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Big Ideas

Joao Reginatto on how blockchain will shape the global economy

Joao Reginatto, European director of product and operations at cryptofinance company Circle, explains how blockchain and cryptotechnology will make...

Finance : Cryptocurrency : Blockchain

Big Ideas

Kids’ foods grow up

Ready Meals : Nutrition : Cooking

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: July

The seventh instalment of our Futures 100 Innovators spotlights the people making wellness accessible to everyone, creating a more inclusive tech s...

Futures 100 Innovators : F100 : Health And Wellness

Big Ideas

How The Restory is making luxury repairs an essential retail service

Vanessa Jacobs, founder of the accessories restoration company, on the growing demand for luxury goods repairs – and why brands must pay attention.

Luxury : Fashion : Retail

Micro Trends

Work Zones

Concentration is the new concern for designers of open-plan offices, as playful features and vibrant décor are vetoed in favour of modest int...

Workplace Futures : Focus : Co-working

Viewpoints

Maurizio Ribotti : Without culture there is no commerce

Design Partners’ Maurizio Ribotti talks about culture and design.

Maurizio Ribotti : Zona Tortona : Design Partners

Viewpoints

Longevity Comes of Age

Longevity has entered its accredited era and its pioneer Aubrey de Grey envisions a future where the survival of ageing populations will depend on ...

Longevity : Health : Wellness

Big Ideas

Design Miami/Basel Preview

Following a tough year in the limited-edition design market thanks to the global recession, this month’s Design Miami/Basel showcase is set to be a...

Design : Galerie Kreo : Ingrid Donat

Macro Trends

Anti-authenticity Marketing

Tales of authenticity and heritage are leaving a bad taste in consumers’ mouths as brands mercilessly misappropriate these values and divest them...

Beyond Borders : Authenticity : Heritage

Markets

Psychedelic Innovations

From new mental health treatments to thriving wellness tourism and functional foods, innovations in psychedelics are taking entire industries on a ...

Mental Health : Wellness : Psychedelic

Big Ideas

Future Forecast 2023: Food

The post-Covid rush to be out, meet people and eat out has faded, dampened by rising living costs and global financial turmoil, which is set to con...

Food : Sustainability : Technology

Markets

Rewilding Retail Market

The retail industry is implementing greener infrastructural strategies that benefit, shoppers, workers and the environment on a wide scale.

Retail : Nature : Health & Wellness

Big Ideas

Milan Expo 2015 Review

The world has gathered for Milan Expo 2015, a global showcase focused on protecting and enhancing future food supplies.

Milan : Milan Expo 2015 : The Black Block

Markets

Luxury Travel Futures Market – New definitions

Luxury is at a stage where the emphasis is very much on how an experience makes you feel rather than on extravagant hardware.

Experiential : Adventurism : Tom Marchant

Big Ideas

Kris De Decker on web design’s energy-efficient future

The founder of Low-tech Magazine on creating a solar-powered website that looks to the past for sustainable, future-facing solutions.

Media : Design : Technology

News

Future Forecast: Travel & Hospitality in 2018

Activist hoteliers and intrepid tourists will test new boundaries, while innovators will capitalise on the liminal space between destinations.

Travel : Hospitality : Luxury

Design Directions

ESource

The burning of electronic cable by recyclers in Ghana’s capital Accra accounts for 15% of Europe’s dioxin releases.Royal College of Art student Hal...

Royal College Of Art : Esource : Hal Watts

Viewpoints

Dove is rewriting the rules of female beauty

Sophie Galvani, global vice-president of Dove, on smashing stereotypes and celebrating beauty idiosyncrasies in the age of Algorithmic Beauty.

Beauty : Female Futures : Media

Viewpoints

How choreography could shape the future of coding

Alvin Arthur, creator of Body.processing, explains how movement is creating a new, more inclusive language for coding.

Technology : Branding : Programmable Realities

Micro Trends

Safe Spaces

Generation Z are creating safe spaces out of a frustration at a lack of representation of women, people of colour and LGBTQ+ people.

Youth : Identity : Belonging

Big Ideas

The Long Progress Bar 2016: Review

Artists and thinkers gathered to discuss radical responses to a world dominated by disruption and dislocation.

The Long Progress Bar 2016 : Dislocated World : Neutral Culture

Viewpoints

The Overconsumption Mindset

Dr Daniel Benkendorf, professor of psychology at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York, considers why a growing number of eco-anxio...

Sustainable Fashion : Climate Change : Global Warming

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: August

The eighth instalment of our Futures 100 Innovators spotlights a new generation of beauty manufacturers, African alcohol producers and circular jew...

Futures 100 Innovators : F100 : Health And Wellness

Markets

Inclusive Beauty

A multicultural approach to beauty is on the rise as brands adjust to a changing consumer landscape.

Multi Cultural Beauty : Ethnic : Western Markets

Communities

Lagonistas

The trendsetters most likely to influence people and brands around the world are the fashionistas in Lagos. Or, as we call them, the Lagonistas.

Louis Vuitton : ARISE : Victoria Island

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