Germany's Rocket Internet Falls Back To Earth

After slower growth from Nigeria to Russia and Brazil, Rocket Internet's 2012 launched would-be African Amazon company Jumia has casted doubt on Rocket Internet's ambition to become the world's biggest Internet company outside the United States and China.

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Bits & Bytes | Shopable Pinterest Pins, PredictSpring Raises $11.4M

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.

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Adidas Agrees Long-Term Partnership With Kanye West

Adidas has agreed a new long-term partnership with singer-turned-designer Kanye West, who the German sportswear company poached from arch rival Nike in 2013, helping to revive its business in the US market.

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Graphic Urgency at Neil Barrett

Barrett’s affection for precise lines was obvious in the angles, diagonals and parquet-like chevrons intarsia-ed into everything.

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Ahead of Amazon Prime Day, Wal-Mart Tries To Move In

Wal-Mart is offering a free 30-day trial on its two-day unlimited shipping service, and an extra month free for paying members, as it looks to sharpen its attack against the online leader.

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Nike Shares Drop After Orders Spark Concerns About Slowdown

Nike tumbled as much as 7.4 percent in late trading after its sales and orders missed estimates, renewing concerns that competitors will hamstring growth at the world’s largest sports brand.

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Brexit Vote Sends Tourists Flocking to London to Purchase Luxury Goods

By voting to leave the European Union, Britons have delivered a potential windfall to tourists eager to snatch up Burberry trenchcoats, Harrods Stilton and Liberty scarves on the cheap.

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Is Stitch Fix the Goldilocks of Fashion?

With data science at its core, the San Francisco-based startup aims to offer fashion that’s ‘just right’ for every customer.

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BoF Exclusive | Justin O’Shea Enlists Metallica For Brioni’s Radical Repositioning

Rock band Metallica are the stars of Brioni’s first advertising campaign under creative director Justin O'Shea, reflecting a radical, masculine repositioning for the Kering-owned men’s luxury label.

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BoF Exclusive | Alessandro Sartori’s Plan for Zegna

Alessandro Sartori talks exclusively to Tim Blanks about his return to Ermenegildo Zegna.

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Alexander Wang Becomes CEO and Chairman of His Namesake Brand

Alexander Wang is the latest designer to take on a broader business role, becoming chief executive and chairman of his namesake brand.  

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Op-Ed | To Build Successful Businesses, Start Solving Problems

Like their counterparts in Silicon Valley, fashion entrepreneurs should begin by identifying real problems. Not enough dresses and handbags to choose from isn’t one of them, argues Ari Bloom.

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Adidas Extends China Sports Push in Agreement With Billionaire

Adidas signed an agreement with billionaire Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda Group to help develop soccer and basketball in China, as the German company seeks to capitalise on increasing interest in sports and fitness in the world’s most populous nation.

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Brexit Gives Europeans $15,000 Discount on Cartier Watch

Rich foreigners visiting the UK have the chance to buy luxury goods at a discount given the pound’s slide against the dollar, making Swiss watches cheaper than on the continent.

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Berluti’s Bourgeois Spring Fair

Berluti’s raison d’être chimes on a discrete luxury wardrobe and an unfussy silhouette catering for the gentleman whose summer social calendar may gyrate between the golf course and a gala luncheon.

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Langour and Purism at Cerruti

Jason Basmajin’s Spring 2017 outing was awash with custom textiles — many featuring a hybrid, leafy camouflage inspired by the motifs of tree bark.

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Carven Collegiate

Barnabé Hardy proffered glittery silver socks under pastel seersucker suits, playful segmented knits, and poppy neon jackets in crushed nylon.

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Young Turks: E-Commerce Start-Ups Bet On Enviable Demographics

The potential for online retail growth in Turkey is increasingly attracting overseas players and investors.

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Creating a Fashion Cult at Sacai

 Step One: Chitose Abe turns Clockwork Orange into fuchsia pink.

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Coach Turns to Mickey Mouse for Help Reviving Handbag Sales

Coach Inc. chief executive officer Victor Luis has a strategy to make the brand more edgy and cool: a cheeky Mickey Mouse sticking out his tongue.

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Amazon Brings Back 'Prime Day' Sales Gimmick

Amazon is renewing its "Prime Day" July sales gimmick as Wal-Mart also tries to go after online shoppers.

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Milk and Other Surprising Ways to Stay Hydrated

A new “beverage hydration index” provides evidence-based suggestions for how to most efficiently hydrate.

