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Big Ideas

RCA and CSM 2016 Graduate Shows Review

Graduates at the Royal College of Art (RCA) and Central Saint Martins (CSM) focused on new definitions of identity emerging in response to changes ...

Optimised Self : Artificial Intellligence : Graduate Shows

Big Ideas

Meet Tomorrow’s Alternative Investors

With traditional systems of monetary value and exchange under threat, four emerging investment communities are ushering in a new dawn for alternati...

Finance : Society : Youth

Micro Trends

Crypto-and-Mortar

With more consumers investing in virtual assets, bricks-and-mortar retailers are exploring ways to market and sell NFTs in physical shopping spaces.

Retail : Media : NFTs

Macro Trends

Faction Marketing

Desensitised to authenticity, and spoiled by the know-everything, see-everything transparency culture of the web, consumers are once more suspendin...

Fact : Fiction : Fake

Macro Trends

The Convergence Economy

Look to retail spaces, products, hospitality and entertainment these days and, increasingly, there’s one distinctive theme: it’s difficult to tel...

The Convergence Economy : Beth Bentley : ShopperTrak

Markets

Sports Tourism Market

There’s an increasing demand for performance-enhancing and remedial holidays catering for fitness and sport enthusiasts who want professional, best...

Sports : Wellness : Entertainment

Micro Trends

Video Dating Futures

As users demand more authenticity when seeking romantic connections, dating apps are pivoting towards video-first formats.

Youth : Media & Entertainment : Technology

Micro Trends

Crypto-tels

In a bid to bolster loyalty, appeal to a new demographic and extend market opportunity, hoteliers are diversifying their operations to engage with ...

Hotels : Travel & Hospitality : NFTs

News

Insights from an un-conference: IAM Weekend 18

At IAM Weekend 18, speakers brought a critical eye to our relationship with the internet, technology and digital mediums.

Digital : Technology : Internet Culture

Markets

Post-hype Sneaker Market

The future of the sneaker market is evolving beyond hype as brands tackle innovation, sustainability and shifting consumer demands to stay competit...

Fashion : Fandom : Sneakers

Trend Tracker

Awakening Tech

Identified by LS:N Global in 2014, the Awakening Tech macrotrend explored how consumers are negotiating their identities in a digital world and h...

Sensor Technologies : Affective Computing : Living Architecture

Viewpoints

Gender Euphoria in VR

Award-winning director and self-taught game developer Cameron Kostopoulos believes virtual reality can and will be a place for empathy and safety, ...

Health & Wellness : Society : Media & Entertainment

Big Ideas

Key themes from Walpole’s British Luxury Summit 2021

Explore the headlines from the Future of British Luxury Summit, from ‘carpe diem’ mindsets infiltrating luxury to travel and spending forecasts.

Luxury : Retail : Technology

Micro Trends

Isolated Intimacy

As the world experiences a crisis of closeness, new services are positioning isolation as an opportunity to reassess the meaning of intimacy.

Health : Wellness : Technology

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

Big Ideas

16 Ways To Change The World

Flying cars and invisibility technology were among the game-changing innovations proposed at the boldly named 16 Ways To Change The World conference.

100 Year Thinking : Urbanisation : Climate Change

Big Ideas

Future Forecast 2023: Fashion

From dystopian aesthetics and lab-based textile alternatives to the growth of resale platforms and monetised archives, we look ahead to fashion in ...

Fashion : Design : Sustainability

Podcasts

Podcast: Bethany Koby-Hirschmann on Kids and Tech

The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond speaks to techno-optimist Bethany Koby-Hirschmann about the importance of a healthy relationship be...

Podcast : Society : Back To The F**kture

News

These meta-tennis balls track real-time play

Universal token Metakey is working with the Australian Open tennis championship to offer a collection of generative non-fungible token (NFT) tenni...

Media : Tech : Tennis

News

Qatar’s flexible stadium is a nod to sustainable sports futures

Responding to the commonly unsustainable nature of large sporting venues, Qatar has unveiled a demountable stadium ahead of the FIFA 2022 World Cup.

Architecture : Sustainability : Modular Design

Viewpoints

Why Maslow needs a reboot

Former CEO of Livity, Sam Conniff Allende, argues that Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs should be amended to reflect the changing face of leadership.

Workplace

Viewpoints

What the fuck have M****NNIALS ever done for us?

Why this much-maligned generation deserves our appreciation, not our disdain.

Millenials : Tech : Innovation

Viewpoints

An unshared future

Fears are growing that the sharing economy model is not as benign as it first appeared.

The Sharing Economy : Airbnb : Uber

Viewpoints

Nic Yeeles: YouTube endorsements

The CEO and founder of Peg on the opportunities and pitfalls of YouTube star brand endorsements.

Nic Yeeles : Peg : Youtube

News

Fair hack

Switzerland – Postgram is a new Instagram-based programme that initiates serendipitous conversations and is the subject of a new film project.

Sebastien Vargas : Postgram : Storytelling

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