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Browsing Minimalism

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Technology

Tangible Tech

In an era of rapidly advancing AI and technology, designers are rejecting over-humanised visual language and are embracing hardware that celebrates the machine, prioritising tangible interaction, purposeful function and emotionally engaging experiences.

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Technology

CES 2023: LG introduces upgradeable back-to-basics home appliances

Stripped down from countless and often unnecessary features, buttons and accessories, LG’s new line of minimalistic appliances embraces a back-to-basics approach to home electronics.

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Retail

The post-Covid consumer: hedonistic or minimalist?

Brands and businesses must prepare for polarised responses to the pandemic as established consumer paradigms are either accelerated or abandoned.

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Beauty

Stat: Beauty consumers chase simplified skincare

Female consumers in the UK are moving away from multi-step beauty routines, according to research from Mintel.

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Marketing & Branding

Could Facebook launch a Line store?

Social media platforms need to become playful and experimental to win over the next generation of users in Asia.

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Design

SFF 2017: Design Directions

Designers at this year’s show presented highly emotive objects and interiors that featured tactile finishes, block-colour spaces and architectural motifs.

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Fashion

Preview: Anti-choice Architecture

Global – Luxury brands are shunning excessive choice in favour of a more singular experience.

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Luxury

Anti-choice Architecture

Turned off by the model of mass-consumption, a new wave of luxury brands are removing excessive choice from the buying process in favour of a more singular experience.

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Beauty

Korean minimalism

Los Angeles – Korean-made CLE Cosmetics designs innovative beauty fixes for the Western beauty market.