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Autumn Winter 2015 Kenzo illustration by Louisa Gagliardi
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Design

Dystopia Illustrated

Illustrators are exploring contemporary dystopian narratives, merging surrealism and realism to create multilayered narratives.

NARS x Steven Klein
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Beauty

Twisted fantasy

New York – Celebrating its latest collaboration, beauty brand NAR's new film draws on the darker side of beauty.

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Food & Drink

Catastrophe cocktails

London – Barmen collective Drink Factory has imagined the perfect cocktails for a post-apocalyptic world.

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Marketing & Branding

Breakfast Defectors

Using sameness as a starting point for inspiration, advertising agency Deutsch Los Angeles has imagined a dystopian world in which its client, Taco Bell, was the only glimmer of individuality in a sea of conformity.

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Marketing & Branding

Apocalyptic ad: Phone accessories brand brings on the end of the world

US – Phone charger and accessories brand Mophie’s first television commercial could be its last.

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Marketing & Branding

Race against time: G-Shock launches interactive zombie film

UK, Germany – Watch brand G-Shock has released an interactive short film pitting fans of the brand against a horde of flesh-hungry zombies.

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Fashion

Survival of the fittest: Fashion show turns into a dystopian spectacle

Copenhagen – A sense of dread and apocalyptic scenarios dominated the catwalk during Wali Mohammed Barrech’s spring/summer 2015 show at Copenhagen Fashion Week.

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Marketing & Branding

Neo-Tolkienism

There is a something afoot, a cultural shift that has been rumbling in the undergrowth of society for the past 10 years and is finally roaring to the surface.

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Culture & Media

Graphic art: Instagrammer takes scissors to fashion ads

New York – Doug Abraham, aka @bessnyc4, has taken Instagram by storm with his dark, sometimes grotesque collage work – splicing fashion ad campaign pictures with visceral images in a bid to challenge today's Photoshopped perfectionism.