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Thought-starter: How fashion is giving female inmates a future

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Thought-starter: How fashion is giving female inmates a future

Fashion brand Carcel works with female prisoners to produce premium clothing. Founder Veronica D’Souza and creative director Louise van Hauen talk ...
Fashion : Design : Carcel
London gets a new destination for women’s wellness

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London gets a new destination for women’s wellness

Glow Bar is the newest self-care space to open on Mortimer Street, an area that is gaining a reputation as a wellness hub.
Luxury
Precision Running

Micro Trends

Precision Running

As consumers look for ways to engage their body and mind beyond the yoga mat, brands are re-evaluating the function of running as a holistic wellbe...
Running : Fitness : Health And Wellness
Eison Triple Thread uses Spotify data to build custom wardrobes

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Eison Triple Thread uses Spotify data to build custom wardrobes

US – The premium menswear label, best known for its made-to-measure suits, will make personalised clothing recommendations based on a customer’s Sp...
Fashion : Retail : Music
Thought-starter: Could apps protect us from debt?

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Thought-starter: Could apps protect us from debt?

Spurred on by consumers’ economic insecurity, fintech firms are creating new financial tools that help people become more astute spenders and savers.
FinTech : Technology : Finance
REI encourages city-dwellers to get outdoors

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REI encourages city-dwellers to get outdoors

US – Outdoor retailer REI is continuing its effort to reconnect urban citizens with nature by announcing its investment of more than £455,000 ($603...
Outside : Recreation : Recreational Equipment Inc.
Stuart Bale on creating a maker lab for mixologists

Big Ideas

Stuart Bale on creating a maker lab for mixologists

The bar consultant and founder of Crucible, a co-working space for bar staff, on why the alcohol industry needs to be more collaborative.
Drinks : Alcohol : Co-working
Installation uses artificial intelligence to visualise archive material

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Installation uses artificial intelligence to visualise archive material

Istanbul – Designed by artist Refik Anadol, the installation uses machine learning to establish new connections between documents.
Design : Digital : Technology
Virtual Reality Arcades

Micro Trends

Virtual Reality Arcades

The key to virtual reality’s success may lie in the renaissance of the video game arcade.
Technology : Media : Design
Bext360 aims to transform coffee supply chains using blockchain

Big Ideas

Bext360 aims to transform coffee supply chains using blockchain

Denver – Alongside blockchain, the technology will use artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to analyse coffee quality and ...
Coffee : Blockchain : The Internet Of Things
Sideways Dictionary

Design Directions

Sideways Dictionary

Sideways Dictionary is a new dictionary that simplifies digital jargon.
Google : The Dislocated World : Technology
Nadine Chahine: Monotype

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Nadine Chahine: Monotype

Why the glance is the currency of the age.
The Focus Filter : Monotype : Typography
Kale-Friendly Chicken

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Kale-Friendly Chicken

UK – KFC has remained true to its fast food roots with a new advertising campaign that parodies the hysteria surrounding clean eating.
Clean-eating Backlash : KFC : Food And Drink Report
Extreme funding

Big Ideas

Extreme funding

Global – Brands are facing a backlash as a result of online adverts appearing alongside terrorist, extremist and pornographic content.
The Times : Backlash Brands : Advertising
Tackling Twitch trolls

Big Ideas

Tackling Twitch trolls

Global – Game-streaming service Twitch has released AutoMod, a tool to block abusive comments and hate speech in real time.
Twitch : Gaming : Trolls
Playing the job market

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Playing the job market

UK – Dyson has pioneered a gamified recruitment process featuring a series of puzzles.
Workplace Futures : Dyson : Rethinkers
On the cards

Big Ideas

On the cards

Mexico – Taxi-hailing company Uber is branching out into finance with the launch of its own debit card.
Uber : Ride-share Market : Online Banking
Allo world

Big Ideas

Allo world

Global – Google has launched its own AI-powered messaging app.
Google Allo : AI-powered : Google Assistant
Modern ballet

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Modern ballet

Amsterdam – Ballet is being brought to the masses with a new virtual reality (VR) experience designed to break down elitism.
Virtual Reality : Awakening Tech : Google Cardboard
Alexander Köth: Minodes

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Alexander Köth: Minodes

Why it’s time to bring digital analytics to bricks-and-mortar retail.
Alexander Köth : Retail Futures : Minodes
The future of beauty

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The future of beauty

London – Global beauty is coming of age and embracing a new holistic, realistic and naturalistic identity, say industry experts.
Beauty Future Forum : Future Of Beauty : Trends
Jared Ficklin: Argodesign

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Jared Ficklin: Argodesign

How autonomous vehicles will change the way that we interact with the technology in our devices.
Jared Ficklin : Argodesign : Auto Interiors
Vehicle for change

Big Ideas

Vehicle for change

Saudi Arabia – Taxi service Uber offered free lifts to female voters to increase participation in the country’s first election open to women.
Uber : The Athena Woman : Saudi Arabia
Emojional journey

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Emojional journey

New York – Carly Rae Jepsen’s non-linear music video enables users to direct the action by selecting from a range of emojis, turning passive viewer...
Emojis : Transmedia Music Videos : Choose Your Own Adventure
Revelation Brands

Macro Trends

Revelation Brands

The digital revolution promised to save us time, but instead we are busier than ever. It promised to broaden our horizons, but left us trapped in a...
Discovery : Chance : Serendipity
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