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Chris Catton - Product Designer; Adam Shepherd - Brand Designer; Ricardo Goncalves - Digital Product Lead; Joseph Hayden - Lead Developer; Bethany Koby - CEO; Louis Bennett - Digital Designer; Steven Harris - Developer; Jamie Parkinson - Developer; Seamus White - Product Designer; Daniel Hirschmann - Head of Product

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Design will kill marketing, says Ikea’s former design chief

Marcus Engman is leaving Ikea to run a consultancy that convinces companies to spend their marketing budget on what matters: design.

Dyson’s latest product is a $550 hair curler

After six years and $31 million in development, Dyson is launching the Airwrap, a device that creates ringlets using a bit of aerospace-inspired physics.

Meet Krewe, the eyewear brand that New Orleans (and Beyoncé) built

The five-year-old brand’s founder is focused on giving back to his native New Orleans and putting it on the map of fashion-forward cities.

There’s even a Warby Parker of towels now

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