Sentences with phrase «global consumer culture»

Taking a cue from the Slow Food movement, which successfully created a widely recognized global consumer culture around the value of unprocessed and local foods, architects and designers must promote the superior value of «slow» designs that turn the machines off and instead offer the comfort that comes from being in touch with the environment in ways that enhance the quality of individual experience and wellness.

South Korean Choi jeong Hwa builds his large installations by combining local and Korean, new and old, unique and mass - produced elements, blending Korean pictorial tradition with global consumer culture.

Working with sculpture, video and installation, Debora Delmar Corp. explores the way in which our global consumer culture structures our very lives and routines.

Not exact matches

Beth Pickens, Managing Director of Global Consumer and Retail at William Blair, explains how society has shifted from a «need culture» to a «want culture» when it comes to retail.

Considering this and that the global alcohol market spans such a range of cultures and economic circumstances — not to mention product categories — it might seem challenging to identify common consumer trends.

From our home base in downtown Manhattan, we work with hundreds of chefs and restaurants as well as corporate and culinary partners to bring the diverse worlds of Asian culinary culture to global - minded North American consumers.

This year's BoF 500 special print issue is our in - depth guide to Generation Next, a cohort that's set to become a powerful driver of consumer culture, and expected to account for 45 percent of the global market for personal luxury goods by 2025.

BEIJING, China — With its burgeoning middle class and status - conscious consumer culture, China remains the primary engine driving luxury market growth, even in a rapidly weakening global economy.

Her insightful commentary informs and educates Indian consumers and global luxury brands alike about each others» heritage and culture.

To meet the requirements of customers on a global scale requires the knowledge of different cultures and the expectations of consumers.

The event this year focuses on «Staying Ahead of Tomorrow», encapsulating the region's global lead in technology development; consumer understanding across different cultures; planning ahead for infrastructure build; launching new product; and developing human capital.

The next five years are crucial to Nintendo as it launches new hardware and explores digital opportunities, including mobile, for its mascot titles; therefore it needs somebody who understands the company culture, can respond to global consumer expectations, and manage an enviable balance sheet.»

Inspired by lived experience, topics in her artwork include environmental illness, climate change, unemployment, the alienation of consumer culture, nuclear nightmares, body hate, cultural identity, visions for the future and global justice.

Brooklyn - based artist KAWS straddles the line between fine art and popular culture in his large - scale sculptures and brightly colored paintings, thoughtfully playing with imagery associated with consumer products and global brands.

He has come to the attention of critical writers, such as Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, for his irreverent approach to consumer culture and scathing critique of our global world.

He outsources production to professional painting firms in the Far East, forcing a conceptual tie between unique canvases and global mass - marketed consumer «fast» culture.

But this exhibition is seeking to change our perceptions and claims that pop art was a global phenomenon — not just a movement that highlighted our addiction to consumer imagery and culture.

Anthropocene itself reflects upon the complex structures that make up the centres of global capitalism, transforming the aerial landscapes of sites associated with industries such as oil, precious metals, consumer culture information and excess.

They have investigated consumer culture and global capitalism and what is meant by a «sense of place.»

While the era of consumer - driven growth may be ebbing, the sheer size of the mushrooming global middle class, even if it becomes an energy - thrifty culture, guarantees the need for far more electricity.

But a good deal of the film cuts away to talk about applied minimalism and the global impact of consumer culture.

With a mission of reinventing the way consumers shop for global artisanal goods., they work with makers to create limited edition kitchen and bath products, textiles, furniture, decor, weaving in elements of the cultures that inspire them.