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IRDC 2017: Beta Business, Culture Coding & The Soft Sell
IRDC 2017: Beta Business, Culture Coding & The Soft Sell IRDC ‘17: Beta-Business The International Retail Design Conference 2017 gathered architects, brand strategists, visual merchandising experts, marketers and planners to discuss spatial design trends and tactics. Using cultural commerce to drive urban revitalisation, ‘anti-store’ brand temples selling nothing but experience, pre-cursor flagships and subverting long-held brand codes were all top of the agenda.
Retail
Store Concepts
19 Sep 2017
Lego House Experience Hub & Fan Centre Leverages Play
Lego House Experience Hub & Fan Centre Leverages Play Lego House HQ Store Leverages Play Danish toy giant Lego is epitomising the rising trend for store HQs – brand hubs that blend internal practice with fan culture – with the impending launch (September 28) of its play-centric Lego House experience centre at is head office in Billund, Denmark. 
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Store Concepts
18 Sep 2017
London Design Festival 2017 Preview
London Design Festival 2017 Preview London Design Festival 2017 Preview In September, the UK’s capital becomes filled with exciting exhibitions and innovative installations for the annual London Design Festival. Here are three of our hotspots that can’t be missed. 
Product Design
Art & Design
08 Sep 2017
Evolving Athleisure: Lululemon’s Mindfulosophy Space
Evolving Athleisure: Lululemon’s Mindfulosophy Space Lululemon’s Mindfulosophy Space Canadian athleisure retailer Lululemon has opened a ‘Mindfulosophy’ space within its new flagship in Midtown, New York. The move is further proof that meditation and other mindfulness-based practices formerly considered ‘alternative’ are continuing to cement their place in mainstream consciousness. 
Retail
Store Concepts
08 Sep 2017
Retail: Reviving Ritual & Connoisseurship
Retail: Reviving Ritual & Connoisseurship Connoisseurial Commerce’s Comeback In the last two months, two aesthetically beguiling stores have launched in the St. James’s area of London (on the outskirts of ultra-affluent Mayfair), heralding a renaissance of retail anchored in ritual and connoisseurship.
Retail
Store Concepts
06 Sep 2017
Retail City Guide: NYC, September 2017
Retail City Guide: NYC, September 2017 Retail City Guide: NYC, Sept '17 September brings a flurry of NY activity – including fashion brands refocusing interest via in-store galleries, beauty flagships pushing curious e-commerce spins, and a trio of luxury hotels hitting NoMad. Meanwhile, the art scene boasts a major Ettore Sottsass retrospective, and thrilling explorations of sonic-spatial design. We select September’s creative highlights. 
Retail
Retail City Guides
01 Sep 2017
Retail City Guide: London, September 2017
Retail City Guide: London, September 2017 Retail City Guide: London, Sept '17 London this September sees the UK debut of two H&M sub-brands, Asics’ new super-space, a pair of impressive multi-industry venues, and store interiors revelling in vibrant, single-hue glows. Exhibition highlights include an inspirational sculpture garden, provocative photography and an artefact-accompanied odyssey into the mind of an artistic genius. We present the month’s most inspiring hotspots.
Retail
Retail City Guides
01 Sep 2017
Jesmonite: Material of the Year 2017
Jesmonite: Material of the Year 2017 Jesmonite: Material of the Year A new annual showcase at London Design Fair called Material of the Year aims to introduce visitors to the most intriguing materials in today’s design world. September’s inaugural event puts Jesmonite in the spotlight. 
Colour & Materials
Applications
31 Aug 2017
Art Meets Fashion (Again): Cult Brands Grab Gallery Stores
Art Meets Fashion (Again): Cult Brands Grab Gallery Stores Cult Brands Grab Gallery Stores, NY Two cult brands have revealed NY flagships in which a premium of space has been given over to gallery concepts, manifesting their respective desires to be considered as seriously stimulating commercial entities.
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Store Concepts
29 Aug 2017
PRESENTATION: Design Directions S/S 19
PRESENTATION: Design Directions S/S 19 VIDEO: Design Directions S/S 19 Stylus' Product Design team present our S/S 19 Design Directions: Build, Activate and Circuit.
