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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

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

Towards Ecology-first Economics

Dutch professor Kees Klomp on society’s economic delusion and how we can reconfigure the system to create a better future.

Society : Sustainability : Economics

Micro Trends

Heritage Refashioned

At a time of greater brand transparency, the luxury sector is looking inwards to address and change the meaning of heritage beyond its colonial con...

Luxury : Fashion : Black Lives Matter

Micro Trends

Kid Architects

As urban planners and architects deliberate on the future of our cities, children are reclaiming the streets and redesigning public spaces and...

Youth : Architecture : Design

Daily Signals

Free financial education for girls and Airbnb combats over-tourism

Irregular Labs launches finance classes with boss women, Airbnb encourages travel to rural communities, Doppel changes your mood with a heartbeat r...

Travel : Retail : Finance

Markets

Cognac Market

Long considered a staid and elitist drink, cognac brands are working to make the spirit more accessible.

Luxury : Drinks : Spirits

Daily Signals

A luxury chalet for glacier explorers, while AI creates bespoke skincare

Sheldon Chalet turns luxurians into glacial adventurers, Proven offers an AI-driven skincare journey, Budweiser pays attention to the young Chinese...

Travel : Beauty : Drinks

Big Ideas

TechCrunch Disrupt London 2016

Artificial intelligence, post-referendum anxiety and new takes on social networking were the key talking points at this year’s event, held at The C...

TechCrunch : Brexit : Artificial Intelligence

Markets

Beauty report

As the world changes after the recession and we enter the New Normal age of the topsy-turvy Turbulent Teens, thankfully some things remain the same...

Turbulent Teens : Lipstick Effect : Selfridges

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

Daily Signals

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

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

Micro Trends

Cape Town Safari

Cape Town’s creatives are giving the world even more reason to visit the city.

Furniture : The Test Kitchen : Union Made Showrooms

Communities

Rest of World NEA

From the slums of Mumbai to the affluent Mexican city of San Luis Potosí, the New Emerging Affluents (NEAs) are aspiring consumers eager ...

China : Unilver : Billion

Design Directions

Afro-pastiche

Creatives across a range of disciplines are discovering the richness and potential of the continent’s visual culture.

Luxury : Architecture : Digital

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