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Ethical foodie development comes to Le Marais in Paris

An area north of trendy Paris district Le Marais is being transformed into a centre for high-quality, ethically sourced food.

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Manhattan hotel creates travel package for childless women

The Westin New York Grand Central has launched a three-day travel package aimed at women who don’t have children.

No-Mos : Melanie Notkin : Childless

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Russian designers offer beer drinkers access to free films on tap

New technology lets users access a free film on a mobile device by tapping it with a beer bottle.

Heads And Hands : Grolsch : Packaging

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Swash offers ironing-free option for home laundering

Procter & Gamble and Whirlpool have created a home garment care system that looks like a Keurig or Nespresso coffee-brewing system.

P&G : Whirlpool : Swash

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New on-screen technology compensates for vision defects

Researchers have developed digital display technology that corrects for vision defects by manipulating pixels on-screen.

MIT Media Lab : Smartphones : Vision

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Opera house eyes younger audience with Google Glass live streaming

An Italian opera house has collaborated with Google Glass to offer a unique perspective of the art form.

Google Glass : Teatro Lirico Di Cagliari : Opera

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London’s first steam-only restaurant opens on Baker Street

That’s Vapore restaurant is bucking fast food conventions to serve a raft of health-conscious, time-poor consumers.

That's Vapore : Steam : Health

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Flexitarianism gaining ground as consumers turn away from meat

Consumers are increasingly opting for a Flexitarian lifestyle, reducing their meat intake rather than completely eliminating it from their diets.

Flexitarian : Diet : Flexitarianism

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Rolls-Royce opens club-like pop-up studio on Sardinia

The luxury car brand has set up a summer studio on the Italian island where guests can relax and learn about Rolls-Royce motors.

Rolls-Royce : Automotive : Luxury

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YSL Beauty launches foundation inspired by space technology

Paris – Luxury brand YSL Beauty hopes it can replicate the cult status of Touche Éclat with its latest beauty offering, a foundation that it claims...

YSL : Foundation : Space-age

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McDonald’s courts Millennials with personalised experiences

McDonald’s has moved to make its products more individual.

McDonald's : Millennials : Fast Food

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Japanese fashion brand trials virtual changing room

Japanese fashion brand Urban Research has trialled a virtual changing room pop-up kiosk in Tokyo.

Tokyo : Endless Aisles : Virtual Changing Room

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New job search tool matches applicants with company culture

Good.Co is a new job search tool that offers an alternative to scouring LinkedIn or Monster, and teaches you about yourself to help you find ...

Good.Co : Millennials : Jobs

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Number of American multi-generational households soars

A new study has found that the number of multi-generational households in America has doubled in the past 30 years.

Boomerang : Pew Research : United States

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Department store makes a home for art in Paris

Galeries Lafayette is transforming a 19th-century Parisian building into a home for its new public foundation.

Galeries Lafayette : OMA : Paris

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New monitoring system tracks a user’s sleep and environment

The Sense sleep monitoring system assesses a user’s quality of sleep as well as his or her sleeping environment in one sleek package.

Self Quants : Self-quantification : Sleep Monitoring

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The Reputation Economy is central to new cryptocurrency project

Document Coin is a new project that imagines a cryptocurrency as a means of exchange guaranteed by personal reputation rather than code.

Cryptocurrency : Document Coin : Reputation

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Creative agency encourages users to take a break from Facebook

Just, a creative agency based in the Netherlands, has launched 99 Days of Freedom, a social experiment urging Facebook users to leave the site.

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Target recruits creator generation in Best Year Ever campaign

Target’s new Best Year Ever YouTube campaign, aimed at young people going to college, boisterously entertains and engages on a social, two-way leve...

YouTube : Target : Best Year Ever

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Facebook and Twitter launch click-to-buy initiatives

The two social media giants are racing to expand their capacity as commerce brokers.

Twitter : Facebook : American Express

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