Virgil Abloh revisits Vitra’s classics

It’s far from Virgil Abloh’s first collaboration. After Nike, Supreme, Ikea and many others, Virgil Abloh, the star designer of the moment and Louis Vuitton’s new artistic director, has joined forces with the iconic furniture designer and manufacturer Vitra. Together they are presenting the Twentythirtyfive installation reflecting Virgil Abloh’s thinking in Zaha Hadid’s fire station at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein.

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Buddhist shrines in the ANZHI concept store in Shanghai

The Dongqi Architects studio has just finished renovating the ANZHI concept store located in M50, Shanghai’s famous art district. In a dark and hypnotic décor, the creative teams have displayed Buddhist shrines and given free rein to the artist Lin Wanshan to unveil an interactive art installation there, simply entitled « Space ».

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Louis Vuitton presents two new bags with built-in flexible screens

What will the fashion of the future look like? Quite unexpectedly, Louis Vuitton has provided a convincing initial response to this eternal question with a line of handbags boasting futuristic features.

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Tomorrow’s bag

What makes them stand out? A monogrammed leather exterior that features built-in flexible screens. A surprising curiosity, revealed during the Cruise 2020 show held in one of JFK airport’s former terminals in New York, which attracted a great deal of media attention.

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Several models walked the catwalk carrying the now famous « Canvas of the Future » design, which comes in two versions: one with two screens on each side and the other with just one screen.

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Louis Vuitton, Royole
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An internet search engine was even spotted on one of them. Louis Vuitton explains that these new It-bags have been designed to become a natural extension of the smartphone, suggesting the development of several functions for this extraordinary accessory.

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A technological feat from Royole

Displaying a 1920 x 1440 resolution, these flexible screens have been developed in close collaboration with Royole, a global manufacturer of flexible screens, supple sensors and smart devices. The inventor of the first foldable smartphone in the world, the company has also made a name for itself with the creation of an ultra-fine screen that can be incorporated into a classic T-shirt or a wallet.

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Louis Vuitton, Royole
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Louis Vuitton, Royole
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Struggling to convince consumers due to their rather unattractive aesthetic, Royale’s technologies are winning a reputation at last by merging with the French trunkmaker’s tradition. Louis Vuitton bags and their relatively high price would (finally) make it possible to offer them an extremely profitable commercial application. It remains to be seen if the brand’s enthusiasts will succumb to the charms of a bag that is half-accessory, half-smartphone.

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A futuristic industrial design for the new Subtype store

The sneakers brand Subtype has just unveiled a new store right at the heart of Melbourne, Australia. To create an original and modern environment that best reflects the brand’s street style, the designers from Noise Noise studio have devised a space that mixes materials, blending industrial and futuristic influences to create a highly Instagrammable décor, which echoes the « 0 Gravity » concept – ON AIR Theme from the new SS21 Digital Design Study.

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