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Power Moves | Alexander Wang Becomes CEO and Chairman, Interview CRO

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.

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Quote(s) of the week by Jiani Lu“A personal project launched by...

Quote(s) of the week by Jiani Lu

“A personal project launched by graphic designer, Jiani Lu. Crafting typographic visuals inspired by bad clients and design headaches.”

Jiani Lu is a Canadian multidisciplinary designer & photographer. She specializes in branding, print and information design. Her work has won awards from Adobe, Graphis, D&AD, AIGA, The Dieline, Applied Arts and others. In addition to features in publications such as IdN, Computer Arts, Victionary, Applied Arts and Sandu Books

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The Must-Have SS17 Kidswear Edit

Trendstop gives blog readers an exclusive preview of the top collections fresh from the Bubble kidswear trade show for Spring/Summer 17.   Our trend experts have rounded up the essential key directions for the kidswear commercial market. These ultimate trends are set to create waves in commercial fashion ranges and will continue to develop for […]

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Op-Ed | How Small Brands Can Face Heavyweights

A global network enabling shared data, manufacturing resources and a sales force of independent stylists is the solution to the challenges facing start-up fashion businesses, argues Adam Pritzker.

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Branding & Packaging for Seven Point by La Tortilleria“Seven...

Branding & Packaging for Seven Point by La Tortilleria

“Seven Point is an outstanding high-end Chicago based state-approved medical cannabis dispensary. La Tortillería worked on this project alongside with Curioso, its sister agency in the US, to build Seven Point´s complete branding and visual identity. The challenging task demanded skilful design, marketing experience, full understanding of the dispensary’s public exposition levels, and of course, Chicago´s own laws and regulations regarding medical marijuana’s advertising and branding methods.”

Originally founded in an old tortilla factory building, La Tortillería is a creative company with a passion for images and words with the exceptional ability of turning them into an exquisite reflection of an idea. They create, brand, design, publish and advertise blending creativity and functionality to grant each project a unique personality. They are creative problem solvers who begin with the end in mind either from scratch or from an outlined plan and make things happen come hell or high water.

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The ‘Intentional Summer’ Challenge: Play an Outdoor Game

If you remember late suburban nights playing flashlight tag or Ghost in the Graveyard under the streetlights, this one’s for you.

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Can New Technologies Thwart Counterfeiters?

New technologies have made it easier for counterfeiters to produce, advertise and distribute fake goods, but they also provide crucial tools for the industry to fight back.

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At the End of Life, What Would Doctors Do?

They don’t really die differently. But many speak of a deepening connection to the people who matter most.

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Social Goods | Bono and Ali Hewson Back Natural Beauty, Aquazzura Suing Ivanka Trump

Social Goods is a weekly roundup of the most important news at the intersection of fashion and ethics, sustainability and corporate social responsibility.

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thedsgnblog: Amazing Font Bundles of the week: Darwin Font...

thedsgnblog:

Amazing Font Bundles of the week:

• Darwin Font Family - 20 fonts
  
• 30 High-Quality Vintage Fonts with Bonuses
• Adagio Sans Family (18 Modern Fonts)
• Latinotype Happy Bundle of 6 Desktop Fonts
  
• 10 Fantastic Fresh Script Font Families
  
• Showcase Font Family (7 Fonts + 1 Ornament Set)
  
• Latinotype Pack of 9 Fabulous Font Families
  
• Sophisticated Otama Font Family - 28 Styles

For more great designer deals visit MightyDeals!

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Branding & Packaging for Friends of Ham by Passport“Friends...

Branding & Packaging for Friends of Ham by Passport

“Friends of Ham is a bar and charcuterie based in Leeds that serves the finest continental meats and cheeses alongside a vast selection of independent craft ales. After previously designing their menus, Passport have continued to work with them over the past year on their ever changing print collateral. It was important for the application of the identity to remain fluid and flexible throughout the printed materials which they achieved through a wide variety of materials, formats and processes”

Passport is an independent branding and print design studio based in Leeds, UK, informed and influenced by certain destinations and international design culture. We enjoy designing thoughtful and effective identities that aim to strike a balance between classic and contemporary aesthetics. We strive to realise projects through carefully crafted and well executed print as a result of constant research and experimentation into unconventional processes and materials. 