Product Design
Insight & Innovation
25 Aug 2017
Retail Concepts Nurturing New Parents
Retail Concepts Nurturing New Parents Retail: Nurturing New Parents Millennials now dominate the child-raising demographic, necessitating new strategies to engage info-craving digital natives who demand both convenience and compassion from brands. From branded e-forums and concierge commerce to stores helping consumers retain a sense of self, smart retailers are turning educator, host and curator to support new parents. 
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Store Concepts
24 Aug 2017
International Retail Design Conference 2017: Preview
International Retail Design Conference 2017: Preview Soft Sales & Cult Brands: IRDC ‘17 The International Retail Design Conference (IRDC) is still one of the most significant events in the retail calendar. Hosted in New Orleans, the 2017 edition (September 5-8) will unite visual merchandising experts, store planners, architects and designers to explore the amplification of physical brand touchpoints.
Retail
Store Concepts
21 Aug 2017
Design Directions S/S 19
Design Directions S/S 19 Design Directions S/S 19 Examining developing innovations and breakthrough ideas across the design sectors – from architecture and fashion, to consumer electronics and furniture – our Design Directions outline three key trends for S/S 19 product design development: Build, Activate and Circuit.
Product Design
Overview
18 Aug 2017
Circuit S/S 19
Circuit S/S 19 Circuit S/S 19 Circuit looks at rewiring our environment to heighten efficiency and focus. A reassessment of the domestic domain reduces mental clutter for a grounding sense of essentialism and wellbeing.   

Unfolding a desire for visual simplicity and invisible tech that we ushered in with Tamed A/W 18/19, we draw on the pared-back palette of the S/S 19 Colour & Materials trend Extreme Sanctuary to inform this nuanced aesthetic.
Product Design
Overview
18 Aug 2017
Design Directions S/S 19 Colour
Design Directions S/S 19 Colour Design Directions S/S 19 Colour Evolving from our Spring/Summer 2019 Colour Spectrum, we examine the key hues for our S/S 19 Product Design Directions – Build, Activate and Circuit.
Product Design
Overview
18 Aug 2017
Recasting Cosmetics: Etude House Customisation Revamp, Korea
Recasting Cosmetics: Etude House Customisation Revamp, Korea Etude House’s Customisation Revamp Teen-focused South Korean cosmetics label Etude House has transformed its flagship store in Myeong-dong, one of Seoul's key tourist magnets. Using customisation, it has modernised its cutesy "Sweet Dream" philosophy – aka "pleasant products for women who dream of a unique life".
Retail
Store Concepts
16 Aug 2017
Activate S/S 19
Activate S/S 19 Activate S/S 19 As uncultivated environments become few and far between, we recreate awe-inspiring encounters with the wild and vitalise our urban and digital landscapes with these notions of nature.

Drawing on ideas around materials gaining superpowers (as introduced in Amplify A/W 18/19), we evolve the S/S 19 Colour & Materials trend Filtered Reality’s exploration into shifting perceptions of nature in an increasingly virtual world.
Product Design
Overview
11 Aug 2017
Reebok Redefines Sports Culture with Paris Flagship
Reebok Redefines Sports Culture with Paris Flagship Reebok Redefines Sports Culture Repositioning itself as a holistically minded sports brand, Reebok has opened a tiered-access Paris brand space designed to serve as a culturally astute temple to active lifestyles. Dubbed La.Salle.De.Sport (‘gym room’) the 1,700 sq m destination combines a gym, shop, event hub and culture/relaxation area. 
Retail
Store Concepts
11 Aug 2017
Museums Explore Sound as Material
Museums Explore Sound as Material Museums Explore Sound as Material Sound is currently in the spotlight at several design and art institutions, which are delving into the concept of sound as a design tool, material and emotional trigger. This aligns with a growing emphasis on products and environments that aim to optimise or engage multiple senses.
