Vogue Festival 2012, Part 2 – Entrepreneurs, women and food
Friday 20th April saw British Vogue launch their inaugural Vogue Festival over at the Royal Geographic Society in London. PDD went along to see what the fuss was about and to hear what some of the fashion industry’s biggest players had to say.
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A quiet and wet Milan Design Week, 2012
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Vogue Festival 2012 – Part 1 – How does British icon Burberry stay innovative?
Friday 20th April saw British Vogue launch their inaugural Vogue Festival over at the Royal Geographic Society in London. PDD went along to see what the fuss was about and to hear what some of the fashion industry’s biggest players had to say. Our first report looks at Burberry, the British brand headed by Christopher [...]
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It is a sign of an eclectic team when we get The Cloud Appreciation Society, Adobe Creative Suite 6 and Star Wars Scalextric gathering so much excitement in the studio. Here, for your enjoyment, is what has been flying around the studio this week… Have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend everyone.
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Planned Engineering Works
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Fashion production: Premiere Vision 2012 and Texworld 2012
As London Fashion Week designers were adding their finishing touches and making casting decisions for their Autumn / Winter 2012 shows, over in Paris the next Spring/Summer season for 2013 was already getting underway at the world’s biggest textiles tradeshows, Premiere Vision and Texworld.
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Brands getting British: Diamond Jubilee packaging
As the UK and the rest of the work get prepared for the Olympics in London there is another celebration generating brand attention this month. In this post we take a look at how marketing and packaging will be saying ‘Happy Birthday’ to Her Majesty.
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I recently attended a talk hosted by NESTA (one of the perks of my internship!) to the launch of the economic publication ‘Megachange: The world in 2050’ –a book that explores The Economist’s top correspondents’ thoughts and predictions for the world in 40 years.
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