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Don’t Eat Raw Dough, F.D.A. Cautions

Investigations traced the source of an E. coli outbreak to flour that was produced in November 2015 at the General Mills facility in Kansas City, Mo.

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Book Review: Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist

Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist by Jens Hoffmann, Claudia J. Nahson
The Jewish Museum / Yale University Press, 2016
Hardcover, 224 pages



One of the must-see exhibitions in New York right now is Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist, on display at the Jewish Museum until September 18th. Although known primarily for the more than 2,000 landscape designs he executed in Brazil and beyond, the exhibition "showcases the full range of Burle Marx's output across nearly 140 works, from landscape designs and sculptures to textiles and jewelry," as I wrote in a review at World-Architects. The exhibition is accompanied by a handsome catalog by the show's curators, Jens Hoffmann and Claudia J. Nahson.

Like the exhibition, the book is primarily visual, presenting the show's numerous drawings, maquettes, models and photographs in thematic sections: Private Gardens, Tiles and Mosaics, and Burle Marx in Brasília among them. Most interesting among these is Burle Marx's Home and Collections (aka Sítio Roberto Burle Marx), which served as a repository for plants, a laboratory for his landscape designs, and a museum of sorts for his art collection. Now open to the public, the house and studio is possibly the best way to understand Burle Marx, since it expresses his views on botany, design, art, and the mutli-faceted output that the show captures.

The roughly 135 pages of works is accompanied by a couple essays: an introduction by the curators, and "A Tree in Search of Its Roots" by Nahson, which focuses on "Jewish sites and meaning in late commissions." Following this essay, which is born from the fact Burle Marx was born from a German Jewish father and a Brazilian Catholic mother, is a section with a unique aspect of the exhibition: contributions by seven artists on the legacy of Burle Marx. Pieces of various media by Arto Lindsay, Nick Mauss, Beatriz Milhazes and others are interspersed among Burle Marx's artifacts in the ground-floor gallery at the Jewish Museum. In the book, their contributions are explained through conversations with Hoffmann alongside images of their work.

As I mentioned in my review at World-Architects, Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist is the first exhibition in New York City on the influential designer since 1991, when MoMA mounted a show, The Unnatural Art of the Garden, on his landscape designs. Given Hoffmann and Nahson's embrace of all Burle Marx's output, their companion book is a great introduction to his multi-faceted career. Those wishing for something honed on his gardens and other landscapes will find more information in other volumes, though unfortunately those are hard to come by and tend to be expensive (a case in point). This exhibition and book, therefore, reveal that, in the English-speaking world at least, there is still plenty to be done to reckon with the legacy of one of the world's most influential modern landscape designers.




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Landing With a Bump? Germany's Rocket Falls Back To Earth

After slower growth from Nigeria to Russia and Brazil, Rocket Internet's 2012 launched would-be African Amazon company Jumia has casted doubt on Rocket Internet's ambition to become the world's biggest Internet company outside the United States and China.

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Ahead of Amazon Prime Day, Wal-Mart Tries To Move In

Wal-Mart is offering a free 30-day trial on its two-day unlimited shipping service, and an extra month free for paying members, as it looks to sharpen its attack against the online leader.

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Adidas Agrees Long-Term Partnership With Kanye West

Adidas has agreed a new long-term partnership with singer-turned-designer Kanye West, who the German sportswear company poached from arch rival Nike in 2013, helping to revive its business in the US market.

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Most Women Prefer to Go Bare, Citing Hygiene (and Baffling Doctors)

A new study confirmed the widespread practice of pubic hair grooming, and indicated that the thinking behind the practice is changing.

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Bits & Bytes | Shopable Pinterest Pins, PredictSpring Raises $11.4M

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.

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Lumar Coffee Shop Branding by Mariano Fiore“Graphic identity for...

Lumar Coffee Shop Branding by Mariano Fiore

“Graphic identity for the opening of the Lumar Coffee Shop in A Coruña. Lumar’s name is linked to Coruña’s history of restaurant business.
This old Coffee Shop has been a reference in the city centre from 1959 to 1993. For the project, we have taken into account the industrial retro decoration of the place and the clients to whom it’s gastronomic offer goes to.”

Mariano Fiore is an Argentinian Graphic Designer based in Barcelona specialized in corporate identity, editorial design and packaging. He believes in a conceptual work and a simple and direct visual language. In 2009 he got his degree in Graphic Design from the ESD of Murcia. He hs 6 years of graphic design experience working in studios from Bolzano (Italy), Murcia and Barcelona (Spain). Currently he is working at Atipus as a senior graphic designer.