Colour & Materials
Materials
11 Aug 2017
B2B Streetwear Events Become Lifestyle Festivals
B2B Streetwear Events Become Lifestyle Festivals B2B Events Turn Lifestyle Festivals LA-based streetwear trade show Agenda and New York fashion showroom Made have turned their respective B2B events into fully monetised lifestyle festivals. The moves affirm the trend for transforming industry-only events into consumer-facing happenings (see B2C Retail Trade Show Trend for more).
Retail
Store Concepts
09 Aug 2017
Retail x Hospitality: Muji to Open Hotels in Asia
Retail x Hospitality: Muji to Open Hotels in Asia Retail x Hospitality: Muji’s Hotels Japanese lifestyle brand Muji has announced plans to open hotels in Japan and China in an initiative that builds on the notion of brands reaching beyond their traditional domains (see Elastic Brands: Stretch & Diversify). 
Retail
Hospitality & Service
07 Aug 2017
Build S/S 19
Build S/S 19 Build S/S 19 Build breaks free from old standards, reconditioning the status quo for a multicultural, post-analogue generation with an inclusive and imaginative outlook.

We elaborate on the emotive tech, ethnic influences and tribal patterns first introduced in Sacred A/W 18/19, while the S/S 19 Colour & Materials trend Human-Made informs this intuitive narrative.
Product Design
Overview
04 Aug 2017
Retail City Guide: NYC August 2017
Retail City Guide: NYC August 2017 Retail City Guide: NYC, August 2017 Retail highlights this month include luxury fashion expansions, a bumper crop of biophilia-boosted spaces, and a wave of pop-ups grounded in corralling micro communities. Several curiously unique cocktail concepts launch Downtown, while political themes continue to occupy the art scene. We select August’s creative and conceptual highlights.
Retail
Retail City Guides
01 Aug 2017
Birkenstock’s Glocal Pop-Ups: Localised & Collaborative
Birkenstock’s Glocal Pop-Ups: Localised & Collaborative Birkenstock Box: The Glocal Pop-Up Iconic German sandal brand Birkenstock has launched a versatile globe-touring retail concept that hooks up with the world’s most directional concept stores (and their brands) en route. Not only is its physical design reinvented to accommodate the nuances of each city, but the products shift between its host boutiques. 
Retail
Store Concepts
28 Jul 2017
Retail: Reframing Sustainability
Retail: Reframing Sustainability Retail: Reframing Sustainability Growing numbers of consumers want to get eco-active, but they’re often unsure of what they can do to help – or deterred by the prospect of heavy effort. Now, smart retailers are reframing sustainability, with strategies ranging from 'lazy eco' aftercare and data-aided zero-waste initiatives, to advanced rental schemes, subtly repointed spaces and tech-fuelled transparency makeovers. 
Retail
Store Concepts
27 Jul 2017
Local Retail Activism: Selfridges Launches Music Venue
Local Retail Activism: Selfridges Launches Music Venue Selfridges Launches Music Venue Trading on the increasing value of taking an activist stance, British department store Selfridges is channelling a localised brand of social advocacy by temporarily transforming the 3,500 sq ft Ultralounge events space in its London store into a live music venue – a direct response to the capital’s dwindling club nights and live gig spaces.
Retail
Advertising & Branding
26 Jul 2017
London to Singapore: Summer Pavilions 2017
London to Singapore: Summer Pavilions 2017 Summer Pavilions 2017 Pavilions have become a seasonal landmark on the design calendar. These structures enable architects and designers to experiment with materials and concepts on a temporary and reduced scale. Here’s our pick of this year’s designs.
Product Design
Architecture & Spaces
25 Jul 2017
New Exhibition Celebrates History of Plywood
New Exhibition Celebrates History of Plywood New Exhibition Celebrates Plywood The latest exhibition at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum is solely dedicated to plywood. 
Colour & Materials
Materials
21 Jul 2017
Hospitality’s Heightened Fitness Focus
Hospitality’s Heightened Fitness Focus Hospitality’s Fitness Focus From business travellers and tourists to hardcore athletes, maintaining fitness levels on the road has become a major priority. Catering to this need, opportunistic hoteliers, travel providers and fitness brands are developing agile and convenient products and services for on-the-go sports enthusiasts. 
