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LG Display unveils world’s first stretchable display with 50% expandability

LG Display has achieved a major milestone in display technology with the launch of the world’s first stretchable display, capable of expanding by u...

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The Download: Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2025

Cutting through the chaos and overwhelming nature of fashion month, we distil the key insights from Paris Fashion Week.

Paris Fashion Week : SS 2025 Trends : Coperni

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Mongolian Olympic team to don Michel & Amazonka ceremonial uniforms

The Mongolian team participating in the upcoming Paris Olympic Games 2024 will adorn ceremonial uniforms designed by Michel & Amazonka.

Sports : Culture : Fashion

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Jordan unveils cultural hub for Parisian youth for the Olympics

Youssouf Fofana, founder of Maison Château Rouge and United Youth International, is taking on the role of Jordan Brand’s creative director for the ...

Retail : Sports & Leisure : Youth

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Professional surfer Kelly Slater launches Freaks of Nature skincare

Professional surfer Kelly Slater has launched Freaks of Nature, an eco-conscious skincare brand for outdoor athletes.

Beauty : Health : Wellness

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VR horror series The Faceless Lady makes debut on Meta Horizon Worlds

Unveiled in April 2024, The Faceless Lady is a ground-breaking stereoscopic 3D VR horror series set to send shivers down viewers’ spines.

VR : Technology : Entertainment

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Neuralink’s first human patient controls computer mouse with thoughts

Elon Musk revealed in February 2024 that Neuralink’s first human patient, who received a brain chip implant at the start of the year, had fully rec...

Technology : Wearables : Health

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Apple Podcasts revolutionises accessibility with transcripts feature

Apple's Podcasts app is set to introduce a transcripts feature in the iOS 17.4 update scheduled for March 2024, enhancing accessibility for users g...

Technology : Pop-culture & Media : Society

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Foresight Friday: Pavan Bivigou, senior foresight analyst

The Future Laboratory team offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, LS:N Global’s s...

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Maison Pixel’s undies turn bums into newest streaming platforms

Underwear expert Maison Pixel has joined forces with creative agency Atlantic New York to create undies that turn bums into screens.

Media : Technology : Sex Education

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Friends With Benefits launches a user-owned DAO social platform

Friends With Benefits has introduced a new kind of social networking app – dedicated to and owned by ‘friends’, aka token owners, with no ads or al...

Media And Entertainment : Technology : Youth

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The avatars in Meta can wear luxury labels

Technology giant Meta is launching the Meta Avatars Store, a digital fashion marketplace where users can customise the appearance of their avatars.

Fashion : Media & Entertainment : Luxury

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Byredo uses NFTs to spotlight the craft of perfume

Perfume company Byredo and digital fashion start-up RTFKT are teaming up to create a digital scent that pays tribute to the hand-crafted origins of...

Beauty : Technology : Media And Entertainment

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This online tool visualises your thoughts

A tool by news magazine Knack, Think in Colour, asks people a series of questions to create a 3D shape that visualises the way their mind works.

Health & Wellness : Design : Media & Entertainment

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Kate Moss gamifies styling as an avatar model

Signposting the future of avatar modelling in virtual realms and metaverses, fine jewellery brand Messika has turned its supermodel collaborator Ka...

Media & Entertainment : Technology : Fashion

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Stat: Influencers make monetary gains in the metaverse

A study of social media users and influencers shows the latter are open to the potential of working with brands in metaverse realms.

Technology : Media & Entertainment : Retail

Design Directions

Pliable Playscapes

Inspired by Generation Zalpha’s productivity, an energetic and assertive visual language is emerging that reflects their can-do attitude and capaci...

Youth : Branding : Media

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Turning car interiors into spaces of productivity

Uber and Clearmotion are developing systems that will create a more relaxing – and ultimately more usable – vehicle interior space.

Mobility : Media : Digital

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Key fashion players unite at the Copenhagen Fashion Summit

Copenhagen – Brands including adidas and Kering have signed a commitment to define and move towards a circular business strategy.

Fashion : Sustainability : Technology

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Mozilla calls for EU copyright law to be modernised

Europe – The free-software community has created digital propaganda to influence Europe Union lawmakers.

Culture : Digital : Technology

Big Ideas

Gold for tech

Tokyo – The Olympic organising committee is encouraging people to donate their old gadgets to be recycled into medals.

Olympic Games : Whole-systems Thinking : Sustainability

Big Ideas

CES 2017: AI nanny

Las Vegas – Mattel has entered the voice assistant market with Aristotle, its first smart speaker aimed at children.

CES 2017 : Mattel : Growth Products

Big Ideas

Snap election

US – Snapchat is trying to encourage younger US citizens to register to vote using celebrity-fronted ads.

Snapchat : Gen Viz : Digital Democracy

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Olympian self-quant

Boston – The Whoop wearable system is bringing its high-level self-quantification capabilities designed for athletes to the wider market.

Whoop : Optimised Self : Wearable Tech

Design Directions

Watermelon Sugar

Designer Pamm Hong has created a speculative platform that visualises a user’s browsing history as an abstract creature.

Online Identity : Algorithms : The Sharded Self

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