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World Retail Congress 2023: Resilient Retail Futures

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World Retail Congress 2023: Resilient Retail Futures

World Retail Congress 2023 in Barcelona explored how innovators are embracing purpose, transformation and resilience in the aftershock of global cr...
Technology : Retail : Sustainability
Neighbourhood hotels

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Neighbourhood hotels

Liran Wizman, founder of Europe Hotels Private Collection, examines how luxury hotels can avoid exacerbating over-tourism by engaging locals.
Hospitality : Hotel : Travel
Cities join forces to protect citizens’ digital rights

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Cities join forces to protect citizens’ digital rights

New York, Amsterdam and Barcelona are the founding members of the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, an effort pledging to protect citizens’ righ...
Digital : Ethics : Internet
Ikea’s Space 10 wants to democratise AI

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Ikea’s Space 10 wants to democratise AI

Copenhagen – Do You Speak Human?, a project designed and developed by Ikea’s external future living lab Space10, is a worldwide survey of how ...
Ikea : AI : Neo-kinship
A new Level

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A new Level

Barcelona – Level is a new geographically neutral budget airline.
Travel : Millennials : New Bricolage Living
Preview: Internet Age Media 2017

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Preview: Internet Age Media 2017

Barcelona – The latest Internet Age Media futures festival will explore The Renaissance of Utopias.
Media : Advertising : Culture
Nesta: Peter Baeck

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Nesta: Peter Baeck

Understanding the true potential of the collaborative economy.
Nesta : Collaborative Economy : The Sharing Economy
Touch-sensitive surfaces

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Touch-sensitive surfaces

Mobile World Congress 2017, Barcelona – Sony Mobile has introduced a new interactive projector that converts any surface into a touch-sensitive int...
Sony : Mobile World Congress : Awakening Tech
Beauty simplified

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Beauty simplified

Barcelona – Alex Carro’s mixable, multi-use skincare range is simplifying complicated beauty rituals.
Alex Carro : Beauty : Packaging
Power to pedestrians

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Power to pedestrians

Barcelona – The city of Barcelona is undergoing a major restructuring in a bid to reduce traffic and create more pedestrian spaces.
Barcelona : Traffic : Placemaking
Internet Age Media 2016 Review

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Internet Age Media 2016 Review

Institutions, from universities to design studios, are re-inventing their futures strategy in order to reconnect with key audiences.
Internet Age Media : Media Futures : Barcelona
Internet Age Media 2016 Preview

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Internet Age Media 2016 Preview

Brand strategists, editors and creative directors will descend on Barcelona to discuss the future of media, learning and internet culture.
Internet Age Media : From Complexity To Emergence : The Hatch
Wing-car-dium leviosa

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Wing-car-dium leviosa

Barcelona – Lexus has captured imaginations around the world by creating its own version of a working hoverboard.
Lexus : Evico : Hoverboard
Staging a hoax

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Staging a hoax

Barcelona – Creative studio achos is showing how being the little guy can be fun, after it staged an elaborate hoax that stunned the creative ...
Achos : #creathieves : Hoax
Pollution-eating bridge

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Pollution-eating bridge

Barcelona – A bridge over a dual carriageway north of the city centre is being refurbished with pollution-eating concrete.
BCQ Architecture : Pollution-eating Bridge : Whole System Thinking
Mobile World Congress 2015 Review

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Mobile World Congress 2015 Review

Game-changing industry disruption from enhanced batteries, driverless cars and integrated eco-systems are prompting a variety of innovations acro...
Mobile World Congress : Mobile Phones : Barcelona
Look and see: Studio creates magazine for optician brand

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Look and see: Studio creates magazine for optician brand

Barcelona – One look at its cover and onFocus appears to be another indie magazine, but a quick look at the content and it becomes clear: this is n...
Perfect Vision : Branded Content : Barcelona
TwoPoints: Graphic Design

Design Directions

TwoPoints: Graphic Design

Lupi Asensio and Martin Lorenz are TwoPoints, a Barcelona-based design studio known for its editorial projects and flexible visual identities.
Two Points : Barcelona : Visual Identity
Spanish comedy club unveils pay per laugh policy

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Spanish comedy club unveils pay per laugh policy

A comedy theatre in Barcelona has introduced a Pay Per Laugh scheme in a bid to attract bigger audiences.
Teatreneu : Pay Per Laugh : The Cyranos McCann
Artte house: Barcelona café offers creativity and culture over tea

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Artte house: Barcelona café offers creativity and culture over tea

Barcelona – Artte is a restaurant and teashop in the Eixample district of the city that offers a programme of cultural events and a creative lab.&n...
Artte : Barcelona : Convergence Economy
Sweet Tooth Hospitality

Micro Trends

Sweet Tooth Hospitality

Sugar may be the new gluten – the latest foodstuff to be targeted in the media – but despite the bad press, a host of new restaurants and retailers...
Dessert : The Pudding Bar : Luxury
In pursuit: Magazine explores the power of happiness

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In pursuit: Magazine explores the power of happiness

Barcelona – Perdiz is an independent magazine that doesn't focus on fashion or design, art or science, but on happiness, what makes people happy an...
Magazine : Happiness : Barcelona
Surfing star Slater joins Kering to work on new brand

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Surfing star Slater joins Kering to work on new brand

Surfer Kelly Slater has left Quiksilver to develop his own brand with Paris-based Kering Group.
Body Temples : City Surf : Kering Group
Bright types: Bold look for gourmet burger joint

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Bright types: Bold look for gourmet burger joint

Barcelona – For the recent rebranding of gourmet burger chain Bacoa, design agency TwoPoints played with bold graphics and colour.
Barcelona : Bacoa : Burger Bar
Luxe Laundry

Micro Trends

Luxe Laundry

Laundry brands are taking cues from the beauty world, with stripped-back packaging and eco-credentials that emphasise quality and naturalness.
Natural : Tangent GC : Laundry Detergent Project
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