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Preview: Internet Age Media 2017
Barcelona – The latest Internet Age Media futures festival will explore The Renaissance of Utopias.
- Visitors will be able to experience talks, workshops, networking sessions, talent markets, creative showcases and commissioned projects
- Five key sessions at the weekend will be Post-contemporary, Post-work, Post-labels, Post-advertising and Post-reality
The theme takes a political stance on digital issues, looking at the way in which media, education and the arts can shape labour, identity and diversity.
Speakers will come from a variety of disciplines, including Kaave Pour, creative director of Ikea’s SPACE10 incubator, grime producer Elijah, feminist activist Jasmina Tešanović, and cyberpunk novelist Bruce Sterling.
Alongside the main event there will be special projects including Possible Worlds, an immersive VR installation created in collaboration with Fabbula magazine, a University of Arts London Futures Studio, and the Micro-Utopias multimedia installation by design and strategy company Form&.
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Anti-aspiration Advertising:
Luxury brands are using prosaic moments and everyday people in their...
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Vibrant Veganism:
Plant-based products are being boldly redefined by creative practitioners...
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By-product beauty:
Skincare brands are turning waste ingredients into desirable beauty products...
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Algorithms are rewiring our tastebuds:
Alon Chen, CEO and co-founder of Tastewise, on how the food intelligence...
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Refashioning charity retail:
Julie Neeve, project manager of new store formats at Oxfam, on the perks of...
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It’s time for brands to face the end:
Strategist Gianfranco Chicco and designer Joana Casaca Lemos explore how...
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Bio-bottles:
As consumers become more knowledgeable about their waste, bottled drinks...
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Certified Supplements Market:
With consumers challenging supplements brands to provide science-backed...
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Staycation Market:
With carbon emissions at the forefront of travellers’ minds, a resurgence of...
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Can music cut through the red tape of pharma?:
Sound branding could help traditionally-silent pharmaceutical brands to cut...
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Key themes from Techfestival 2019:
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Bio-positive Beauty:
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Natural Wine Market:
Fuelled by a rebellious yet responsible spirit, the natural category...
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Recreation Skincare:
As interest in the great outdoors surges, beauty brands are recognising the...
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