inspire: retail design blog » Trends http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk brand new thinking Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:08:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 Heritage Heresy http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2014/03/06/heritage-heresy/ http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2014/03/06/heritage-heresy/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:56:15 +0000 http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/?p=1167 HERITAGE-HERESY-1

The majority of people worldwide wouldn’t care if 73% of brands disappeared tomorrow.

Is that all?

Read the full thing on trendwatching

]]> http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2014/03/06/heritage-heresy/feed/ 0 John Lewis celebrates London Design week http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2013/09/06/john-lewis-celebrates-london-design-week/ http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2013/09/06/john-lewis-celebrates-london-design-week/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:32:39 +0000 http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/?p=1118 How? With an interactive infographic of course …

Brought to you by John Lewis.

You can get a better/friendlier view of the whole thing here, or use your keyboard arrow keys to scroll.

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Click an image to see larger version and cycle through the gallery.

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This website History of Retail in 100 Objects does exactly that with lots of inspiration and understanding along the way as well as a look at the future of retail.

You can also download the ebook for free, excellent stuff.

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]]> http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2013/08/15/history-of-retail-in-100-objects/feed/ 0 Pop Up Ikea http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2013/04/26/pop-up-ikea/ http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2013/04/26/pop-up-ikea/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:32:32 +0000 http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/?p=1051 To tie in with Ikea’s ‘Make more of your Garden’ their new pop up at Liverpool Street Station.

Apparently 800,000 commuters pass through the station every day.

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Ikea on facebook

]]> http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2013/04/26/pop-up-ikea/feed/ 0 2013 is Emerald! http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2013/01/07/2013-is-emerald/ http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2013/01/07/2013-is-emerald/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:09:18 +0000 http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/?p=1014 This year’s colour is Emerald, or Pantone® 17-5641 if you prefer.

a lively, radiant, lush green

The brights always come to the fore when money is tight and talk of recession filters through the airwaves.

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More detail, mood boards and colour trend history on the Pantone site

 

]]> http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2013/01/07/2013-is-emerald/feed/ 0 Cupcakes in Abu Dhabi http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2012/01/10/cupcakes-in-abu-dhabi/ http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2012/01/10/cupcakes-in-abu-dhabi/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:30:09 +0000 http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/?p=935 Via a submission, London based carbon, have recently completed a project in Abu Dhabi for Bloomsbury’s.

A free standing cupcake kiosk in Al Wahda Mall. The architecture and components were designed as a ‘kit of parts’ so the design can work for roll out locations across the Middle East and India.

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Here’s a nice little eBook, courtesy of Elateral.

Just the right thing to get those juices going for your New Year’s to do list. Of particular interest is the four principles and seven imperatives and some good links at the back of the book. Happy reading.

Here’s the download link. (You’ll need to give up your email address).

]]> http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2012/01/09/shopper-centric-design-ebook/feed/ 0 Happy 2012 with energy boost http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2011/12/09/happy-2012-with-energy-boost/ http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2011/12/09/happy-2012-with-energy-boost/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:40:48 +0000 http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/?p=912 Next year’s colour will be (says Pantone) Tangerine Tango. I used to have a bike this colour!

]]> http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2011/12/09/happy-2012-with-energy-boost/feed/ 0 Vintage Tesco http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2011/09/21/vintage-tesco/ http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/2011/09/21/vintage-tesco/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:33:49 +0000 http://inspiredesignblog.co.uk/?p=865 Even Tesco is getting in on the vintage act. Their store at Goodwood Revival harks back to the 60’s complete with retro packaging and hairdo’s.

Many more photos on Tasteologie and the Daily Mail Online

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