Bespoke

Olympic treatment

Big Ideas

Olympic treatment

London – Performance Team is a new training camp that offers athletes the opportunity to be treated like Olympians.

Performance Team : Fitness : The Optimised Self

News

Shop and sweat

Milan – DSquared2 is taking a placemaking approach to its Milan headquarters with the addition of an exclusive luxury gym and spa.

DSquared2 : Destination Retail : Wellness

Residential retail

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Residential retail

Los Angeles – The Future Perfect has opened a curated private residence where everything is for sale.

The Future Perfect : Home-tail : Los Angeles

Transient travel

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Transient travel

London – Blink is a new luxury travel service that creates bespoke ephemeral experiences.

Luxury Travel : Glamping : Black Tomato

Do-It-Yourself wine

Big Ideas

Do-It-Yourself wine

UK – Vinfusion aims to broaden consumers’ wine horizons by allowing them to create their own flavour combinations.

Countertop Culture : Vinfusion : Cambridge Consultants

Preview: Beauty Diagnostics 2.0

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Preview: Beauty Diagnostics 2.0

Global – Diagnostic tools are helping beauty brands offer tailored and bespoke skincare solutions. Our latest market report examines the category’s...

Diagnostic : Digital Beauty : Skincare

Beauty diagnostics 2.0

Markets

Beauty diagnostics 2.0

Beauty diagnostic tools are increasingly used in services and apps, indicating the category’s potential for growth as consumers seek out tailored a...

Diagnostics : Wearables : Personalised

Seasonal scents

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Seasonal scents

London – Perfumer Lyn Harris has opened Perfumer H, a retail space with a working fragrance laboratory.

Perfumer H : Lyn Harris : London

Deal or no deal

Big Ideas

Deal or no deal

Paris – Petit h, the research arm of luxury fashion brand Hermès, is inviting customers to take a leap of faith and buy one of its mystery boxes.

Hermés : Petit H : Mystery Box

Big Ideas

Retail lab

San Francisco – Retail technology start-ups have a new hub in Bespoke, a monolithic co-working space in one of the city’s retail hotspots.

Westfield Labs : Bespoke : Retail

Louis Desazars: Hyper-bespoke beauty

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Louis Desazars: Hyper-bespoke beauty

Consumers want hyper-individualised offers, says Louis Desazars, CEO of NARS Cosmetics.

Louis Desazars : NARS : Customisation

Micro Trends

DNA Me

Beauty consumers increasingly want personalisation, which means that more and more of them are willing to hand over their DNA in exchange for produ...

DNA : Geneu : U+

Hijab style: turbans gain a modern twist

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Hijab style: turbans gain a modern twist

Saudi Arabia – Design agency Anagrama has created classic, elegant branding for Islamic headwear maker T4Turban.

Hijabistas : Turbans : Head

Have it your way: Fast food gets personal

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Have it your way: Fast food gets personal

McDonald’s and other fast food brands are ramping up their collaborative credentials, but will it be enough to tempt the Millennial generation?

Millennial : Fast Food : McDonald's

McDonald’s courts Millennials with personalised experiences

Big Ideas

McDonald’s courts Millennials with personalised experiences

McDonald’s has moved to make its products more individual.

McDonald's : Millennials : Fast Food

Selfridges launches men's personal shopping service

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Selfridges launches men's personal shopping service

The London department store is revamping its menswear offer, including the introduction of a personal shopping service for men.

Menswear : Selfridges : Personal Shopper

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Seaweed formula: Skincare brand harvests local ingredients

Margate – A new beauty brand has opened a shop in Margate offering premium small-batch skincare made from local ingredients, including seaweed.

Haeckels : Margate : Seaweed

Eye piece: Student envisages a new way to watch film

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Eye piece: Student envisages a new way to watch film

London – Ever wished you could direct a film with your eyes? With Guillaume Couche’s new project, Fables, this could now be possible.

Cinema : Motion Sensing : Screens

3D Body Scanning

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3D Body Scanning

3D body scanning technology, already in use for several years, is set to proliferate in retail settings as the technology improves and costs fall.

Body Scanning : Sizing : Bespoke

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Spoonful of sugar: Tea brand brews bespoke blends

Berlin – Drinks brand 5 cups and some sugar has launched an online platform that enables customers to create their own bespoke tea blend.

Berlin : Europe : Germany

Wave riding: Wetsuit company brings style and substance

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Wave riding: Wetsuit company brings style and substance

Newquay, England – In a surf shop overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, Neon creates hand-crafted, customisable wetsuits for stylish surfers.

Bespoke : Surfwear : Wetsuit

Re-con retail: How to design stores for men

Markets

Re-con retail: How to design stores for men

Men are driven by convenience, efficiency and expert advice when it comes to shopping, and stores need to cater for this behaviour with technology ...

Bespoke : QT Spa : Hands-on

Design Directions

Timber

It takes a Frenchman to call flatpack furniture ‘poetic’. ‘Boring’, perhaps. ‘Maddening’, most definitely. Not, as French designer Vincent Tarisien...

Furniture : Painterly : Fly

Perfumery specialises in customised fragrances

Big Ideas

Perfumery specialises in customised fragrances

Perfumery specialises in customised fragrances

Perfume : Olfactory : NOVA

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