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The New Youth Club

Moot is a membership-based third space redefining UK youth clubs for a generation craving real-world connection, culture and community.

Webinars

Anticipating Tomorrow On-demand Webinar

If uncertainty is a virus, then strategic foresight is the best way to inoculate your organisation against it, as we find out in this much-anticipated webinar.

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Compostable Cosmetics

Wildsmith is setting a new standard for sustainable luxury with Vivomer, a compostable, microbe-made packaging material designed to disappear into the earth without a trace.

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Mark Tungate : Luxury brands must return to their innovative roots

Writer Mark Tungate talks about how luxury brands need to return to their innovative roots.

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Agata Jaworska : Doing more with what already exists

Droog content manager Agata Jaworska talks about doing more with what already exists.

Droog : Agata Jaworska : Design Academy Eindhoven

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Kate Newlin : Creating a passion brand

Business strategy consultant Kate Newlin talks about creating a passion brand.

Passion Brands : Kate Newlin : Marketing

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Warren Berger : Innovation through design thinking

Writer Warren Berger talks about innovation through design thinking.

Warren Berger : Glimmer : Design

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James Soane : Designing hotel space

Project Orange co-founder James Soane talks about designing hotel space.

Hotel Design : James Soane : Project Orange

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Bertrand Pellegrin : Retailing for the contemporary male

Brand consultant and author Bertrand Pellegrin talks about retail for the contemporary male.

Bertrand Pellegrin : Re-Con Man : New Millennial

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Blaise Bellville : Bridging the gap between brands and youth culture

Platform magazine director Blaise Bellville talks about bridging the gap between brands and youth culture.

New Millennials : Blaise Bellville : Platform

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Jane Withers : Curation as a showcase for innovation, and a catalyst for new ideas

Design consultant and curator Jane Withers talks about curation as a showcase for innovation.

Curation : Jane Withers : Design

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Peter T. Kilborn : A new transient worker in a boundaryless world

Author Peter T. Kilborn talks about a new transient worker in a boundaryless world.

Peter T. Kilborn : Reloville : Relos

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CultureLabel : Promoting culture brands in the consumer marketplace

CultureLabel talks about promoting culture brands in the consumer marketplace.

CultureLabel : Online Shopping : Retail Futures

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Sam Hecht : Design as a means of connection and coherence

Industrial Facility co-founder Sam Hecht talks about design as a means of connection and coherence.

Design : Industrial Facility : Sam Hecht

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Libby Sellers : Using galleries as a space in which to nurture young talent and educate design consumers

Curator Libby Sellers talks about using galleries as a space to nurture young talent.

Libby Sellers : Curation : Gallery

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Rabih Hage : Attaining authenticity through a rough luxury

Rough Luxe Hotel creator Rabih Hage talks about attaining authenticity through a rough luxury.

Rough Luxe Hotel : Rabih Hage : Alphalux

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Martin Brudnizki : Creating comfort through a considered design strategy

Brudnizki founder Martin Brudnizki talks about creating comfort through considered design.

Interior Design : Martin Brudnizki : Design

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Arise : A glossy fashion and lifestyle publication for Africa and the African diaspora

ARISE Magazine talks about the glossy fashion and lifestyle publication for the African diaspora.

ARISE Magazine : Nigeria : Velo Agency

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Claus Sendlinger : Hotel design for the future

Design Hotels founder Claus Sendlinger talks about hotel design for the future.

Hotel Design : Claus Sendlinger : Boutique Hotels

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Apartamento : An everyday interiors magazine

Apartamento talks about an everyday interiors magazine.

Apartmento Magazine : Interiors Futures : Homedulgence

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David E. Sugar : 52 tracks – 52 weeks

Music producer/DJ/Remixer/Record label owner David E. Sugar talks about 52 tracks in 52 weeks.

David E. Sugar : DIY Culture : Micro Music

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Abdel Bounane A magazine for modern gaming culture, and the first-ever publication to communicate directly with the internet

Amusement magazine editor Abdel Bounane talks about a magazine for modern gaming culture.

Video Games : Abdel Bounane : Gaming

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David Rowan : A science and innovation publication to meet the rise in demand for intelligent, rigorous journalism

Wired UK editor David Rowan talks about the new science and innovation publication.

Wired UK : David Rowan : Wired Magazine

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