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Rizq Art Initiative opens in Abu Dhabi today

Design Middleeast

The UAE is set to welcome a major new addition to the country’s burgeoning artistic landscape. Rizq Art Initiative (RAi) an independent cultural institution will open its doors in Abu Dhabi on November 23 2023 with the goal of highlighting, nurturing and disseminating the exciting talent of artists from the Global South.

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Graham Baba Architects Transforms a 1917 Building into a Contemporary Art Studio for World-Renowned Glass Artist Lino Tagliapietra

Home World Design

Located in Belltown, a downtown Seattle neighborhood, this studio is dedicated to the display of Lino Tagliapietra’s glass art. Tagliapietra’s work explores the limits of glass—its form, texture, and color. Continue reading.

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Renowned Savile Row menswear brand unveils ‘The House of Richard James’

Retail Focus

The brand – launched in 1992 with a £10,000 overdraft by designer Richard James and co-founder Sean Dixon – swiftly made its mark in British luxury menswear, rising to prominence on the wave of Britpop, and attracting an entirely different audience of Young British Artists and cult musicians to The Row.

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Oshinowo Studio retrofits 1970s building to create the first adidas flagship store in Lagos, Nigeria

Retail Focus

Images © Oshinowo Studio, photographer: Tolu Sanusi Located in the sought-after Victoria Island area, Oshinowo Studio won the project following a design competition held by ONL Estates with a brief to draw together Nigerian art, culture and aesthetics with the global brand’s style and personality.

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Sci-fi, CGI and Seinfeld: Introducing Eugene Leung, designer, Injury

Inside Retail

Whether it’s composing electronic music or pulling together a CGI fashion show , multi-disciplinary artist and Injury designer Eugene Leung loves to explore different ways to flex his creativity. It helps me define my colour palettes, the texture of the fabric and the mood of our campaigns. Inside Retail: Describe your ideal workday.

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How the pandemic was a catalyst for ‘New Retail’ design

Retail Focus

One of the ways we achieved this was by commissioning sustainable artist James Shaw to produce the surfaces. We designed the fixtures to allow for the surfaces to be replaced with new artists over time, to welcome new materials. Experiential. Seen Beyond Metaverse. New Retail.

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A play between art, craft and design with Atelier Kaja Dahl

Design Wanted

Kaja Dahl combines craft, nature and technologies to create products that fall on the edge of art and design. Before moving to Sweden, she studied two years of fine arts in Oslo, with a focus on sculpture and installation. Challenging the boundaries between design, art and craft, how do you go about your prototyping phase?

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