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Farm Rio CEO Fabio Barreto on how the brand’s bold approach is winning customers

Inside Retail

From eye-catching brand partnerships to strategic category expansion, Farm Rio is slowly but surely taking the world by storm, one tropically patterned print at a time. Tropical fruits and flowers. Jungle prints. Indigenous-inspired textiles. In 2014, German sportswear juggernaut Adidas approached the Brazilian company about a collaboration.

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‘This place enables curiosity’: Inside Levi’s Eureka Innovation Lab

Inside Retail

Launched in 2016, Project Jacquard incorporates wearable technology from Google into a classic Levi’s ‘trucker’ jacket, enabling users to control their smartphone by making specific gestures on their sleeves. One of the most high-profile innovations to come out of Eureka is Project Jacquard.

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Melbourne restaurant Calia collapses, owing $2 million to hospitality platform Liven

Inside Retail

Launched by entrepreneur Jason Chang in 2016, Calia boasts gourmet cuisine prepared by chefs with Michelin-starred pedigree. Glenn Anthony Crisp and Andrew Mattinson of Jirsch Sutherland were appointed as joint administrators for both Calia Australia and Puzzle Coffee.

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The Olympic opportunity: How brands can sustain their momentum beyond the Games

Inside Retail

During the 2016 Rio Olympics, the story of US gymnast Simone Biles captivated audiences. During the 2016 Rio Olympics, NBC Universal reported that more than 100 million people in the US streamed the Games online, making it the most streamed event in history at the time. This might be stating the obvious but it works.

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A tribute: How Issey Miyake changed the way we saw and wore fashion

Inside Retail

Miyake arrived in Paris shortly after Kenzo’s “ Jungle Jap ” clothes had made waves, with their bright colours and unexpected patterns based partly on Japanese artistic traditions. Computer-generated jacquard weaving creates subtle patterns only truly registered by closer looking. Japanese fashion revolution.

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Adytum Library in Canberra is arranged around a single book-lined counter

Dezeen

A chunky, wedge-shaped island crafted from plaster and beeswax anchors the sparse interior of this pop-up library, shop and exhibition space that design studio Pattern has created in Canberra. Sydney-based studio Pattern – which is also developing the interiors of Adytum's spa – was asked to design the library.

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Brentford FC reveals new bee-inspired visual identity

Design Week

The work includes a new typeface and updated colour palette as well as a pattern system that can be used across visual assets. Cook was part of the team at Article design studio which redesigned the club’s crest in 2016. This pattern can be used as a background for physical visual assets such as posters.

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