Minimalism

CES 2023: LG introduces upgradeable back-to-basics home appliances

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CES 2023: LG introduces upgradeable back-to-basics home appliances

Stripped down from countless and often unnecessary features, buttons and accessories, LG’s new line of minimalistic appliances embraces a back-to-b...

Design : Technology : Society

The post-Covid consumer: hedonistic or minimalist?

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The post-Covid consumer: hedonistic or minimalist?

Brands and businesses must prepare for polarised responses to the pandemic as established consumer paradigms are either accelerated or abandoned.

Retail : Covid-19 : Coronavirus

Stat: Beauty consumers chase simplified skincare

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Stat: Beauty consumers chase simplified skincare

Female consumers in the UK are moving away from multi-step beauty routines, according to research from Mintel.

Beauty : Skincare : Minimalism

Could Facebook launch a Line store?

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Could Facebook launch a Line store?

Social media platforms need to become playful and experimental to win over the next generation of users in Asia.

Asia : Social Media : Line

Preview: Anti-choice Architecture

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Preview: Anti-choice Architecture

Global – Luxury brands are shunning excessive choice in favour of a more singular experience.

Stuffocation : Minimalism : Fashion

Anti-choice Architecture

Micro Trends

Anti-choice Architecture

Turned off by the model of mass-consumption, a new wave of luxury brands are removing excessive choice from the buying process in favour of a more ...

Stuffocation : Anti-Choice : Minimalism

Korean minimalism

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Korean minimalism

Los Angeles – Korean-made CLE Cosmetics designs innovative beauty fixes for the Western beauty market.

Los Angeles : Skincare : Korean Beauty

Preview: Waste Warriors

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Preview: Waste Warriors

Global – Waste Warriors looks at people taking mindful consumption to new levels, producing just a few scraps of rubbish each month.

Waste Warriors : Zero Waste : Psychographics

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Single-minded

Tokyo – Morioka Shoten is a book store that has made the bold decision to stock only one book at a time.

Morioka Shoten : Bookstore : Ginza

Serene style: Phillip Lim designs New York flagship store

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Serene style: Phillip Lim designs New York flagship store

New York – Hackney-based studio Campaign has designed 3.1 Phillip Lim’s serene New York flagship store.

3.1 Phillip Lim : Campaign : Geo Luxe

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Fresh take on laundry: Detergent brand inspired by fragrances

Hamburg – L’Eaundry is a luxury brand of detergent that wants its users to treat their clothes as well as they treat their skin.

Luxe Laundry : Packaging : Hamburg

Perfect balance: Scales offer measured approach

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Perfect balance: Scales offer measured approach

Basel, Switzerland – In a world of rampant consumerism, people often throw things away as quickly as they buy them, allowing no time to form a bond...

New Sublimity : Minimalism : Basel

Fairytale idea: The jewellery that changes shape

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Fairytale idea: The jewellery that changes shape

London – Jewellery designer Alexandra Druzhinin has designed an avant-garde jewellery collection that earned her the London College of Fashion Off-...

Playful : Avant Garde : Alexandra Druzhinin

Skin science: Simple luxe skincare for day and night

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Skin science: Simple luxe skincare for day and night

Melbourne – Australian beauty brand ManeNocte is a system of bioactive emulsions to be used day and night to protect and repair skin. Combining hol...

Luxury Beauty : Bioactive : Manenocte

Accessible beauty: Spa designed with no frills

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Accessible beauty: Spa designed with no frills

Accessible beauty: Spa designed with no frills

Concrete : DaySpa : Spa Design

Blank slate: A colourless clubhouse in China

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Blank slate: A colourless clubhouse in China

Zhengzhou, China – Japanese studio Noiz Architects has designed a clubhouse for a large private company in Zhengzhou using only white, cream and gr...

Wallpaper : Clubhouse : Monochrome

Y-3 celebrates 10 years with new London store

Big Ideas

Y-3 celebrates 10 years with new London store

Y-3 celebrates 10 years with new London store

Trainers : Historic Architecture : Listed Buildings

Spirit of Mexico: Mezcal bar opens in Berlin

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Spirit of Mexico: Mezcal bar opens in Berlin

Berlin – Mercado San Cosme, a bar and showroom specialising in Mexican drink mezcal, has brought minimalism with a touch of Neo-Kitsch&nb...

Berlin : Bar Interior : Mexican Architecture

Branching out: Onico salon looks to the forest

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Branching out: Onico salon looks to the forest

Osaka – Japanese hair and nail salon Onico has been given a forest-inspired design featuring birch trees and other woodland aesthetics.

Visual Merchandising : Onico : Birch

No Noise at Selfridges

Design Directions

No Noise at Selfridges

As we predicted in our New Sublimity macrotrend, getting away from it all is on the rise.Businesses are creating new contemplative spaces...

Branding : Alex Cochrane : Pause

Retail therapy: Selfridges creates sublime spaces

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Retail therapy: Selfridges creates sublime spaces

UK – Department store group Selfridges has unveiled its No Noise initiative in its London, Birmingham and Manchester stores offering customers spac...

Branding : Silence Room : Peace

Quiet treat: Pop-up spa offers urban relaxation

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Quiet treat: Pop-up spa offers urban relaxation

Quiet treat: Pop-up spa offers urban relaxation

Netherlands : Pod : Pop-ups

Big Ideas

All Saints’ new minimalism hits the high street

All Saints’ new minimalism hits the high street

Al Saints : High Street : Minimalism

Hands on: Clock explores perceptions of time

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Hands on: Clock explores perceptions of time

Hands on: Clock explores perceptions of time

London : Fresh Taiwan : Taichung

The Luxury Matrix Stage Two : Discernment and Worth

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The Luxury Matrix Stage Two : Discernment and Worth

What we said: ‘At Stage Two, customers uses their wealth to buy brands, products and services that enable them to articulate higher levels of taste...

Discernment : Worth : Dunhill

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