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15 Mar

Shiseido’s Cutting-edge Approach to Innovation

Over the past 45 years, Shiseido has won more top awards from the International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists — 29 finally count — than another company. But it surely’s not content to rest on its laurels. After opening a $400 million Global Innovation Center in Yokohama, Japan, in 2019, the corporate has reinvigorated its approach to R&D with a consumer-centric, multipronged strategy with actionable insights at its core. Called S/Park, the power has 17 floors and over 600,000 square feet of space. It’s a physical manifestation of Shiseido’s recent approach, with the primary two floors given over to public space. Here, consumers can drop by the café for a bite to eat, learn more concerning the company’s history via interactive exhibits...
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17 Jul

At This Yr’s Cayman Islands Carnival, a Troupe of

“Within the Amazon, where I live, I feel that the Caribbean has a robust influence—on our music for instance, something that actually makes my body pulsate,” says Young. “The new and humid climate is filled with water that creates a reference to the body. The plants are also on this same context: how they form across the body and tell a story.”Photo: Christopher “Swurve” JohnsonThe storytelling element was key for Ames, who assigned each of the designers a micro theme to work inside. Fredrik Tjærandsen, the Norwegian designer whose giant balloon dresses achieved viral status at his Central Saint Martins graduate show in 2019, considered the phoenix; “exploring how the human body can metaphorically embody its transformative nature,” in his...
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