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When Doctors Have Conflicts of Interest

What should a doctor say to a patient if he gets royalties for prescribing a drug or implanting a device?

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Waldorf Astoria Partners with Golf Digest to Launch Waldorf Astoria Golf Experiences

Waldorf Astoria Partners with Golf Digest to Launch Exclusive Waldorf Astoria Golf Experiences
Luxury Brand Adds Exclusive Golf Itineraries to Collection of Brand-Wide, Guest-Focused Initiatives

MCLEAN, Va. – June 29, 2016 – Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts today announced the launch of Waldorf Astoria Golf Experiences, a collection of once-in-a-lifetime packages that pair the most elite golf experiences with luxury accommodations at select Waldorf Astoria hotels beginning in August. The annual program will visit new destinations each year, with the inaugural year debuting at four properties: Waldorf Astoria Chicago, Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh, Waldorf Astoria New York, and Waldorf Astoria Orlando.

Waldorf Astoria Golf Experiences are curated exclusively for the most distinguished golf enthusiasts by Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts in partnership with Golf Digest. Each package offers access to one of the world’s most discriminating fairways named in Golf Digest’s “100 Greatest Golf Courses,” access to the magazine’s top pro-golf editors, VIP amenities, and exceptional itineraries, as well as a stay at one of Waldorf Astoria’s iconic properties featuring the brand’s unparalleled True Waldorf Service. Each participating destination will be exclusive to the first 16 guests who book the package (four groups of four), with the exception of Waldorf Astoria New York, which will accept the first 11 guests who book the package.

“In launching the Waldorf Astoria Golf Experiences, Waldorf Astoria guests now have access to several of the most exclusive golf courses and itineraries that are nearly impossible to book otherwise,” said John T.A. Vanderslice, global head, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts. “Giving our guests the access to book these bespoke offerings – from a brand they already trust to exceed their expectations – further positions Waldorf Astoria as a leader in guest service and unforgettable experiences.”

The Waldorf Astoria Golf Experiences’ packages feature one full day of golf, a two-night stay and an “Inside the Ropes Bull & Bear Dinner” at participating Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts. Pricing for the packages begin at $3,999 per player*, based on single occupancy, and include:
· Welcome cocktail reception with Custom Putter Fitting by Toulon Design

· In-room amenities

· Private group breakfast briefing prior to golf outing with roundtrip luxury transport between the property and the golf club

· Course briefing by a PGA Golf Pro at the club including caddy assignment

· 18 holes of golf including lunch, beverages, and post-round cocktails

· Pro Shop Gift Card of $100

· Private “Inside the Ropes Bull & Bear Dinner” hosted by a Golf Digest senior editor

The golf program will tee off in 2016 at four of Waldorf Astoria’s 25 properties, with bookings now available, including:
· Waldorf Astoria Chicago, August 18-20 at an undisclosed private course on Golf Digest’s America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses

Tee Time: Friday, August 19
· Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh, September 21-23 at Carnoustie Golf Links

Tee Time: Friday, September 22
· Waldorf Astoria New York, September 28-30 at an undisclosed private course on Golf Digest’s America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses

Tee Time: Thursday, September 29
· Waldorf Astoria Orlando, October 21 – 23 at Streamsong Red (Ranked #100 on Golf Digest’s America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses)

Tee Time: Saturday, October 22

For guests who want to begin their own golf story with Waldorf Astoria, the Waldorf Astoria Golf Experience package is available today through December 31, 2016, allowing avid and amateur golfers to play at participating properties, and includes a $150 golf credit per two-night stay.

These newly-launched experiences follow Waldorf Astoria’s commitment to deliver unparalleled experiences through its existing brand-wide programs: Waldorf Astoria Unforgettable Experiences, an initiative introduced in 2015 to highlight truly bespoke offerings from each of the brand’s 27 properties worldwide; Waldorf Astoria Driving Experiences, a driving program that offers guests the unique opportunity to get behind-the-wheel of select supercars; Taste of Waldorf Astoria, a partnership with the James Beard Foundation and Waldorf Master Chefs to find the next iconic dish; and the recently launched Taste of Waldorf Astoria Unforgettable Experiences, a collection of experiential gastronomic packages that allow guests to embark on their own Taste of Waldorf adventures around the world.

