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Design

World’s first net-zero mosque to break ground in Abu Dhabi

Masdar City in Abu Dhabi will be home to the world’s first net-zero energy mosque, blending sustainable design with cultural heritage.

Hagen Hinderdael, Austria
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Luxury

Material Matters 2023: Designing Tomorrow’s Narratives

As part of the London Design Festival, Material Matters 2023 saw designers explore the transformative potential of materials, from new narratives of plastic to biomaterial futures.

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Design

By-product wool packaging keeps spirits cool

UK – Leather maker Bill Amberg has teamed up with vodka distillery Black Cow to create a sustainable bottle sleeve for transporting spirits, showcasing a greener form of drinks packaging.

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Marketing & Branding

Immaterial Fashion

As the fashion industry grapples with existential questions about supply chain and overconsumption, digitisation offers a new route for consumers still seeking to engage with clothing brands

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Luxury

Milan Salone 2017: Design Directions

At this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile, designers unashamedly celebrated low-value materials and interpreted shifting energy fields by creating reactive objects.

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Fashion

Preview: Fast Fabrication

Global – A burgeoning revolution in robotics is enabling apparel and footwear brands to adopt automated manufacturing systems that have proven difficult to implement in the past.

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Health, Wellness & Sport

Raw Movement

Inspired by human movement and touch, wellness interiors and packaging designers are embracing a raw aesthetic, experimenting with primitive shapes, expressive markings and nude undertones.

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Fashion

Luxury road maps

Paris – Kering has unveiled its sustainability strategy until 2025.

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Design

Milan Salone 2016: Elemental eats

Milan – The Restaurant by Caeserstone and Tom Dixon aims to provide a context to show design away from the white pillars and homogenised stands typical of trade shows.