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Maserati's Italian design could help Maextro take on BMW and Mercedes. A Chinese luxury EV brand, Maextro, backed by Huawei Technologies, is moving closer to a tie-up with Maserati, say industry sources. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-11-12.html

Balenciaga gives its Le City bag a 25th birthday campaign worldwide. A quarter of a century on, Balenciaga is giving its slouchy, studded Le City bag a chaptered campaign and an artist collaboration. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-11-11.html

London's Design Museum gives 16 Black designers a major stage. Charlene Prempeh, the author and journalist, has guest-curated The Nue Black Aesthetic at London's Design Museum. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-11-10.html

Soho House brings its London club spirit to Tokyo's Aoyama. Soho House, the London-born private members' club, has opened in the heart of Tokyo's Aoyama, in a project six years in the making. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-11-09.html

Labels selling on vague mood rather than a real artefact will look thin beside rivals with something to point to. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-11-06.html Liked this one? A quick rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify helps others find The Pattern. Thank you. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pattern/id1880181529 Spotify: https://open....

Labels that only trade online lose the thrill of the hunt, and distant fans end up paying resellers. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-11-05.html

Shops that stock one item type now compete with labels that hand over the full look. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-11-04.html

Shops and screens that offer nothing but product stand to lose visitors to places built for a night out. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-11-03.html

Brands built on US tools may find the rules now set by oil money. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-11-02.html

Museums depending on single loan deals lose leverage as big institutions share collections through standing networks. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-10-30.html

Brands that trade mass visibility for a small, chosen audience gain credibility with buyers. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-10-29.html

Brands built on curation rather than invention are running out of runway as audiences learn to tell the difference. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-10-28.html

Rivals selling a single product struggle to win clients locked into bigger platforms. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-10-27.html

Brands with no cultural archive to draw on must compete with labels selling centuries-old styles fans already love. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-10-26.html

In-house design teams may lose ground when fans, artists and football clubs supply the concepts. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-10-23.html

Artists and designers whose work fills a brand's stage may find their names shrink beside the logo. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-10-22.html

Advertising and shop windows may lose budget when a live gig or gallery room does the selling. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-10-21.html

Brands without a deep or borrowed history lose an easy draw, leaving new launches to do the work alone. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-10-20.html

Fans who cannot travel miss out on the most wanted releases. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-10-19.html

Developers chasing acclaim with showpiece towers now face councils with a winning model. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-10-16.html

Once a platform marks what is real, rights holders and rivals must act fast. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-10-15.html

Culture Pulse: 74. LVMH down 5%. Kim Jones goes independent. Kering heads to India. The conglomerate model is losing its pull on both sales and talent. @ThePattern Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-10-14.html

Culture Pulse: 72. Kim Jones debuts in Hong Kong, not Paris. Hollywood turns on the tech founder. Nvidia loses China. The geography of cultural authority is being redrawn. #ThePattern Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-10-13.html

Culture Pulse: 72. Vertical video just became a genre. Pandemic sheds just became design history. When something gets a name, it gets a budget. Today's Pattern: @ThePattern Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-10-12.html

Culture Pulse: 74. Gen Z is now the biggest-spending generation of art collectors. The institutions that treated them as an 'emerging audience' are behind. | The Pattern, 9 Oct 2026 Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-10-09.html