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Coffee: The New Wellness Ingredient?

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Coffee: The New Wellness Ingredient?

FutureBrand’s strategy director, Ashleigh Steinhobel, explores evolving health-focused directions in caffeine culture, from humble bean to bio-hack.

Drink : Coffee : Lifestyle

Style of our youth

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Style of our youth

Global – Designer Kim Jones and NikeLab have collaborated on a new range of lightweight sportswear.

Nike Lab : Kim Jones : Sportswear

Big Ideas

Comfy cups

Global – The sports bra market is booming as more women opt for comfort and function over style.

Underwear : Athleisure : Millennials

Milan Salone 2016: Form and function

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Milan Salone 2016: Form and function

Milan – Students at École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne created prototypes for a range of functional household electronics.

ECAL University Of Art And Design Lausanne : ECAL : Punkt.

Fit for purpose

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Fit for purpose

New York – Fitness apparel brand Lululemon is continuing its move into athleisure with a second Lululemon Lab location.

Lululemon Lab : Athleisure : Incubator

Quiet joy: Insulation never looked so good

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Quiet joy: Insulation never looked so good

Stockholm – The industrial materials company Baux was formed on the back of one question: ‘why can’t functional building materials be beautiful?’

Baux : Soundproof : Wallcovering

Changing rooms: Flexible space promotes multi-use

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Changing rooms: Flexible space promotes multi-use

Changing rooms: Flexible space promotes multi-use

Sibling : Archive : Flexible

CES: High-tech fashion: Fitbit teams up with Tory Burch

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CES: High-tech fashion: Fitbit teams up with Tory Burch

Las Vegas – Fitbit has joined forces with high-end fashion brand Tory Burch with the plan to create a line of designer accessories for the wearable...

CES : Fitbit : Tory Burch

Shades of grey: Salon creates illusion of light

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Shades of grey: Salon creates illusion of light

Tokyo – The GreeM salon in Tokyo is not an ideal space for a business where good lighting is considered pivotal. But Takara Space Design, which des...

Functional : GreeM Salon : Trompe-l'oeil

Armed for flexibility: A futuristic store in Japan

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Armed for flexibility: A futuristic store in Japan

Tokyo – Los Angeles-based clothing label Band of Outsiders has opened its first store, but rather than opening in its home town, it chose Tokyo. Wh...

Visual Merchandising : Band Of Outsiders : Flexi-simplicity

Natural cure: A fortifier that prevents hangovers

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Natural cure: A fortifier that prevents hangovers

San Francisco – Work hard, play hard is the mantra of many people. It was also the inspiration for Ron Alvarado and Matt MacDonald to create Ficks,...

Natural Ingredients : Matt MacDonald : Ron Alvarado

Wood work: Coloured rugs double as DIY sculptures

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Wood work: Coloured rugs double as DIY sculptures

Berlin – German designer Elisa Strozyk’s Colored Wooden Rugs do more than the name suggests. They are indeed wooden rugs coloured in geometric patt...

Wood : DIY Sculpture : Rug

Well, well: Bien! serves meals to fight stress

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Well, well: Bien! serves meals to fight stress

São Paulo – Visitors to Brazilian restaurant Bien! will find food to combat hypertension and diabetes, and even help in the bedroom.

Restaurant : Bien! Sao Paulo : Health Food

Micro Trends

Alpha Snacks

A new language is appearing in food, directed at men, that marks a return to alpha male foods. On one side are functional health snacks that enhanc...

Functional : Caffeinated Chocolate Bar : Awake

Max Fraser : Design is everywhere

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Max Fraser : Design is everywhere

London Design Festival deputy director Max Fraser talks about this year’s theme ‘Design is everywhere’.

London Design Festival : Max Fraser : LDF

Darren Barber : Functional fitness

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Darren Barber : Functional fitness

Barber’s Gym founder Darren Barber talks functional fitness.

Sport : Darren Barber : Barbers Gym

The Mantry focuses on male foodies

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The Mantry focuses on male foodies

The Mantry focuses on male foodies

Food : Artisan : Men

Yoplait launches new functional food

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Yoplait launches new functional food

Yoplait launches new functional food

Yoplait : Healthy : Yoghurt

Klass act: An intuitive look at bathroom design

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Klass act: An intuitive look at bathroom design

Klass act: An intuitive look at bathroom design

Design : Rituals : Intuitive Futures

Tom Sachs NikeCraft

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Tom Sachs NikeCraft

It is common for a sports brand to collaborate with a high-profile designer. But to incorporate the work of a conceptual artist into a functional, ...

Nike : NIKECraft : Conceptual

Set piece: New glass bottle has various forms

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Set piece: New glass bottle has various forms

Set piece: New glass bottle has various forms

Lucirmas : Pure-Bottle : Packaging Futures

Smart kit: Ikea brings tablets in from the cold

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Smart kit: Ikea brings tablets in from the cold

Smart kit: Ikea brings tablets in from the cold

Hacked : Craft : Generation I

All for UU: Uniqlo's range has family appeal

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All for UU: Uniqlo's range has family appeal

Tokyo – Japanese discount clothing brand Uniqlo is to launch its UU collection next month in collaboration with fashion designer Jun Takahashi’s Un...

Uniqlo : Collaboration : Affordable

Swiss adventure: Designer offers infinite choice

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Swiss adventure: Designer offers infinite choice

London – Swiss menswear designer Julian Zigerli will show his latest collection as part of the Vauxhall Fashion Scout Ones to Watch exhibition at L...

Swiss : Backpack : Vauxhall

Clutter-free: Office range does the business

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Clutter-free: Office range does the business

Clutter-free: Office range does the business

Functional : Walnut : Fashioned

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