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This is the rhythm of the light – Meet the crowdfunded Brightly Light Toolkit

Design Wanted

It’s basically a series of modular controllers that connect to various sources, allowing users to easily dictate rhythms, patterns and colour. As creative technologists, we are passionate about making technology accessible to all artists and creatives — a canvas rather than an obstacle.

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Gentle Monster opens HAUS SHANGHAI

Retail Focus

Themed ‘CIRCULATION,’ various installations and artwork fill the 2nd floor, and the exhibitions at the ends of the floor provide both visual and auditory stimulation, demonstrating the brand’s experimental spirit by infusing strange tension and rhythm into the space. HAUS SHANGHAI’s 4th floor is China’s first Tamburins Flagship store.

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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. Japanese fashion revolution. The Japanese revolution in fashion was commencing.

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Customers exchange urine for soap at Het Nieuwe Instituut pop-up shop

Dezeen

Het Nieuwe Instituut has launched its debut pop-up shop at Dutch Design Week Taking over Residency for the People – a hybrid restaurant and artist residency in Eindhoven – the pop-up also serves up two different versions of the same fish dish, one made using imported catch and the other using locally caught fish so diners can make their own choice.

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Forte Forte's first US store features golden changing rooms and balancing stones

Dezeen

Back-lit, circular openings throw light on the boutique, which, according to the designer, also take cues from an existing artist. Perimeters and ceilings create movement and an iridescent light emerges from the total depth of the shop, referring to the luminous geometries of [light artist] James Turrell," he continued.

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Playlist – January 2022

Retailing Insight

Here, the artist incorporates unusual instruments and styles, including nature sounds, flutes, percussion, stringed instruments from around the world, and various sound healing instruments. With its shamanic components, the music is deeply spiritual, artistically creative, and worth exploring for anyone seeking healing and deep, inner peace.

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Is Art Nouveau making a comeback? Here’s a design guide, just in case…

Design Wanted

Not limited to dazzling storefronts, Art Nouveau was an artistic movement that flourished in Paris in the 1890s , touching everything from architecture and design to the decorative and fine arts. Art Nouveau is appreciated for its extreme language that demands artistic freedom, which lends itself perfectly to other styles.

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