For more information about Waldorf Astoria Golf Experiences, please visit http://ift.tt/290i5qc or call 1-800-WALDORF (1-800-925-3673).

Follow these Waldorf Astoria Golf Experiences on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram with the hashtags #WaldorfMoment #WaldorfGolf. For more information about Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, please visit http://ift.tt/19CWqxa or http://ift.tt/1njfsWc.

Terms & Conditions:
*For each experience, four foursomes of four will be permitted to book, equaling 16 players total per course with the exception of the Waldorf Astoria New York package in which 11 spots are available. The third foursome will be filled by the Golf Digest Pro. Price is per person based on foursome (no single supplement).

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About Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts
Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts is a portfolio of 27 landmark destinations, each being a true reflection of their surroundings in the world’s most sought after locations. Unified by their inspirational environments and unparalleled guest service, Waldorf Astoria creates unique authentic moments through the delivery of True Waldorf Service. Personal concierges deliver unparalleled, bespoke service from the moment a guest books through check out. Waldorf Astoria is a part of Hilton Worldwide, a leading global hospitality company. Experience Waldorf Astoria by booking at http://ift.tt/19CWqxa. Check out our social media channels @WaldorfAstoria (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook), and learn more about this expanding portfolio by visiting http://ift.tt/1njfsWc.

About Hilton Worldwide
Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) is a leading global hospitality company, comprised of more than 4,600 managed, franchised, owned and leased hotels and timeshare properties with more than 758,000 rooms in 100 countries and territories. For 96 years, Hilton Worldwide has been dedicated to continuing its tradition of providing exceptional guest experiences. The company’s portfolio of 13 world-class global brands includes Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Canopy by Hilton, Curio – A Collection by Hilton, DoubleTree by Hilton, Embassy Suites by Hilton, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton by Hilton, Tru by Hilton, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Home2 Suites by Hilton and Hilton Grand Vacations. The company also manages an award-winning customer loyalty program, Hilton HHonors®. Hilton HHonors members who book directly through preferred Hilton channels have access to benefits including free standard Wi-Fi, as well as digital amenities that are available exclusively through the industry-leading Hilton HHonors app, where HHonors members can check-in, choose their room, and access their room using a Digital Key. Visit news.hiltonworldwide.com for more information and connect with Hilton Worldwide on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, LinkedIn and Instagram.

About Golf Digest
Golf Digest is the world’s most widely-read golf publication and the authority on how to play, what to play and where to play. Golf Digest’s aim is to enhance the enjoyment of all facets of the game — making its readers better players, smarter consumers and more discerning travelers, while also offering the kind of informative and provocative stories that fuel the unending conversation that is golf. Golf Digest’s mantra is THINK YOUNG/PLAY HARD, a philosophy that defines both the magazine’s readers and editorial alike. Golf Digest is part of Golf Digest Companies, which includes Golf World and GolfDigest.com. For more information, go to www.golfdigest.com and stay connected on Twitter by following @GolfDigestMag.

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Fat Dad: The Coffee and Cigarette Diet

Determined to fit into a bathing suit, my dad declared he was on the “Super Model Diet”: hot coffee, cold coffee, coffee shakes, coffee bread, unlimited cigarettes and water.

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Quer Kommuniziert Branding by Bruch—Idee&Form“The...

Quer Kommuniziert Branding by Bruch—Idee&Form

“The brandname as well as the work and philosophy of the studio where the starting basis of the new corporate identity. Bruch decided to put the content in the center of the new branding system by arranging and emphasising text to create a characteristic visual style.  In contrast to the clear and graphical use of type the gentle color palette gives the branding a friendliness and communicates the variety of the studios portfolio.”

Bruch—Idee & Form is Austrian graphic design studio founded by Kurt Glänzer & Josef Heigl, with focus on branding, editorial design, print and package design.

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Brexit Vote Sends Tourists Flocking to London to Purchase Luxury Goods

By voting to leave the European Union, Britons have delivered a potential windfall to tourists eager to snatch up Burberry trenchcoats, Harrods Stilton and Liberty scarves on the cheap.

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Graphic Urgency at Neil Barrett

Barrett’s affection for precise lines was obvious in the angles, diagonals and parquet-like chevrons intarsia-ed into everything.

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Nike Shares Drop After Orders Spark Concerns About Slowdown

Nike tumbled as much as 7.4 percent in late trading after its sales and orders missed estimates, renewing concerns that competitors will hamstring growth at the world’s largest sports brand.

