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Gaming & Digital Spaces

Stat: Gaming industry reaches 212m people, with nearly two-thirds of Americans…

A new report from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) shows that video gaming’s mainstream popularity is continuing to grow. Two-thirds (67%) of Americans aged five–90 play video games for an hour or more each week, equating to 212.3m people.

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Culture & Media

Stat: Americans report decline in everyday fun

Nearly half (48%) of Americans feel their lives lack fun, according to a new survey of 5,000 adults conducted by Talker Research and commissioned by restaurant and entertainment business Dave & Buster’s.

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Food & Drink

Fanta’s tongue-in-cheek take on fitness ads

Fanta has released an ad entitled Idiots Are Amazing that subverts motivational fitness advertising.

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Marketing & Branding

Style and substance

London – Stella McCartney has released a tongue-in-cheek campaign for its winter 2016 collection that plays on the stereotype of high fashion models as spoilt divas.

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Food & Drink

Disco fever: Pizzeria with pizzazz

Vienna – Design studio Madame Mohr’s brief for the interiors of Austrian pizza restaurant Disco Volante was to create a space that evoked both a southern Napoli pizzeria and the Italian disco era of the 70s and 80s. The result is a classic pizzeria with a rotating giant disco ball oven.

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Marketing & Branding

Alpha Snacks

A new language is appearing in food, directed at men, that marks a return to alpha male foods. On one side are functional health snacks that enhance performance and wellbeing, and on the other are souped-up junk where the message is clear – bigger is better.

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Food & Drink

Iconic identity: Sleek psychedelia at Mexican bar

Monterrey, Mexico – Designers have created a psychedelic, nostalgic identity for Gomez, a friendly neighbourhood bar in the busy commercial district of San Pedro Garza García.

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Food & Drink

US restaurants target Millennials with extreme snacks

US restaurants target Millennials with extreme snacks

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Fashion

New York: Fashion talent to watch

LS:N Global identifies the designers to note in New York for spring/summer 2013. The two clear styles to emerge are clashing prints, fabrics and colours, and in contrast, a sense of well-tailored simplicity.