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Luxury Futures 2016: Part 1

The very concept of luxury is under attack as consumers grow tired of brands talking about heritage and demand a more inspiring vision.

Design Directions

Edhv: Multidisciplinary design studio

Design : Dutch Invertuals : Oxidisation

Design Directions

OUTRACE

In the dusk of a September evening in Trafalgar Square, London’s most famous public space, an enraptured public saw eight robotic arms draw picture...

Robotics : Clemens Weisshaar : Outrace

Macro Trends

Bleisure

If you talk about the pressures of work, you are probably a Generation Joneser. And if you still believe in the work/life balance, you are one of o...

Business : Leisure : Work

Macro Trends

Generation D

They can’t imagine a world without computers, mobile phones and the internet. They skitter, haul, mod and hack. Natural born multi-taskers, they pa...

Gen D : Teenagers : Youth

Behaviours

Emerging Youth: UAE

The UAE’s Gen Z are leading the nation’s evolution by redefining tradition to mirror their own values and vision.

Youth : UAE : Gen Z

Viewpoints

How reverse engineering can future-proof our food

Adam Maxwell, CEO of Voyage Foods, explains how reverse engineering can future-proof the world’s most popular food and drink.

Food : Drink : Technology

Micro Trends

Eco-fitness

Gyms are harnessing the power of people’s workouts to reduce energy consumption and demonstrate their environmental credibility.

Wellness : Health : Fitness

Micro Trends

Protective Performance Apparel

Advances in material science are driving a new wave of performance wear that protects and supports the body during physical activity.

Fashion : Sport : Material Far Futures

Micro Trends

Cyclical beauty

Beauty brands are taking inspiration from the wellness industry and creating products aligned with natural human cycles and chronobiology.

Beauty : Cyclical : Hormones

Micro Trends

Stripped-back Hospitality

Luxury hotels are paring back superfluous services and features in the hope of offering a more streamlined experience.

Luxury : Hospitality : Travel

Design Directions

The Modist

The Modist is a new online destination for luxury modest wear.

Modest Wear : Luxury : E-Commerce

Design Directions

Première Pièce

Google has built an escape game in which players have to apply its apps in creative ways to find clues and escape against the clock.

Google France : Prémiére Piece : Creative Phy-gital

Big Ideas

Milan Salone 2016: Top five spaces

Spatial narratives and curated environments stole the limelight from product launches at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile.

Milan Salone 2016 : Atelier Biagetti : Nike

Big Ideas

CES Review: 3D tv

At the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), manufacturers unveiled a range of new 3D devices, from LED tvs to video camcorders.

Television : LED TV : Review

Viewpoints

Francesca Sarti : Playing with your food

Francesca Sarti, co-founder of Arabeschi di Latte talks about playing with your food.

Food Futures : Francesca Sarti : Arabeschi Di Latte

Big Ideas

Five Ways Automation is Boosting Physical Retail

As retailers work to future-proof stores, technology and automation are helping brands to provide convenience, problem-solve and fill gaps in produ...

Retail : Technology : Automation

Big Ideas

Four ways retail is becoming a phygital playground

Innovative applications of established technologies are creating multi-layered, mixed-reality retail experiences that merge digital and physical to...

Retail : Phygital : Fashion

Micro Trends

Top-tier Terminals

Companies are embedding luxury services into airports to ease the limbo of waiting for flights.

Luxury : Travel : Hospitality

News

Celebrating Scandinavian modernism and how macaroni cheese affects soil health

Oh My Eyes challenges Scandinavian minimalism, Universal Everything explores human-machine collaboration, packaged goods company Annie’s celebrates...

Luxury : Food & Drink : Hospitality

News

Tom Ford store combines technology with beauty, and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Breve phone helps you forget, East of England Co-op reduces waste, Re:scam tackles cybercrime, and other stories.

Technology : Retail : Beauty

News

Today’s headlines, including Moët Hennessy’s ode to friendship

In today’s daily digest: WeWork invests in Generation I, a new approach to inspiring altruism, humanoid robots to become more prolific, and other s...

Drink : Co-working : Beauty

News

VR World makes virtual reality more accessible and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Alibaba’s car vending machine, the revival of African coffee, Tuft & Needle adopts Amazon's technology and other top stori...

Retail : Food & Drink : Luxury

News

A distraction-free retreat and other stories

In today’s daily digest: The Krane, adidas and Alexander Wang, Disney, Theory 2.0, commoditising time and the increasing price of human-to-human ...

Hospitality : Fashion : Luxury

Macro Trends

The Dislocated World

In a world dominated by distrust, disconnection and disenfranchisement it is time for brands to take a stand and choose what type of future they wa...

The Dislocated World : Turbulent Teens : Backlash Culture

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