We have a saying at Nike – ‘be a sponge’. Take in everything around you, and find inspiration in anything, from the texture of that table, or the colour of the sunset, to the chromatic effect of the surface of a beetle’s shell. It’s endless. We’re looking at the big world, but we’re also looking at it microscopically, and we’re finding really interesting blends of all of that. | | | | | Monogramouflage Mousepad + iPhone, 2009. (Achim Hepp) | | | | |  | “We have a saying at Nike – ‘be a sponge’. Take in everything around you, and find inspiration in anything, from the texture of that table, or the colour of the sunset, to the chromatic effect of the surface of a beetle’s shell. It’s endless. We’re looking at the big world, but we’re also looking at it microscopically, and we’re finding really interesting blends of all of that.”
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 | Core77 |
| Discussing design as an expanding discipline and cultural agency. | | |
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 | Complex |
| While other streetwear brands have come and gone, kids and celebrities still flock to A Bathing Ape. | | |
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 | AnOther |
| We sat down in Rio with the figurehead of the sports behemoth to talk Lee McQueen, his ever-growing art collection, and the best piece of advice he's ever received | | |
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 | Narratively |
| Before white settlers came, tribes revered those who embodied both genders. This year’s Miss International Two Spirit is bringing that reverence back. | | |
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| Complex |
| Takashi Murakami, the legendary Japanese pop artist and ComplexCon creative director, talks about working with Kanye and Louis Vuitton, his quest to outdo himself, and inspiring the next generation. | | |
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 | Nielsen |
| Advancing beyond simple communications purposes, mobile devices have become a constant companion with powerful benefits. Among global respondents, 74% say they appreciate the freedom of being connected anywhere, anytime, and 70% strongly or somewhat agree that their mobile device has made their life better. | | |
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 | Business of Fashion |
| URBN-owned Anthropologie is taking its experiential retail concept to the next level, integrating dining, beauty and home goods within 30,000-square-foot superstores. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| Cotton futures surged as much as 3.9 percent in New York after the U.S. government made a larger-than-expected cut to its estimate for domestic inventories, citing higher Chinese demand. | | |
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 | TechCrunch |
| MasterCard is moving from trials of facial biometrics for payment authentication, including one in the U.S. and Canada launched earlier this year, to its first proper rollout of what is colloquially referred to as ‘selfie pay’ (aka MasterCard Identity Check). So basically enabling app users to confirm an online payment by showing their face to their smartphone’s camera. | | |
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 | Charlie Porter |
| From the off, The Vulgar assumes intelligence on the part of the viewer. If only if all fashion exhibitions were so. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| From the mess of see-now, shop-now to the Kim Kardashian West robbery, social media cast a dark shadow over the last show season. | | |
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 | W Magazine |
| Supermodels are increasingly deciding to go behind the camera, as well as in front of it. Is Instagram to blame? | | |
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 | Lean Luxe |
| Everlane's 'radical transparency' story is misleading, argues Eunice Lee. Her antidote: long-term perseverance, gradual growth, and a focus on bricks-and-mortar. | | |
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 | Fast Company |
| Even when "dress for success" doesn't officially apply, it's still a good idea to get out of your PJs or sweats. | | |
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 | Man Repeller |
| Today, we are talking about the first male Cover Girl, and what a cool process it is. | | |
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 | OZY |
| The ballroom scene brought a whole new meaning to being "in vogue." | | |
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 | Reuters |
| Luxury goods group LVMH said there was "no way" it would do business with Amazon even though the Internet retailer was keen to take on more high-end brands. | | |
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 | Co.Create |
| The 12-minute short doc illustrates the benefits of conscious consumption on both individuals and the bottom line. | | |
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 | Sourcing Journal Online |
| More than 90 percent of consumers are unhappy with the fit of their clothes. That means that an industry worth $3 trillion is selling stuff that fits almost no one. | | |
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 | The Fashion Law |
| Zara arguably does not need famous names and faces to sell help its goods; it has something better: A near-perfect supply chain. | | |
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 | Vogue |
| Gucci displaces Chanel for the top spot in Vogue Runway’s most-viewed shows of the Spring 2017 season. | | |
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