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Giraffenap pods revolutionise power napping

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Giraffenap pods revolutionise power napping

The Giraffenap, a standing sleeping pod resembling a giraffe’s long neck created by Koyoju Plywood Corporation, offers an unconventional solution f...

Sleep : Wellness : Health

Dior’s experiential universe redefines retail

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Dior’s experiential universe redefines retail

Recently unveiled, Dior’s ambitious renovations of the 30 Montaigne flagship store in Paris reveal a space that stretches far beyond retail, cateri...

Luxury : Hospitality : Fashion

A café designed for sci-fi desserts

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A café designed for sci-fi desserts

Australian café and lifestyle concept Black Star Pastry is opening a space-themed dessert bar in Shanghai, to mark its first foray into China.

Indulgence Market : Dessert : Café

Urby Staten Island

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Urby Staten Island

Urby Staten Island is a new rent-only residential development with experience and community at its heart.

Urby Staten Island : Architecture : Apartments

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Cereal dining

New York – Kellogg’s has opened its first permanent cereal café in the heart of Times Square.

Kellogg's NYC : Cereal Café : Dining

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Sweat ’n’ shop

Zurich – Balboa Bar & Gym combines fitness, retail and leisure in one rugged space.

Balboa Bar & Gym : Fitness : Destination

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Pacific power

London – Two Pacific cultures collide at Soho’s Tombo café, which serves bowls of Hawaiian poke alongside cups of matcha tea.

Tombo : Café : Poke

Healthy tipples

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Healthy tipples

London – Herne Hill-based café and cocktail bar First Aid Box serves drinks that won’t go against doctor’s orders.

First Aid Box : Herne Hill : Cocktails

Education in beauty

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Education in beauty

Tokyo – Interior designer studio Nendo has created Beauty Library, a retail space that will have customers struggling to remain silent.

Nendo : Nature’s Way : Beauty Library

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Café couture

London – Burberry will be serving a slice of British high-end comfort food at its Regent Street flagship store.

Burberry : Thomas’s : Café

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Cool cuisine

Paris – The third restaurant in Paris’s popular PNY burger chain is bringing a touch of Miami sunshine to the city.

PNY : CUT Architectures : Paris

Forager’s feast

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Forager’s feast

Melbourne – Lunchtime in the city’s central business district just became a lot more interesting with Hunters’ Roots, a new health food café.

Hunters' Roots : Melbourne : Flexitarianism

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Chocolate bar

Tokyo – Belgian chocolatier BbyB has opened its first Tokyo store with a striking two-tone space by Japanese design studio Nendo.

Nendo : BbyB : Chocolate

Big Mac-chiato: McDonald’s opens independent coffee house

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Big Mac-chiato: McDonald’s opens independent coffee house

Sydney – McDonald’s has opened independent café The Corner, which will be a testing ground for new products.

The Corner : McDonald's : Chameleon Brands

Starbucks Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room

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Starbucks Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room

Starbucks has brewed a new special project in Seattle, and it is a far cry from the corporate image and usual coffee offer for which it has become ...

Starbucks : Immersive Retail : Coffee

Dialling up the past: Vodafone opens heritage-inspired café

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Dialling up the past: Vodafone opens heritage-inspired café

Hamburg – Vodafone has opened a heritage-inspired café that celebrates the pioneering work of German Karl Ferdinand Braun, the inventor who la...

Retail Experience : Retail : Café

Getcha matcha: MatchaBar opens in Williamsburg

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Getcha matcha: MatchaBar opens in Williamsburg

Williamsburg, New York – The city’s first exclusively matcha café, MatchaBar, has opened in the Brooklyn area.

Williamsburg : Body Temples : Matcha

Drawing on the imagination: Agency invents heritage for café

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Drawing on the imagination: Agency invents heritage for café

Yerevan, Armenia – What is a brand without an identity? Louis Charden, a new concept for a café and bakery, was instilled with an identity and...

Personality Brands : Faction Marketing : Brand Identity

London delivery: House of Vans opens second space at Waterloo

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London delivery: House of Vans opens second space at Waterloo

London – Four years after it opened in Brooklyn, Vans has opened a second House of Vans space under the tunnels beneath Waterloo station.

London : Vans : Convergence Retail

Café culture: Branding for Nigeria’s coffee shop chain

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Café culture: Branding for Nigeria’s coffee shop chain

Lagos – Umutu Coffee Company is bringing the concept of a coffee house to Nigeria and asked Mexican design agency Anagrama to create branding ...

Stamped Goods : Anagrama : Coffee

Pedal power market

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Pedal power market

In October 2013 actor Ashton Kutcher headed into a meeting wearing a t-shirt that read ‘Bike is the new car’. By broadcasting that belief the Hol...

Ashton Kutcher : Bicycles : US PIRG Education Fund

Retail Week Live 2014: Part 2

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Retail Week Live 2014: Part 2

Multi-channel is dead. Omni-channel is done. Welcome to the new fusion of physical and digital retail: phy-gital. We have been using this portmante...

Omni-channel : Multi-channel : Phy-gital

Design Directions

Toms Austin

Toms shoes and glasses can be found at thousands of stores in the US and overseas, but until recently the brand had only one dedicated store, in ...

TOMS : Community : Coffee

Ace Hotel London

Design Directions

Ace Hotel London

Ace Hotel opened its first branch outside of the Americas, in east London, in September. Like other ventures from Ace Hotel Group, it is the epitom...

Ace Hotel : London : Seattle

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