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Browsing Contemplation

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Health, Wellness & Sport

Seductive Opulence

As wellness takes centre stage in luxury, brands are captivating discerning consumers with a provocative twist, using seductive imagery to craft alluring experiences.

Olfactive Stéréophonique by Byredo and OJAS
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Beauty

Byredo’s diffuser is a meditation on sound

The fragrance brand has unveiled an experimental speaker-shaped fragrance diffuser that disperses scent using the same principles as audio amplification.

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Health, Wellness & Sport

Still Room is a space designed for silence

Studio Corkinho has designed a multi-purpose space, Still Room, as an environment that captures the importance of silence and stillness.

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APAC

Paint it black

Hong Kong – The focus is exclusively on the artworks at a new entirely black gallery space shrouded in darkness.

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Luxury

Stockholm Furniture Fair and Design Week 2015

This year at Stockholm Furniture Fair and Design Week functionality was combined with experimentation. A series of design directions emerged that challenged material capabilities and traditional narratives.

Formafantasma: From Then On
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Europe

Slowness gains momentum in a world tired of moving too fast

The World Institute of Slowness is a new approach to brand leadership that aims to ensure long-term growth by treating consumers as people first.

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Design

Design Miami/ 2014 Preview: Tables inspired by Abramovic performance

Miami – Marina Abramovic has collaborated with furniture company Moroso and designer Daniel Libeskind on a set of tables for her performance, Counting the Rice.

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North America

Private oasis: Pool in the desert encourages reflection

California – In the middle of the Mojave Desert, a couple of hours’ drive from Los Angeles, is a pool waiting for anyone to find and take a dip.

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Luxury

Room without a view: Hotel space doubles as contemplative art

London – Artist Antony Gormley has created Room, a work of sculpture that will double as a functional luxury hotel suite.