Design Week
JANUARY 18, 2021
Pentagram partners Sascha Lobe and Yuri Suzuki have designed the new identity for the Musical Instrumental Digital Interface (MIDI), based on musical forms and frequency waves. The work includes a new logo (static and sonic), sound design, video and motion graphics as well as typography. MIDI is used by musicians, producers and DJs as a way to create and share musical work.
Home World Design
JANUARY 22, 2021
The project is the sales center of Mystarry City, a residential property developed by Shinion Estate. Situated at the junction of several core riverside zones in Hangzhou, China. Continue reading.
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Dezeen
JANUARY 20, 2021
Norm Architects used natural materials such as oak, clay, linen and travertine to create a jewellery showroom in Copenhagen informed by modernist artists' studios. Located on Ny Østergade in the city's old town, the flagship store belongs to jewellery brand Dulong and features an open-plan layout broken only by a few existing cast-iron columns. Dulong's flagship store features travertine tables and counters.
RetailMinded
JANUARY 19, 2021
Despite the economic turmoil and drastic societal shifts brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the field of real estate remains to be a resilient industry. It is true that the unprecedented crisis has seriously hit the property-purchase activity in the first half of the year. In fact, the sales have dropped tremendously, leaving agents and owners with no choice but to update listings with softer prices.
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AI is rapidly transforming digital commerce, but how do you separate real opportunities from hype? Moderated by Orium, AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype , experts from Bloomreach , commercetools , Contentstack , and Fluent Commerce explores where AI is already delivering results and where its potential is still unfolding. This masterclass dives into proven AI applications, emerging innovations , and the gaps between promise and reality in commerce.
Design Week
JANUARY 20, 2021
In the 1950s, Ladybird’s What to Look for series launched with a playful look at spring and autumn. The season-inspired books were written by E.L. Grant Watson and illustrated by painter Charles Tunnicliffe, aiming to show children the changing events in the four seasons across the UK. The series has now been revived for the first time in 60 years by Ladybird, Penguin’s design-led children’s imprint.
Home World Design
JANUARY 20, 2021
The Casa Oia Sales Center is a property sales center located in Beihai, Guangxi, China. As one of the starting points of the Maritime Silk Road, Beihai has been witnessing the fusion and collision between Oriental and Western cultures. Continue reading.
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Dimensional Impact
JANUARY 22, 2021
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Design Week
JANUARY 21, 2021
"The challenge in university branding is that you're trying to present a coherent visual identity for something that just has so many fantastically varied things going on within it," says Christine Ayre. Ayre is a designer with a background in linguistics and typography.
Parcel Pending
JANUARY 22, 2021
Continued social distancing recommendations and a slow vaccine rollout are fueling the need for a contactless rental experience. Potential tenants and property management teams are both looking for ways to conduct business safely and efficiently in 2021 and beyond. Here are a few best practices to implement to provide contactless rentals at your rental property or modern apartment complex : Rise of the Virtual Tour.
Fuhrmann Construction
JANUARY 22, 2021
Choosing the right commercial contractor for your construction project is vital. We have all heard the horror stories about people and companies not getting what they expected when they hire a contractor. The last thing you want to be is another example of what not to do when renovating your business. Considering how much money you are investing in your project, you cannot afford to make a hasty decisions.
Speaker: Ethan Woolley, Director at Kharon
This webinar will explore how companies can proactively address compliance risks–rather than reactively responding to–UFLPA enforcement actions. Ethan Woolley will provide insights into the latest CBP enforcement trends, entity list updates, and industries under increased scrutiny, with a look at potential shifts under the Trump administration. Ethan will also explore how predictive data and strategic due diligence can help organizations stay ahead of regulatory challenges and strengthen complia
RepslyBlog
JANUARY 21, 2021
The COVID pandemic took its toll on all types of businesses. Even big brands had to face a lot of challenges in recent times. The retailers, in particular, bore the brunt of the devastating economic slowdown. The speed with which the virus is spreading is taking a lot of enterprises by surprise.
