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Placemaking and personal relationships: How to think local, act global

Inside Retail

Retail environments become our community hubs ‘One size fits all’ store rollouts are a thing of the past. Look at the localised store format strategy that Starbucks and Aesop implement. Retail designers should be thinking about flexibility and mixed-use capabilities while conceiving a new retail concept and planning a store layout.

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Diverse Voices & Powerful Narratives in the Workplace

All Work

Brand experience and storytelling are integral parts of LinkedIn’s community and culture-building strategy, with each office location designed to reflect local stories informed by research and dialogue with employees. The overall concept, dubbed the “Workshop,” embodies our commitment to craft, exploration, and collaboration.

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Taking Shape

Design Middleeast

The values of the brand are experienced through different branded environments. An example office layout was developed from concept to detail design, which acts as a bases of design for the rest of the work floors in the building. The diverse program in the building is driven by human and technology themes.