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First Nations artists, Pride and mental health: Volley talks collabs

Inside Retail

Australian shoe company Volley has recently completed its Walk in their Shoes collaboration with First Nations artists and the National Gallery of Australia as part of its commitment to partner with organisations on projects that reflect its values. The showcase enabled the artists involved to illustrate what it’s like to walk in their shoes.

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Taylor Swift offers a masterclass in marketing. Here’s what retailers can learn

Inside Retail

Rather than investing in and delivering on their brand promise, they focus on other, often supplementary, marketing strategies such as launching engaging campaigns, brands may believe they can substitute competence with warmth. Swift’s brand promise has always centred on quality products.

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How nostalgia and NFTs created a multibillion-dollar collectables market

Inside Retail

The rise of NFT collectables Since the first NF T , a generative piece of art titled “Quantum”, was released by digital artists Jennifer and Kevin McCoy in 2014, the world of NFT in retail has changed drastically. million in 2020 to US$17.7 billion in 2021, marking a 21,000 per cent surge. billion total recorded in 2021.

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V&A to launch digital Glastonbury map for three-day celebration

Design Week

While the museum’s dedicated Glastonbury archive has been going since 2014, the museum requested memories from the public in 2020 for the festival’s 50th anniversar y. Footage will be taken from the V&A Glastonbury film archive.

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Episode 47: Justin Bolognino

VMS

JB also helped to develop and launch of Brooklyn Bowl (2009), serving as Creative and Media Director, as well as Arcadia Earth (2019) in NYC, the first artist-driven immersive experience dedicated to sustainability, where he also designed two of the installations. The ‘as lived’ in ‘real-time’ reality of every day.

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Episode 45: Montaha Hidefi

VMS

He brings together his background as an architect, artist, educator, author, podcast host and builder to the making of meaningful and empathically-focused, community-centric customer connections at brand experience places around the globe. He has held teaching positions at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.), in Singapore.

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Has Barbie become an icon of diversity?

Design Wanted

For example, the launch of Barbie Vlogger in 2015 gave Barbie a voice in animated vlogs that engage in frank discussions and tackle issues like depression and racism. The Barbie Vlogger engages in frank discussions and tackle issues like depression and racism. In 2012, 2013, and 2014, worldwide gross sales for Barbie decreased.

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