Design Week
JANUARY 22, 2021
Earlier this month, the Design Council announced that Minnie Moll would be its next CEO, effective 1 March. She replaces Sarah Weir, who stepped down from the role after three years in late 2020, due to illness. Moll’s career has largely fallen into two chapters. The first was focused on “commercial creativity” and included work in design, advertising and innovation.
Scrube
JANUARY 20, 2021
Among retail stores, craft stores face a unique set of challenges because of the wide array of products they tend to carry. The craft industry covers diverse hobbies ranging from knitting and sewing to scrapbooking and card making, to creating jewelry, apparel, and art. It also tends to encapsulate seasonal and even year-round home decorating. In other words, craft stores have a lot of stuff to organize, and this can pose major logistical challenges.
Fixture Lab
JANUARY 16, 2021
Laser-cut steel can be just the ticket to make your logo sing when you brand a store. The cash wrap counter at The Rivers Edge in Bozeman. 16 gauge steel sheets with the store’s logo laser cut through to reveal the wood from the cabinet behind it. It’s a classy, durable, and as signs go…pretty darn inexpensive. If you’re curious about this type of thing for your own store, let us know!
Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón
Enterprise commerce is evolving fast, and brands relying on rigid, one-size-fits-all solutions risk losing agility. But modernization doesn’t have to mean disruption. In this webinar, we’ll explore how an extensible, modular approach empowers brands to integrate new capabilities, enhance performance, and scale efficiently—all while leveraging Shopify’s strengths.
Theatro
JANUARY 18, 2021
2020 was a challenging year for the retail industry and Theatro was there to help. Theatro partnered with top retailers across the US and Canada to adapt to the disrupted retail landscape via better in-store and to-the-store communications that supported social distancing, health and safety processes, BOPIS, curbside pickup and more. To cap off the year, Theatro was proudly named a leader across 14 categories within the 2021 RIS News Software Leaderboard.
Design Week
JANUARY 21, 2021
PriestmanGoode has revealed its New Car concept, an autonomous vehicle that hopes to fit alongside London’s transport system and meet the changing demands of passengers. The concept vehicle is 3.6 meters in length and can take four passengers at a time, with two pairs of seats. Included in the project is an app which would allow people to book and customise the vehicle in advance.
Design Week
JANUARY 18, 2021
London-based branding studio Nalla has developed a mental health resource database for creatives called MindFull. It has been launched today on “Blue Monday” – the day of the year that is supposedly the “most depressing” The concept was first published in a 2005 press release from UK travel company Sky Travel, and takes into account bad weather, long nights, and the financial and health-related after effects of the festive season.
Design Week
JANUARY 20, 2021
“It’s such a big team, we could never run it in a traditional hierarchical way,” says Austin Chang. Chang is director of product design at Facebook and is based in California. When he speaks to Design Week, it’s from his home office. Like so many workers around the world, he’s been at home since the coronavirus pandemic told hold in earnest in March 2020.
Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber
Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.
Design Week
JANUARY 18, 2021
“At some point, I realised the problem wasn’t with me or my face, but with the product itself,” says Ackeem Ngwenya. “It became clear that the product was not made for people like me, and that I could do something to change that.” Ngwenya is a product designer based in Berlin. He is the founder of Reframd, a start-up that designs and makes glasses to fit Black people’s nose profiles.
Design Week
JANUARY 22, 2021
In March 2015, a month before it launched publicly, investment app Robinhood had a waitlist of around 700,000 people. By 2020, the US-based app had more than 13 million users. Co-founded in 2013 by Baiju Bhatt and Vladimir Tenev, the in-demand app offers commission-free trading in the hopes of levelling the financial playing field. “We’re on a mission to democratize finance for all,” its mission statement reads.
Design Week
JANUARY 18, 2021
A temporary installation that allowed children from the USA and Mexico to “connect playfully” across the border wall has been chosen as the best design of 2020. Teeter-Totter Wall won the overall prize at the Beazley Designs of the Year, which opened at London’s design museum in November 2020. The annual awards seek to showcase the most innovative designs of the previous year – there are categories for graphics, digital and transport design among others.
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