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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

The small room uses a subtle blend of material textures and turquoise tones to create a calming space with a premium yet technical feel. 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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Asteri Beauty unveils four brand homes in Jeddah, Riyadh, Abha, and Dhahran, created in partnership with Dalziel & Pow.

Retail Focus

Following a digital-first launch exclusively revealed in Vogue Saudi Arabia, Asteri has invested in creative and expressive retail pop-ups, community building and forming pioneering strategic partnerships as the official beauty partner of the inaugural Saudi Fashion Week. appeared first on Retail Focus Magazine - Retail Design.

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Park Lane Hotel rejects “old-world sameness” with “flamboyant” new identity

Design Week

The team were therefore brought in to reposition the hotel in line with its “historic nonconformity” [link]. “Whimsical, botanical tendrils” and “contemporary straight lines” The new Park Lane Hotel wordmark sits at the centre of the identity.

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Natural materials create "a sense of refuge" in Kyiv boutique Friends of Fashion

Dezeen

Curved forms and soft, textured materials were used throughout the store "Our goal was to create a space that not only highlighted their fashion pieces but also provided comfort, warmth and a sense of refuge for customers – especially significant given the context of the ongoing war," she added.

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Formoral is a skincare store that resembles a "desert planet"

Dezeen

The space was decorated using no colour; only different textures in similar colours were used to highlight the space level," Lialawlab 's chief designer Liya Xing told Dezeen. "It The studio created the Formoral store as a desaturated space with large structures, columns and counters finished in highly textured, grey paint.

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Italian modernist architecture informs Bottega Veneta store in historic Milan galleria

Dezeen

Green leather chairs and benches are accompanied by custom rounded wood tables and stools to form lounge areas. Throughout the space, soft textures are found in leather seating and wool carpets, while modular shelving units build a sense of discovery and play," Bottega Veneta said.