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Data is not as neutral as it seems

Big Ideas

Data is not as neutral as it seems

Sound artist and researcher of critical data analytics Wesley Goatley discusses the importance of democratising data to better serve those who are ...
Sustainability : Data : Placemaking
Modern Fertility

Micro Trends

Modern Fertility

With infertility a growing problem, consumers are increasingly turning to smartphone apps and devices for advice and to track their health.
Health : Wellness : Infertility
How will technology change democratic engagement?

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How will technology change democratic engagement?

With consumers’ appetite for on-demand, personalised services having transformed everything from how we shop to the way we learn and date, it’s a m...
Technology : Digital : Culture
At-home Analysis

Micro Trends

At-home Analysis

Beauty brands are looking beyond tools that provide a one-off diagnosis to those that offer ongoing analysis.
At-home Analysis : Beauty : Tech
Seeing Sound

Micro Trends

Seeing Sound

Podcasts are adapting to a visual-first culture.
Podcasts : Transmedia Futures : Audio
Regenerative Consumption

Micro Trends

Regenerative Consumption

Ecological consciousness is inspiring new products that feed back to their sources in a cycle of regeneration.
Whole System Thinking : Radical Transparency : Sustainability Futures
Kassem Younis: Respect Data

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Kassem Younis: Respect Data

CEO of Mana App Studio explains how companies can reform their attitude to personal information.
Privacy : Personal Data : Big Data
Preview: Post-language Typography

Daily Signals

Preview: Post-language Typography

Global – The design world is drawing inspiration from bilingual environments to propose alphabets that transcend traditional type.
Typograhy : Graphics : Language
Anti-authenticity Marketing: Beyond Borders Network Evening

Daily Signals

Anti-authenticity Marketing: Beyond Borders Network Evening

London – Last night LS:N Global welcomed multidisciplinary creatives to Elder Street for our Design in the Age of Anti-authenticity Network Evening.
Anti-authenticity Marketing : Communication : Beyond Borders
Haptic mobility

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Haptic mobility

Milan Salone 2015 – Students of the Material Design department of the University of Art and Design Offenbach have collaborated with BMW on a series...
Milan Salone Del Mobile : Material Design : University Of Art And Design Offenbach
Adding emotion: Multi-layered social media

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Adding emotion: Multi-layered social media

A new social network shows the power of combining visual and audio content to create emotion. 
Tunepics : Justin Cooke : App
Ikea profiles morning habits of global consumers

Big Ideas

Ikea profiles morning habits of global consumers

Ikea delves into the homes of global consumers to uncover polarised morning habits. 
Ikea : London : New York
Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan 2014 Part 1: Top 5 Spaces

Big Ideas

Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan 2014 Part 1: Top 5 Spaces

The sun was shining and the pavilions were resplendent as thousands of design industry moguls explored the many districts that comprised Salone I...
Milan : Salone Internazionale Del Mobile : Convergence
Charlie Dark : The Run Dem Crew

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Charlie Dark : The Run Dem Crew

DJ, poet and writer Charlie Dark talks about The Run Dem Crew. 
The Run Dem Crew : Charlie Dark : Exercise
You, the editor

Micro Trends

You, the editor

Media is no longer about bottom-down communication, but about bottom-up collaborations. Smart brands are handing over creative control to their aud...
Social Media : Publications : Media
Objet of desire: Designer redefines the chair

Daily Signals

Objet of desire: Designer redefines the chair

Seoul – Designer Seung-Yong Song has created the Objet collection of chairs that challenges people’s relationship to furniture and how they use it.
Furniture : Chair : Korean
Sarah Lewington : Empathic design through self-quantification

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Sarah Lewington : Empathic design through self-quantification

Lecturer Sarah Lewington talks about empathic design through self-quantification. 
Self Quant : Sarah Lewington : Empathetic Design
Hard currency: Turning information into insight

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Hard currency: Turning information into insight

Hard currency: Turning information into insight
Future Poll : Truth : Authenticity
World Retail Conference overview

Big Ideas

World Retail Conference overview

At the World Retail Congress (WRC) in Berlin last month, more than 100 global retail CEOs gathered to discuss strategy in the post-recession enviro...
China : Emerging Markets : V-Wallet
Local social networking

Micro Trends

Local social networking

Local social networking
Social Media : Apps : Community
Warren Berger : Innovation through design thinking

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Warren Berger : Innovation through design thinking

Writer Warren Berger talks about innovation through design thinking. 
Warren Berger : Glimmer : Design
Le Comptoir Général

Design Directions

Le Comptoir Général

Away from the purposeful anonymity and fluorescent lighting of the average conference room, le Comptoir Général in Paris offers a place i...
Fifth Scenario : Community : Ecological
Transmedia Futures

Macro Trends

Transmedia Futures

New platforms and behaviours are replacing linear media – these shifts are creating a networked system where the consumer, rather than the publishe...
Future Media : New Media Landscapes : Always-on
Future Media Landscapes

Macro Trends

Future Media Landscapes

In the land of the brand and the media, there have always been kings, ever since media magnate Sumner Redstone declared ‘Content is king!’ way back...
Media : Technology : Transmedia
Futuretainment

Macro Trends

Futuretainment

As audiences flock to immersive, convivial experiences, entertainers are blurring the distinctions between spectator and performer, digital and phy...
Gaming : Third Rail Projects : Immersive Theatre
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