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Brexit Vote Sends Tourists Flocking to London to ‘Buy, Buy, Buy’

By voting to leave the European Union, Britons have delivered a potential windfall to tourists eager to snatch up Burberry trenchcoats, Harrods Stilton and Liberty scarves on the cheap.

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Could Environmental Chemicals Shape Our Exercise Habits?

Mice exposed in the womb to phthalates, found in everything from plastic bottles to shampoos, grew up to be less active.

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Is Stitch Fix the Goldilocks of Fashion?

With data science at its core, the San Francisco-based startup aims to offer fashion that’s ‘just right’ for every customer.

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BoF Exclusive | Justin O’Shea Enlists Metallica For Brioni’s Radical Repositioning

Rock band Metallica are the stars of Brioni’s first advertising campaign under creative director Justin O'Shea, reflecting a radical, masculine repositioning for the Kering-owned men’s luxury label.

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BoF Exclusive | Alessandro Sartori’s Plan for Zegna

Alessandro Sartori talks exclusively to Tim Blanks about his return to Ermenegildo Zegna.

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Alexander Wang Becomes CEO and Chairman of His Namesake Brand

Alexander Wang is the latest designer to take on a broader business role, becoming chief executive and chairman of his namesake brand.  

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Dean Karnazes Runs the Silk Road

The ultramarathoner will be following the Silk Road for a 12-day, 326-mile journey through the desert and peaks of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

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Germs in the Subway Are the Harmless Kind

Those subway poles you avoid touching because you’re convinced they are covered with harmful germs may not be as dangerous as you thought.

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With Cataracts, My Own Private Light Show

Every patient experiences the development of cataracts a little differently. For me, the gray and beige high-rises in my neighborhood became a jeweled fairyland.

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Pelvic Exams May Not Prolong Life, a Task Force Says

Evidence is “insufficient” to assess the balance of benefits and harms of the pelvic exam, a panel of experts declared.

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Op-Ed | To Build Successful Businesses, Start Solving Problems

Like their counterparts in Silicon Valley, fashion entrepreneurs should begin by identifying real problems. Not enough dresses and handbags to choose from isn’t one of them, argues Ari Bloom.

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Adidas Extends China Sports Push in Agreement With Billionaire

Adidas signed an agreement with billionaire Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda Group to help develop soccer and basketball in China, as the German company seeks to capitalise on increasing interest in sports and fitness in the world’s most populous nation.

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Brexit Gives Europeans $15,000 Discount on Cartier Watch

Rich foreigners visiting the UK have the chance to buy luxury goods at a discount given the pound’s slide against the dollar, making Swiss watches cheaper than on the continent.

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Young Turks: E-Commerce Start-Ups Bet On Enviable Demographics

The potential for online retail growth in Turkey is increasingly attracting overseas players and investors.

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Berluti’s Bourgeois Spring Fair

Berluti’s raison d’être chimes on a discrete luxury wardrobe and an unfussy silhouette catering for the gentleman whose summer social calendar may gyrate between the golf course and a gala luncheon.

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Langour and Purism at Cerruti

Jason Basmajin’s Spring 2017 outing was awash with custom textiles — many featuring a hybrid, leafy camouflage inspired by the motifs of tree bark.

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Carven Collegiate

Barnabé Hardy proffered glittery silver socks under pastel seersucker suits, playful segmented knits, and poppy neon jackets in crushed nylon.

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Creating a Fashion Cult at Sacai

 Step One: Chitose Abe turns Clockwork Orange into fuchsia pink.

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JD.com Loses Lustre as Hedge Funds Backpedal Amid Slowing Growth

The US-traded stock has plunged 37 percent this year, wiping out almost $17 billion in market value.

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Flashtones Branding & Packaging by Lilkudley“The brief was...

Flashtones Branding & Packaging by Lilkudley

“The brief was to create a playful visual identity along with packaging design for single sock pack. Main goal was to simplify the the instore customer experience focused on quick and easy choice of desired colours. The design of the single pack is based on the recycled cardboard box with rounded opening on top, making it easy to see the colour of the sock inside.”

Lilkudley is freelance graphic designer, art director and bullterrier lover - Petr Kudláček. Based in Prague. Czech republic. Who loves work on printed and digital projects, for small but also for established clients. For each project applies that he wants to have under control whole creative process. From custom illustrations, logotypes, over typography, to layout and animation concept of responsive website.

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