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Big Ideas

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

Daily Signals

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

Big Ideas

No sweat

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

Riversimple : Whole-system Thinking : Rideshare

Big Ideas

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

Daily Signals

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

Big Ideas

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

Daily Signals

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

Daily Signals

Zero-waste furnishings

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

Whole-system Thinking : Ikea : Sustainability

Big Ideas

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

Big Ideas

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

Big Ideas

RCA and CSM Show Review

Graduate shows at the Royal College of Art (RCA) and Central Saint Martins (CSM) tackled some weighty issues this year with work that challenged ...

Royal College Of Art : Critical Design : Whole-system Thinking

Micro Trends

Altruvation

Big brands are mixing altruism and innovation by throwing open their doors to enable anyone to become a collaborator.

Whole-system Thinking : Whole Chain Thinking : Kering Group

Daily Signals

Preview: Bistro In Vitro

The Netherlands – This week’s Innovate reports on a fictional restaurant called Bistro In Vitro that imagines a future in which we eat sy...

Bistro In Vitro : Synthesised Meat : Design Fictions

Daily Signals

Fluff Stuff creates regenerative textiles from plant fibres

Consciously farmed, plant-based textile innovations could become viable alternatives for the fashion industry, helping to reduce carbon footpri...

Fashion : Sustainability : Regenerative

Daily Signals

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...

Milan Salone 2017 : Product Design : Envisions

Big Ideas

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

Big Ideas

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

Daily Signals

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

Big Ideas

Vote of confidence

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

Blockchain : Digital Democracy : Referendum

Daily Signals

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

Daily Signals

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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