Food, Beverage & Hospitality
Hotels
19 Jul 2017
LA Retail Openings, Summer 2017
LA Retail Openings, Summer 2017 LA Retail Openings, Summer 2017 LA sees a wave of retail openings for summer 2017 with a tech-enhanced menswear boutique, a video-focused eyewear concept, a purchase-for-special-access initiative, and a sustainability-encouraging vintage flagship sparking special mention. From womenswear expansions to streetwear launches, we select the highlights.
Retail
Store Concepts
17 Jul 2017
Destination Teen: Targeting Youth
Destination Teen: Targeting Youth Destination Teen: Targeting Youth From harnessing hangout culture, self-curation commerce and influencing upwards, to embracing the teen-specific trader mentality, Gen Z requires new retail landscapes to warrant their spending. We review the key concepts seducing the youth sector, including soft-sell brand temples, gateway beauty spaces and resale sweet spots.    
Retail
Store Concepts
17 Jul 2017
Wheelys’ Moby Mart: Self-Sustaining & Ultra Convenient
Wheelys’ Moby Mart: Self-Sustaining & Ultra Convenient 24/7 Mobile Robo-Store, Shanghai Pushing the perimeters of convenience retailing, Swedish coffee cart business Wheelys has collaborated with Hefei University of Technology and retail technologists Himalafy (both Chinese) on a self-driving staff-free store prototype. Available 24/7, the Moby Mart can be ordered to come to any neighbourhood in Shanghai (its beta-testing zone) via an app. 
Retail
Digital Commerce
12 Jul 2017
Light-Adaptive ‘Lumen’ Installation
Light-Adaptive ‘Lumen’ Installation Light-Adaptive ‘Lumen’ Installation The Museum of Modern Art in New York is hosting Lumen, an immersive installation made from robotically knitted textiles that adapt to their environment.
Colour & Materials
Architecture & Spaces
12 Jul 2017
The Hamptons Pop-Ups, Summer 2017
The Hamptons Pop-Ups, Summer 2017 The Hamptons Pop-Ups, Summer 2017 The Hamptons – Long Island’s prime summer beach escape for affluent New Yorkers – continues to play host to a wealth of pop-ups from brands looking to grab a foothold on luxury consumers’ radars. We highlight the most notable.
Retail
Highlights
10 Jul 2017
The Innovative Outdoors
The Innovative Outdoors The Innovative Outdoors Our gardens are changing. Robotic gardening tools lighten the workload, while fully equipped sheds and cooking facilities further elevate the outdoors as a continuation of the home. We explore the new furniture trends to suit this multifunctional update.
Product Design
Furniture
07 Jul 2017
Teen Brands Reboot the Colour Pink
Teen Brands Reboot the Colour Pink Teen Brands Reboot the Colour Pink No longer the preserve of sugary sweet brand concepts, pink has recently been transformed into a teen-targeting retail design must-have, thanks to its Insta-friendly buzz and soothing effect on shoppers – literally relaxing the muscles (Journal of Orthomolecular Psychiatry)
Retail
Store Concepts
05 Jul 2017
Custom Beauty: St. Ives Mixing Bar
Custom Beauty: St. Ives Mixing Bar Custom Beauty: St. Ives Mixing Bar Plugging into the booming appetite for customisation, St. Ives – the Unilever-owned brand of lotions and face scrubs – has launched a six-week Mixing Bar pop-up in SoHo, New York.
Retail
Store Concepts
03 Jul 2017
Retail City Guide: New York City, July 2017
Retail City Guide: New York City, July 2017 Retail City Guide: NYC, July '17 Retail highlights in NY this month include new luxury flagships (spanning from industrial chic to mid-century elegance), a flourishing Flatiron district homeware scene, Amazon’s physical NYC debut, and a slick streetwear space. Brooklyn welcomes several destination eateries, while art shows encompass both technologically innovative installations and inspiring retrospectives. 
Retail
Retail City Guides
03 Jul 2017
Retail City Guide: London, July 2017
Retail City Guide: London, July 2017 Retail City Guide: London, July '17 In London this July, several cult brands’ stores receive a revamp, a new space targets hardcore wine connoisseurs, and visually striking hospitality destinations make an entrance for high summer. Exhibitions tracking social issues dominate the art scene, while a scent show beguilingly connects creativity and commerce. We present the most inspiring hotspots. 
