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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. Meta-luxury” brand Visionnaire has taken up this same charge.

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Beyond beauty: Why neuroaesthetics in retail matter to the bottom line

Inside Retail

In contrast, pharmacy delivery app Medly has opened a waiting room for picking up subscriptions in Brooklyn, New York. The best designers consciously and masterfully use forms and materials to elicit feelings and emotions. They were more likely to judge curved forms as beautiful than sharp, rigid forms.

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A-COLD-WALL* Lotte Department Store, Jamsil, Seoul set to launch

Retail Focus

Inspired by CAD frameworks, the display’s linear forms and graphic lines intersect with softly rounded signage, branding rendered in both bracket logo and uncondensed type. A nod to the interplay between natural and manufactured forms, contrast continues across surfaces, tactility key to both collection and store fit.

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Can independent retailers drive a high street resurgence in 2024?

Retail Focus

Secondly, shoppers are very much social animals who want to touch and feel things, form connections and be entertained. By contrast, independents can command the ‘real person premium’. Thirdly, the line between brands and retailers is blurring.

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How older customers and longer sleeping hours are fuelling Emma’s ANZ growth

Inside Retail

According to Emma Sleep’s ANZ country head Simon Baumgarten, this strategy is in line with the brand’s long-term goal of generating 10 per cent of its global revenue across the Australia and New Zealand market. This is in contrast to European countries such as the UK and Germany, where the brand is already positioned as market leaders.

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Italian modernist architecture informs Bottega Veneta store in historic Milan galleria

Dezeen

I wanted to express the idea of a domestic interior referring to Italian modernist architecture that contrasts with the aesthetic of a spaceship and to capture the intimacy and the imagination of getting dressed." Green leather chairs and benches are accompanied by custom rounded wood tables and stools to form lounge areas.

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Interiors inspiration: Design Week’s favourite new projects

Design Week

In contrast to the dark burgundy colour palette of the bar, the inner restaurant features a neutral colour scheme. In contrast to the neutral tones found indoors, the outdoor space is finished in a deep sea blue as a counterpoint. A natural stone countertop sits atop. This is complimented with discreet green touches.

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