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How artist Jason Krugman turns power into striking light sculptures

Design Wanted

Jason Krugman’s mesmerizing light sculptures feature wire mesh forms studded with thousands of hand-soldered LED bulbs. We know it’s hard to believe but before he mastered the art of light, New york-based artist Jason Krugman worked in investment banking. Most of my work so far has been based around points and lines.

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Iconic swimwear label, Hunza G, opens first ever store at Seven Dials, Covent Garden

Retail Focus

Established in 1984, Hunza G has become renowned for its signature crinkle stretch fabric used throughout its lines of swimwear and clothing. Fitted out in trademark Hunza G pink, the space features custom artwork by London-based artist Alba Hodsoll, diverse mannequins, and bespoke curved rails.

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‘Blackfellas are thriving’: The bond between Indigenous design and culture

Inside Retail

Last week, Breville revealed a range of six kitchen products featuring Aboriginal artworks from three Western Desert artists from the Papunya Tala Artists Centre, with 100 per cent of profits going to First Nations foundations and the artists owning their own copyright. Thinking of a collab with an Indigenous artist?

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Moschino flagship store references the "history of ancient Italy"

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Sometimes we start to design from memories, sometimes from form, materials and colours," added Andrea Tognon Architecture founder Andrea Tognon. Curving tubular display rails line the boundaries of the interior and were constructed in the same brass finish. For this project, I started only from words."

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Avant-garde Aussie designer Jordan Gogos on the real purpose of fashion

Inside Retail

He has earned a reputation as an artist and fashion designer while dancing between the categories of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary – but Gogos is more focused on creating solutions than defining his title. For Jordan Gogos and his eponymous brand, Iordanes Spyridon Gogos, sustainability is both a necessity and a trend.

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Is Art Nouveau making a comeback? Here’s a design guide, just in case…

Design Wanted

An iconic movement that combined luxurious lines and organic forms at the turn of the 20th Century. Not limited to dazzling storefronts, Art Nouveau was an artistic movement that flourished in Paris in the 1890s , touching everything from architecture and design to the decorative and fine arts. Forget geometry, go organic.

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Linehouse designs space-themed cafe in Shanghai for creator of "Australia's most Instagrammed dessert"

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The shelving extends across the ceiling to form an arched form that the studio described as "an exploration of gravity vs weightlessness". The phrase "we are all just stardust" can be found lining the edges of the communal tables, creating an effect of each letter dripping off the edge of the table by gravity.

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