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High performance

Global – The global downturn in sales of fashion goods is not affecting the growth of the athleisure category.

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The true price of fashion

US – Luxury fashion corporation Kering is launching a new app that helps new fashion designers to make sustainable choices.

Kering : Whole-system Thinking : Parsons School Of Design

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Social media mavericks

UK – Admiral Insurance’s plans to introduce discounts based on users’ social media profiles has been blocked by Facebook.

Facebook : Backlash Brands : Data Privacy

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Spending soars in China

China – Amid rising house prices and increased costs of living, Chinese Millennials are increasingly choosing to spend their earnings on experienti...

China : Chinese Millennials : Leisure

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Modern masculinity

UK – Some 49% of teenage boys do not feel comfortable talking to their fathers about their mental health, according to a new survey.

Male Positivity : Time To Change : Rethink Mental Illness

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Global Grad Show: Review

Bringing together 145 works from 50 design schools across 30 countries, this year’s Global Grad Show in Dubai was the largest show of its kind and ...

Global Grad Show : Dubai Design Week : The Dislocated World

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Sharing the love

UK – Nesta has released research that reveals the potential of using sharing economy platforms for philanthropic endeavours.

Uber : Airbnb : The Sharing Economy

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Dutch Design Week 2016: Review

Celebrating experimental approaches and speculative narratives, this year the annual festival in Eindhoven presented design as a tool for shaping f...

Dutch Design Week 2016 : Body Image : Transmedia Futures

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Not-so-hot bots

Global – A new study shows that despite the growing sophistication of artificial intelligence, consumers still value human interaction.

Chat Bots : Artificial Intelligence : Customer Service

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Faster fashion

Global – The rising consumption of fast fashion across the globe is putting additional strain on the environment.

Fast Fashion : Apparel : Sustainability

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Driving machine

US – Car manufacturer General Motors is using IBM Watson to better understand driver behaviour and tailor the in-car experience.

General Motors : Convenience Culture : Parkopedia

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Let’s get digital

Global – Telefónica’s Index on Digital Life reveals that digitalisation is prevalent in Latin American countries.

Telefónica : Index On Digital Life : Gross Domestic Product

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Spin me right round

Global – Boiler Room has teamed up with Inception to create the world’s first virtual reality (VR) music venue.

Boiler Room : Gen Viz : Virtual Reality

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The future of fashion

Beijing – Editorial platform Women’s Wear Daily hosted its Global Fashion Forum earlier this month in partnership with the high-end shopping mall S...

Women's Wear Daily : Asian Market : Buy-It-Now Fashion

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Chatbot money manager

London – Plum is a new Facebook Messenger chatbot that helps users save their money.

Plum : Mobile Money : Facebook Messenger

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Swaying the voters

UK – The new app Sway aims to educate voters about politics through gamification.

Post-truth Politics : Filter Bubble : Transparency

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Lower your food-print

Sweden – The supermarket brand ICA has formulated an icon-based scale to make its recipes environmentally conscious.

ICA : Whole-system Thinking : Radical Transparency

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Augmented beauty

Japan – Shiseido has created a new app that lets women apply virtual make-up for teleconferencing.

Shiseido : The Sharded Self : TeleBeauty

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Istanbul Design Biennial 2016: Review

Foregoing the outdated model of trade show-like design biennials, co-curators and intellectual heavyweights Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley purs...

Istanbul Design Biennial 2016 : The Dislocated World : Are We Human?

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Tesla fleets

US – Tesla is introducing a ride services programme that will enable its car owners to use their vehicles to generate revenue.

Tesla : Ride-share Market : Self-driving Cars

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The ideas and innovations that hint at the future of the consumer landscape