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What’s driving the explosion of Australian retail acquisitions?

Inside Retail

The deal marked an enormous increase in the brand’s valuation since Brazil’s Natura & Co purchased a 65 per cent stake in Aesop for about $70 million in 2012, signalling its unparalleled standing as a category leader. In contrast, “the reacquisition was very quick, which is the case when buying businesses out of administration.

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Glossier Seattle store features mossy mushroom-covered mound

Dezeen

Walls around the store are finished in a light-toned textured plaster, while a checkerboard of beige and dusty-pink tiles covers the floor. On the exterior, doors and window trims are painted a dark blush hue to match the Glossier logo and contrast the building's cream brickwork. An affirmation welcomes shoppers into the store.

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Shining a light on the legendary craftsmanship of Patrizia Garganti

Design Wanted

For some four decades, the Italian luxury lighting company has continued to partner with top designers to retain its unique appeal and creative DNA. Since 1976, Italian designer Patrizia Garganti has endeavoured to create one-of-a-kind lighting solutions , first as part of the incredibly successful laboratory BA.GA

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Plantea Estudio creates "theatrical and domestic" flower shop interior

Dezeen

"Concrete tinted in an earthy tone was decided to make it look like the ground from which the flowers grow, and also to produce maximum intensity in the dialogue between the heaviness and permanence of the structure, and the lightness and ephemerality of the flowers," the studio said. Alblanc Atelier is a family-owned florist founded in 2017.

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Glossier’s Los Angeles store takes cues from Hollywood studios

Dezeen

In the centre of the room is a circular "wet bar" wrapped in brushed aluminium – a material meant to contrast with the store's plastered walls. Passing through the openings is ethereal light from LED fixtures with custom brightness and temperature settings. The other product zone features pink counters with skincare and body products.

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Deniz Aktay and the potential of hyper-realistic furniture renders

Design Wanted

As software has evolved, hyper-realistic renderings have too—and by adjusting lighting and shadows, roughness and reflections, combined with precise camera positioning, designers can realise a vision of a product that looks like a real photograph. In my opinion, this contrast qualifies for a good visualisation.”.

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Roy Wang x Jaeger-LeCoultre: Made of Makers Collaboration

Design Middleeast

Can you share with us a bit about your journey as a light-painting artist and how you first got started in this field? But in 2012, a neck injury forced me to end my playing career and so I returned to China in 2013. It took a long time to recover – physically and psychologically – but I found solace in light-painting.

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