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Luxury Travel Futures Market – Overview

We are living in one of the most affluent eras the world has ever known. A new kind of wealth is being formed and defined, simultaneously cr...

HNWIs : UHNWIs : Wealthy

Markets

Banking the Unbanked

With about 2bn unbanked people worldwide, there is an opportunity and a need for brands to use advances in technology to create more inclusive fina...

FinTech : Digital : Banking

Podcasts

Podcast: NASA Harvest's Dr. Catherine Nakalembe

The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond speaks with Dr Catherine Nakalembe, Africa programme director at NASA Harvest, scientist, remote se...

Podcast : Society : Back To The F**kture

Viewpoints

Why we travel – and maybe why we shouldn’t

Next time a consumer has the impulse to travel, they should think twice about their reasons why, and their impact, says Bani Amor.

Travel : Culture : Spirituality

Micro Trends

Chat Fiction

Our smartphone addiction is informing a new way of reading.

Digital : Youth : Media

News

Dutch Design Week 2015: Tree reconfigured

Eindhoven – Studio Thomas Vailly has ripped a Pinus Pinaster tree apart to create alternative man-made objects.

Dutch Design Week 2015 : Studio Thomas Vailly : Raw Material

Micro Trends

3DIY Culture

With free access to information, and a new norm of open-sourcing, a new type of DIY culture is on the rise. This is 3DIY – Design/Download/Do-It-Yo...

Design : Puma Creative Factory : Thing-O-Matic

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: Winners

We present the winners and runners-up of our Futures 100 Innovators Awards. Meet the crème de la crème of the leading innovators, disruptors and ch...

Beauty : Wellness : Luxury

News

Punch drunk: Wine labels give it to you straight

Paarl, South Africa – What is the difference between Malbec and Merlot? Unless you are an oenophile, that might be a difficult distinction to make.

Wine : Labels : Easy Choice Winery

News

Sole-searching: Shoe brand home is on the map

Flimby – To mark its 30th anniversary British sports shoe brand New Balance has launched a website to celebrate the Cumbrian town of Flimby, where ...

Shoes : Jonathan Ram : Mark Heron

Big Ideas

Beer sales flatten as emerging economies contract

Alcohol : Beer : Vodka

News

Stat: Easter eggs soar in price

Easter eggs are getting more and more expensive. According to the UK's Which? food price inflation tracker, in 2023, a Maltesers Truffles Luxury Ea...

Retail : Food & Drink : Finance

News

Ami Colé beauty is an ode to melanin-rich skin

Ami Colé is an ascending Black-owned beauty brand providing women of colour with non-toxic, high-quality cosmetics.

Beauty : Reclaiming Black Beauty : High-quality Cosmetics

News

House secrets: Book offers snapshot of Hermès

Show Your Working : London : Steidi

Viewpoints

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

Big Ideas

Cannes Lions 2014: Design, Cyber, Product Design, Press and Radio awards

The third series of Cannes Lions awards marked out the compelling and beautifully crafted.

Cannes Lions 2014 : Digital Marketing : Product Design

Viewpoints

Jaideep Prabhu : Jugaad innovation

Professor Jaideep Prabhu talks about Jugaad innovation.

Jugaad : Jaideep Prabhu : Innovation

Markets

Neighbourhood Tourism Market

With the hospitality sector forced to accept a long-term drop in tourism, it's turning its attention towards local citizens.

Travel : Tourism : Hospitality

Viewpoints

Immigrant populations will drive the future of tech

Anne Kjaer Riechert, co-founder of the ReDI School of Digital Integration, on rethinking the narrative around displaced people and the opportunitie...

Technology : Digital : Integration

Big Ideas

Georgina Johnson on the fashion industry’s mental health problem

The designer and founder of The Laundry discusses the industry’s damaging culture of overwork and why fashion education needs to be refo...

Fashion : Retail : Wellness

Big Ideas

The tech being developed to address Bitcoin’s failings

As Bitcoin fails to live up to many of its promises, emerging technologies aim to address the cryptocurrency’s shortcomings and usher in a new era ...

Finance : FinTech

Viewpoints

Neil Gershenfeld : A new industrial revolution is on the way

Professor Neil Gershenfeld, MIT, talks about a new industrial revolution that is on the way.

Brandtocracies : Neil Gershenfeld : Center For Bits And Atoms

Macro Trends

Pleasure Revolution

With every second of our free time colonised by the cult of busyness, future consumers will turn away from a life of relentless productivity and sh...

Leisure : Workplace : Wellness

Big Ideas

IAM Weekend 2020 Show Report

This year’s symposium offered new perspectives on youth activism, remote connection in the Covid-19 age, and the downfall of human-centred design.

Sustainability : Media : Technology

Markets

Bakery Market

A projected 100%+ increase in sales of gluten-free products in the US by 2015 signals health and ethics as major marketing points in this sector. P...

Gluten : Gluten Free : Premiumisation

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