for Work Design Magazine.

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What’s driving the explosion of Australian retail acquisitions?

Inside Retail

The deal marked an enormous increase in the brand’s valuation since Brazil’s Natura & Co purchased a 65 per cent stake in Aesop for about $70 million in 2012, signalling its unparalleled standing as a category leader. Our engagement with the leadership team extended far beyond due diligence.

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Gen Z: Merchants of cool or brand killers?

Inside Retail

They are young, born between 1997 and 2012, and they have serious earning potential, as they are starting their first jobs and getting their first paychecks. Engaging on Gen ‘We’ terms. Engaging with Gen Z requires retailers to look beyond the products and craft a strong public narrative around what makes the company tick.

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Virgil Abloh and AMO design flexible flagship Off-White store in Miami that "can host a runway show"

Dezeen

Fulfillment of not only the monetary transaction you do by buying a product, but also fulfilment in terms of like the engagement you have with a brand, or the aura of a brand.". Abloh, who is also the artistic director of Louis Vuitton 's menswear collection, founded his Off-White brand as a ready-to-wear streetwear label in 2012.

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Pillow potential: 6 unique ways to tackle cushion design

Design Wanted

This quest for comfort extends beyond a mere place to sit with creative firms like Studio Banana who back in 2012 released the original Ostrich Pillow , a cocoon-like pillow is better described as squidgy headgear. Its purpose is to block out light and provide absolute comfort to disconnect from the world.

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