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Influence of culture on design

Design Middleeast

The challenge lies in balancing authenticity and global appeal, ensuring the design resonates with a diverse audience while maintaining cultural integrity. This involves a delicate balance of incorporating cultural elements in a way that is both respectful and authentic, avoiding superficial or tokenistic approaches.

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Ebarza introduces Wabi Sabi Collection for Dubai Home Festival

Design Middleeast

As the exciting event approaches, design and furniture companies in the UAE and beyond, are gearing up to unveil numerous new and exclusive promotions for home décor and furniture enthusiasts, as well as those looking to refresh their existing spaces or move into new ones.

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Six standout retail spaces, from a double-decker bus to luxury flagships

Inside Retail

Other store details include locally produced furniture and joinery, wool carpeting from New Zealand, textural wall detailing with bricks by Krause – a family operated brickmaker hailing from Victoria – and custom-made display units that include showcase shelving and leather-lined drawers.

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Exploring the benefits, applications and creative possibilities of frosted privacy window films

Contra

Frosted privacy window films, with their unique ability to balance privacy, light and aesthetics, have emerged as a popular choice for those seeking to enhance their living or working spaces. Logos or promotional messages can be digitally printed onto the film, transforming plain windows into dynamic marketing tools.

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Ragged Edge’s heritage-inspired rebrand for luxury luggage company Globe-Trotter

Design Week

As well as designing a new logo for Globe-Trotter, the studio has provided strategy guidelines and printed promotional material. In 1912, a one-tonne elephant balanced its weight on a Globe-Trotter suitcase to test the strength of the material.

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Choosing the Best Materials for Visual Merchandising Concepts in Luxury Retail Stores

Retail Focus

Fabric textures can influence the perception of colors, so creative visual merchandising concepts select and combine different fabrics with building a story for retailers. Inviting textural materials, including leather, paper, velvet, and microfiber, helps engage affluent shoppers and show the artisan value of the luxury brand. .

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Simone Bonanni sculpts spaces with wallpaper collection Second Life for LondonArt

Design Wanted

The collection stands out for its eclectic, ornamental character expressed through a distinct compositional balance, stylistic combinations, and completely different textures that share a common inspiration on forms and perspective. The company’s design challenge was to promote the style and graphic signature of each designer.

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