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First Nations fashion design can be a powerful method of healing

Inside Retail

Around the world, fashion researchers, designers and artists are exploring the links between clothing, adornment and wellbeing. In Australia, there is a rise of designers and artists creating and fashioning painful Protectionist-era clothing on the runway and in the galleries. Often, garments were forms of payment and punishment.

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How artist Jason Krugman turns power into striking light sculptures

Design Wanted

Jason Krugman’s mesmerizing light sculptures feature wire mesh forms studded with thousands of hand-soldered LED bulbs. We know it’s hard to believe but before he mastered the art of light, New york-based artist Jason Krugman worked in investment banking. Why focus on sculptural lighting? What’s next for Jason Krugman?

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Nike races into the metaverse with acquisition of NFT studio RTFKT

Inside Retail

Launched in 2020 by Benoit Pagotto, Chris Le and Steven Vasilev, RTFKT Studios creates virtual sneakers and streetwear collectibles for the metaverse. The most recent and noteworthy collaboration was with contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. What is RTFKT?

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Sustainability at the Olympics? Here are Tokyo 2020’s winning design projects

Design Wanted

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games might not win gold for sustainability on the whole but these projects still deserve a medal. With this in mind, in the run up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Japan has been on a mission to show off its technological prowess and stun the millions of people watching with its vision of a sustainable future.

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Embroidery, upcycling and scent making: Uniqlo amps up entertainment

Inside Retail

Following the reopening in July 2020, Uniqlo has observed an average of 130 per cent increase in foot traffic across all Uniqlo Town stores. FIN Crafted Goods and embroidery artist Isabel Lim; The Nursery and Alchemist pop-ups; and an exclusive ambient scent created by Scent by Six.

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Illustrators unite in support of #StopAsianHate

Design Week

Some 19 illustrators have joined forces for the print project, which has been curated “in aid of #StopAsianHate” It is a part of a wider initiative called Must Be Nice led by artist-led gift platform Paperboy. It was also this experience that prompted him to launch Paperboy in 2020 in the first place.

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Moschino flagship store references the "history of ancient Italy"

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Sometimes we start to design from memories, sometimes from form, materials and colours," added Andrea Tognon Architecture founder Andrea Tognon. In 2020, Scott replaced models at his Spring Summer 2021 show with puppets that wore the brand's womenswear collection. For this project, I started only from words."

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