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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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Visionnaire blurs the lines between art and design

Design Wanted

Form follows function ” goes the old saying, a design directive prioritising an object’s use before any unnecessary decoration. And yet, for well over a century, artists and furniture designers have turned this maxim on its head, blurring the lines between art and design. Curious to know more about Visionnaire’s values?

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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. Most of my work so far has been based around points and lines.

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The Labubu effect: How Pop Mart is leading the blind box economy

Inside Retail

This isn’t just a form of brand promotion but a powerful way to attract fan engagement through individuality and storytelling,” she added. These products are more than just collectibles, they become a form of emotional expression, helping fans reflect their personal values and emotions.

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Art, community and creativity: Three shopping centres setting new standards

Inside Retail

Lease lines push and pull, further breaking the otherwise monotonous run of shopfronts, dramatised by pockets of landscape greeting the facades in various spaces. Few do this better than Gucci, which opened its flagship store enveloped completely in a bright yellow mural from Spanish artist Coco Capitan. Almost every part of the 6.4-hectare

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Embroidery, upcycling and scent making: Uniqlo amps up entertainment

Inside Retail

Besides working on continually improving our LifeWear offering, we have also introduced new special collaborations with Japanese womenswear brand Mame Kurogouchi, outdoors-inspired streetwear brand White Mountaineering and international artist Jeff Koons for the first time.

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Iconic swimwear label, Hunza G, opens first ever store at Seven Dials, Covent Garden

Retail Focus

Established in 1984, Hunza G has become renowned for its signature crinkle stretch fabric used throughout its lines of swimwear and clothing. Fitted out in trademark Hunza G pink, the space features custom artwork by London-based artist Alba Hodsoll, diverse mannequins, and bespoke curved rails.

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