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Culture & Media

Minecraft becomes a safe space for censored journalists

Reporters Without Borders is turning to gaming to give a voice to censored writers from countries such as Egypt, Russia and Saudi Arabia.

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Retail

A tech-enabled book shop for families

Heritage publisher Rubio has been making educational books for Spanish schoolchildren for the last 60 years.

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Design

Helsinki rewrites the rulebook on designing a public library

Oodi is a civic space that transforms the library into a technology-driven leisure hub for the local community.

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Food & Drink

Hyundai Card unveils its new Cooking Library

Seoul – The Cooking Library is the latest in a series of Seoul spaces from Hyundai Card, following the opening of the finance brand’s Design Library, Travel Library and Music Library.

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Retail

Wonderland

Hangzhou, China – A new bookstore uses mirrors to create a whimsical space for shopping and reading.

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Food & Drink

Net revival

Shinjuku, Tokyo – A new capsule hotel-cum-internet café has opened in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo that aims to dispel negative views of internet cafés.

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Marketing & Branding

The Immortal Brand

Brands and consumers are no longer satisfied by instantaneous gratification. Can we really plan in years, decades – even centuries?

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Retail

​Top shop: If LS:N Global made… a store

London – Shopping at the LS:N Global boutique would be phygital and highly personalised, and the traditional walls of retail would blur and blend to create a 360-degree retail and leisure experience.

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Retail

Laid bare: Starbucks reveals flagship store with a touch of theatre

Seattle – Starbucks has opened its largest branch to date, The Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room, laying bare its innermost workings in a move that would make an exhibitionist blush.