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“Boost trade, alleviate urban anonymity,” is the goal of the new community art project that has recently been set up in Geneva called Boîtes d’Échange Entre Voisins, or in English, the Neighborhood Exchange Boxes.

Designers Theo Tveterås and Lars Marcus Vedeler, from Skrekkøgle studio, wanted to comprehend this ‘time bending’ nature associated with most humans, and how it copes up with the “unseen,” real flow of time.

3D printing is on the rise, but the bridge between concept and well-executed print is still long for allot of consumers. This new app presents a solution by gapping that bridge and at the same time making designs more exciting than the typical pre-made pencil-toppers, cups, and figurines.

After UNIQLO broke the traditional e-commerce style with their creative online shopping system “UN-Q,” the Japanese retail giant released a fun, new marketing strategy called “UNIQLO Recipe,” which is an app that combines food, style and music.

The wait is over! H&M’s new high-end label & Other Stories will soon finally launch it's first store in Amsterdam! You’ve probably read the news elsewhere by now, but still we, big fans of the store, felt so enthusiastic about it, we had to put it on the blog.

While in the Marais, the concept store Merci was always the place to be and an important reason to frequent the area. However after my last visit I was exited to discover a lot of new gems.

Within a growing distrustful world, buying organic and/or growing your own vegetables is becoming increasingly popular. So what if you could sell some of your vegetables and or baed goods to your local neighborhood with out the need for a cardboard sign on your front lawn?

In the mindset of quality rather than quantity, 2014 will continue focusing on handmade, back to basics products, creating a more meaningful relation between us and our belongings (an essential development in a world full of disposable products).

Designed to redefine a new sense of what it means to be masculine, the Dutch Design Academy graduate, has created a make-up collection for men with raw, organic packaging.

We are organizing a 5 hour tailored shopping tour on Friday 21st of March, more details below.

Fantastic imagery taken by Cambridgeshire based photographer Jonathan Cherry.

Last Thursday on February 27th we've presented the Peclers inspirations and colors for the Fall/Winter of 2015/16. It was fantastic, we're happy, the clients seemed happy and according to the reactions afterwards, the Peclers trends are seen as very inspirational and of great help for the coming collection set-ups.

As mentioned in our ItFits! trend presentation, mushrooms are becoming a huge trend, and not just for culinary purposes (read our “grow-your-own” mushroom kit article).

In our 2012/13 ItFits! Trend Forecast, we have talked about the UNSEEN, which discusses a new chapter on finding ways to embrace the magic of technology and create a world of captivating science through couture, luxury products and opulent materials, arising the sense of beauty, magic and faith into our daily lives.