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Acoustics in design

Design Middleeast

Multi-sensory spaces engage and stimulate users more effectively, promoting creativity and creating a sense of satisfaction. For instance, adding water features or natural sounds in the right environment creates a sense of calmness and promotes creativity. They come in various colours and fabric textures to suit different preferences.

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Can Gen Z intimates brand Parade maintain its cult status post-acquisition?

Inside Retail

Over the last four years, the brand has built a strong direct-to-consumer and retail presence and loyal consumer base, thanks to its variety of brightly colored and boldly patterned intimates and other apparel, and a marketing strategy centred on micro-influencers and user-generated content.

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Influence of culture on design

Design Middleeast

Sustainability and cultural stewardship are also integral to this process, with designers adopting eco-friendly practices and supporting local communities to preserve cultural heritage and promote environmental sustainability. This establishment celebrates Japanese culture, offering a deep, immersive culinary journey.

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Forbo’s Modul’up range distills Edinburgh Gin brand identity

Retail Focus

Using a colourful, textured look to elevate the customer experience and entice shoppers into the store, Exhibeo VM specified Forbo Flooring Systems’ adhesive-free Modul’up range in the Coral Terrazzo colourway, to bring the vision to life.

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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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Designing the Human Experience: Bringing the Indoors Out

Onyx

Design Elements Design is being implemented in ways to promote “bringing the indoors out” – a trending theme. Some of these pieces can incorporate a woven earth tone shell which provides warmth and texture. Adding in side tables for beverages and food along with cushioned lounge chairs or couches can promote relaxation and comfort.

Design 98
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Transforming Plain Walls

Sustain

What once was a bleak expanse of white paint is becoming increasingly more inventive as offices and businesses turn to wall coverings as a quick and easy way to promote upfront branding. Texture can aid in durability by disguising wear and tear to walls and surfaces that a smooth or shiny surface would show immediately.

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