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Milan Salone 2017: Top five collections

Designers and brands at this year’s show focused on showcasing innovative materials and their future applications rather than presenting individual...

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Bright idea

London – Char.gy is a new start-up that enables subscribers to use the surplus electricity in lamp posts to recharge their electric cars.

Civic Brands : Whole-system Thinking : Automotive

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Maker’s mark

Global – Made in Germany is the world’s favourite label, according to a new report by Statista.

Civic Brands : Germany : The Dislocated World

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Wash away old habits

Global – Care Label Project is a new initiative by AEG that encourages consumers to prolong the lifespan of their clothes.

Not Just A Label : Sustainability : The Immortal Brand

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Vote of confidence

San Francisco – The Democracy Earth Foundation has created a platform for decentralised governance powered by the blockchain.

Blockchain : Digital Democracy : Referendum

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Farm house

New York – Urby Staten Island is a new residential development featuring a 5,000-square-feet urban farm.

Urby : Whole-system Thinking : Placemaking

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Office upgrade

Turin – Architect Carlo Ratti has designed a hyper-efficient office that uses sensors to create personal environmental bubbles around its occupants.

Carlo Ratti Associati : Whole-system Thinking : The Future Workplace

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Preview: Power Provenance

People are more eager than ever to understand the provenance behind their power and are creating demand for renewable energy through a range of inn...

Solar : Sunplug : Whole-system Thinking

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Glazed retail

Nagasaki, Japan – Several thousand pieces of ceramic tableware have been stacked to create elevated flooring in the newly renovated Maruhiro fl...

Maruhiro : Yusuke Seki : Tasteful Waste

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Preview: Altruvation

Global – This week’s microtrend examines the big brands mixing altruism and open-source innovation.

Toyota : Tesla : Kering Group

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This T-shirt will biodegrade in 12 weeks

Technical apparel brand Vollebak has created a biodegradable t-shirt made entirely from plants and algae.

Fashion : Sustainability : Circular Fashion

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Reactive regions

Chicago – The city has announced that all of its publicly owned buildings and operations will run on clean energy by 2025.

Civic Brands : US : Cities

Markets

Pollution Market

Brands are creating new product categories and transforming their retail spaces in a bid to offer protection from airborne pollution.

Air Pollution : Whole-System Thinking : Whole-system Thinking

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Resourceful kitchens

Stockholm – Design studio Form Us With Love has collaborated with Ikea to create kitchen fronts made from recycled plastic bottles.

Ikea : Sustainability : Design

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No sweat

Powys – British start-up Riversimple is a subscription-based mobility service with a whole-systems business strategy.

Riversimple : Whole-system Thinking : Rideshare

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An ethical education

US – Consumers are interested in making ethical purchases but are not informed enough to follow through, according to a new survey.

Good.Must.Grow : Conscious Consumer Spending Index : Toms

Communities

Anti-luxurians

Purist athletics gear, technology-driven fashion and brand subversion are the new cornerstones that represent a multifaceted future luxury consum...

Anti-luxurians : Fashion : Anti-authenticity

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Dutch Design Week 2016: Age of energy

Eindhoven – Power Play by Dutch Invertuals aimed to rebrand sustainability by exploring the future of environmentally friendly design.

Dutch Design Week 2016 : Whole-system Thinking : Dutch Invertuals

Viewpoints

Alec Lee: Food’s synthetic future

The Ava Winery co-founder on why we should be constructing our food at the molecular level.

Synthetic Biology : Food Waste : Whole System Thinking

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Can lab-grown meat rebrand?

US – The Good Food Institute is leading an effort to rebrand lab-grown meat as clean food in a bid to increase mass-market appeal.

Clean Food : Artificial Meat : Whole-system Thinking

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Meet the Disruptors: Toast Ale

London – We are pleased to announce our first batch of Disruptors for our forthcoming Global Futures Forum, and Trash-to-Table brand Toast Ale is o...

Toast Ale : Global Futures Forum : Trash To Table

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Zero-waste furnishings

Stockholm – Ikea is using discarded plastic and glass to create products for its 2017 collection.

Whole-system Thinking : Ikea : Sustainability

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NYCXDESIGN 2016: Review

NYCxDesign continues to grow, with new venues popping up throughout the city and two weeks worth of events.

NYCxDesign : Whole-system Thinking : Design

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Food for thought

North America – Discount retailer Target has launched a Food + Future coLab incubator designed to help improve people's understanding of ...

Target : Food + Future CoLab : Food Futures

Communities

Kidpreneurs

Ambitious and fearless, this subset of Generation Z knows exactly what they want in life and are willing to work in order to get it.

Kidpreneurs : The Junior Atelier : The Chief Lemonade Officer

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