Heinz and Heineken launch their first collaboration, a limited six-pack of five beers and one ketchup bottle timed to the World Cup.
Aesop presents its first lighting collection, Apose, during Milan Design Week 2026 with architect Rodney Eggleston.
Aesop's Resurrection Aromatique Hand Wash has become an unofficial status marker in upscale bathrooms worldwide.
Loewe marked ten years of the Puzzle bag with 19 archive reissues, a new Confetti design, and a full digital retrospective.
Jaguar retired the leaper and introduced a four-symbol identity system built on 'Exuberant Modernism.'
The adidas Samba becomes a fashion phenomenon, leading a terrace sneaker revival driven by collaborations and the brand's own archive.
Ferrari reveals its first four-door car as the Purosangue and insists it is not an SUV, defending its positioning through naming and language.
Fashion designer Rick Owens and Aesop release a candle, travel kit, and fragrance called Stoic in March 2022.
Apple and Nike launched Apple Watch Nike+ in 2016, extending a fitness partnership that began with Nike+iPod a decade earlier.
Jonathan Anderson named Loewe's first fragrance 001 in 2016 and packaged it in a book-like box designed with M/M (Paris).
Loewe's Puzzle bag, designed under Jonathan Anderson, turned leather craft into a modern signature and anchored the brand's revival.
adidas withdrew the Stan Smith, then relaunched it in 2014 using scarcity to turn an old tennis shoe into a fashion phenomenon.
adidas launched Boost in 2013, a cushioning technology developed with BASF that became a branded ingredient across its shoes.
adidas launched the Predator boot in 1994, an invention by Craig Johnston that became a defining football brand for decades.
On 26 March 1987 Nike released the Air Max 1, the first sneaker to expose its Air unit, designed by Tinker Hatfield.
Nike launched the Air Jordan 1 on 1 April 1985, designed by Peter Moore and worn by Michael Jordan, foundation of the Jordan sub-brand.
Steiff turns its archive into a category and reframes the teddy bear as a collectible with the Papa Bear, a limited edition for the brand's 100th anniversary.
Since its first perfume in 1972, Loewe has released a new signature fragrance roughly once a decade, building a slow, plain-named line.
Ray-Ban introduced the Aviator in 1937, a Bausch & Lomb design that turned anti-glare lenses into a brand.
In 1879, Thomas Burberry invents gabardine, a tightly woven, breathable and weatherproof fabric that anchors the house for over a century.
