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OMA adds wood-clad escalators to KaDeWe department store in Berlin

Dezeen

Each one is organised around a core void, which acts as main vertical circulation and orientation point.". OMA's masterplan and renovation of KaDeWe was first announced in 2016. "Four quadrants fragment the building into smaller sectors, easy to access and navigate," OMA partner Ellen van Loon, who led the project, told Dezeen.

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Protest by design: the creatives performing acts of political sedition

Design Week

“This stuff circulates on twitter but never really lands,” he says. Back in 2016, Posters’ Brandalism ran a campaign suggesting creatives “switch sides”, encouraging them to take their talent elsewhere. Stewart adds that the design work Led By Donkeys does means things aren’t forgotten by the public.

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From a cartoon mouse to a global giant: how Walt Disney conquered the world

Inside Retail

Even a minor Disney film like Zootopia (2016) could make a billion dollars at the box-office. Since 1986, Disney have tried to keep it out of circulation, although clips can be found online. Disneyland and diversification In 1955, Walt Disney opened Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

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US 2020 election by design – the winners and losers

Design Week

Shocking the polls, Trump pulled off a victory in the 2016 election against former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, which set the tone for a controversy-fuelled four years. It is similar to the 2016 logo, which itself was a quick do-over of a scrapped first logo ( which many commenters mocked for its suggestive undertones ).

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