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Off White, Louis Vuitton artistic designer Virgil Abloh passes away

Inside Retail

Abloh trained as an architect and engineer in his early life, and transitioned to designing clothes in 2012. He also partnered and collaborated with artists and brands outside of the fashion space, from designing album covers to Kanye West, to furniture for Ikea.

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“Primed for disruption”: Cargo Crew founder talks acquisition, growth plans

Inside Retail

Becoming an iconic brand Rodgers observed that the current trend is the uniform space is light and tonal colours, as well a relatively minimalist design. If we continue to innovate and form an exciting piece of the puzzle, then I see more opportunities for Cargo Crew to [become] an iconic brand – which is what we’re aiming for.”

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Checkerboard walls wrap Awake NY store by Rafael de Cárdenas

Dezeen

De Cárdenas worked with Angelo Baque, the former brand director of streetwear brand Supreme , on the design of a retail location for Awake NY , which Baque founded in 2012. Plywood is also used to form storage and display cases There are also several large sculptural pieces placed on the shop floor, helping to create a flow for shoppers.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

Abloh trained as an architect and engineer in his early life, and transitioned to designing clothes in 2012. He also partnered and collaborated with artists and brands outside of the fashion space, from working with rapper Kanye West to designing album covers and furniture for Ikea.

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Glossier Seattle store features mossy mushroom-covered mound

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Located in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood and designed by Glossier's in-house team, the 6,200-square-foot (576-square-metre) retail space is four times larger than the pop-up and marks the brand's largest physical store to date. "As A boulder-like sculpture sprouting mushrooms and flowers sits at the heart of the Glossier Seattle store.

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Recycled aluminium cans decorate exterior of Daily Paper's first US store

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The store building had been boarded up and was almost at a point beyond repair, but it has now been fully restored to feature a more ornately-shaped roof that emulates the form those seen on traditional Dutch townhouses. There's also space to hang out on the building's rooftop. A floor mosaic features on the store's ground level.

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Jorge Diego Etienne on #WFH to designing for Mexico and the rest of the world

Design Wanted

Jorge Diego Etienne’s eponymous studio was founded in Monterrey in Mexico in 2012, which is where he received his Bachelor’s in Industrial Design, but his globalised perspective includes an internship in Amsterdam with designer Khodi Feiz, and a design and craftsmanship programme in Kyoto, Japan.

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