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Anti-luxurian trube member Paty Abrahamsson
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Europe

Anti-luxurians

Purist athletics gear, technology-driven fashion and brand subversion are the new cornerstones that represent a multifaceted future luxury consumer.

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Marketing & Branding

Buzzworthy

Mumbai – Fashion store Bombay Electric has refreshed its branding to suit Millennial consumers.

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Marketing & Branding

Office staples: Design studio reimagines classic stationery

Tokyo – Japanese design firm Nendo has taken the mundane but essential tools of office life and transformed them into pieces that are as attractive as they are functional.

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Marketing & Branding

Mandustrial

Mandustrial

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Fashion

Fashion scouts: Louis Vuitton in US adventure

Paris – Luxury brand Louis Vuitton presented an Adventurism-inspired collection during the spring/summer 2014 Men’s Collections show in Paris.

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Marketing & Branding

Baltic wonder: Restaurant given a playful look

Vilnius, Lithuania – Design studio New! has created a fresh brand identity for Lithuanian restaurant Stebuklai that features a playful yet utilitarian look.

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Europe

Bruise Control

The Bruise make-up trend seems unusual on first encounters, yet in fact it reflects a mood that is permeating the current fashion collections. It has appeared in various versions, from the extreme to the more wearable and subdued – and it signals designers’ continuing love affair with a utilitarian, hyper-realistic ideal of beauty that reflects…

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Food & Drink

Industrial dining: Hangar converted into café

Industrial dining: Hangar converted into café

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Fashion

Raw energy: Students peel back the layers

London – This year’s Central Saint Martins College graduate students went back to basics, using cottons and workwear fabrics, paper, found objects and raw materials such as wood. Overall, the general mood was for stripped-back, utilitarian, layered garments with a focus on hand craftsmanship.