Retail
Retail City Guides
03 Jul 2017
Amazon Unveils Ethical Initiatives
Amazon Unveils Ethical Initiatives Amazon Unveils Ethical Initiatives Tapping into the growing trend for adopting a more understanding brand perspective (see Empathetic Brand Engagement), Amazon has launched two initiatives to bolster its wider ethical credentials. 
Retail
Insight & Innovation
30 Jun 2017
Empathetic Brand Engagement
Empathetic Brand Engagement Empathetic Brand Engagement Acutely aware of an increasing level of beyond-mainstream needs, smart brands are implementing empathetic engagement strategies – from senior-friendly store designs and initiatives aimed at easing the strains of modern family life, to services (including adjustable e-comm sites) sensitive to physical impairment or mental health issues.
Retail
Store Concepts
29 Jun 2017
Art Basel & Design Miami/Basel 2017
Art Basel & Design Miami/Basel 2017 Art Basel & Design Miami/Basel 2017 Together, Art Basel and Design Miami/Basel form an essential global showcase of contemporary art, highlighting rising stars of the art and design world and new works from more established names. We round up the most innovative use of colour and materials, relevant trends and the freshest talent from the fairs.
Colour & Materials
Arts & Pop Culture
27 Jun 2017
Sustainable Cities: Bird Street – The Tech-Boosted High St.
Sustainable Cities: Bird Street – The Tech-Boosted High St. Bird Street: Smart Shopping, London A new partnership between UK business management consultants New West End Company and European/US pop-up specialists Appear Here is upping the transient retailing ante with the launch of Bird Street in London. The joint venture will see the conversion of a relatively quiet street nestled just behind the shopping mecca of Oxford Street into a technologically enhanced, sustainability-focused ‘intelligent’ shopping street.
Retail
Store Concepts
26 Jun 2017
Venice Art Biennale 2017
Venice Art Biennale 2017 Venice Art Biennale 2017 Featuring the work of 120 artists over the course of seven months, the 57th international art biennale celebrates art as a vehicle for individual expression and freedom. Accompanied by 86 national pavilions and numerous other presentations, the event remains a fixture at the top of the international art calendar. 
Colour & Materials
Arts & Pop Culture
23 Jun 2017
NeoCon 2017: Office Trends
NeoCon 2017: Office Trends NeoCon 2017: Office Trends Premier contract furniture trade show NeoCon saw over 50,000 attendees and hosted 500 exhibitors at this year’s event in Chicago (June 12-14), with workplace design innovations including home interiors inspiration, active desk design and several new privacy booths. We select the highlights ­from this year’s summit.
Product Design
Furniture
23 Jun 2017
Biophilia-Boosted Store Designs
Biophilia-Boosted Store Designs Biophilia-Boosted Store Designs Humanising the store experience with plant life may seem simplistic, but in an increasingly urbanised world – 54.5% of the global population were living in cities in 2016, a figure projected to rise to 60% by 2030 (UN, 2016) – it’s a practice that’s being used to progressively compelling effect. Offering not only a softening influence but also a sense of transition, we spotlight four brands recently deploying it with success.
Retail
Store Concepts
14 Jun 2017
Voice-Controlled Ambience: Ikea Smart Lighting
Voice-Controlled Ambience: Ikea Smart Lighting Ikea Smart Lighting Ikea has launched a range of smart lighting kits – challenging the notion that intelligent lighting has to be expensive. Starting from £15 ($19) and offering various solutions from LED bulbs to panels, the collection now has added compatibility with Amazon Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant.
Product Design
Lighting
09 Jun 2017
Jewellery Retail’s New Horizons
Jewellery Retail’s New Horizons Jewellery Retail’s New Horizons From lab-grown diamonds taking gems beyond bridal and into a younger market, to deformalising fine jewellery, demi-luxe spin-offs and tech-assisted personalisation, a growing jewellery market offers major promise for brands that can retune their perspective. We review the key in-store and online tactics.
Retail
Store Concepts
08 Jun 2017

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