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The New Meaning of Home

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The New Meaning of Home

Dr Alex Gordon, founder of cultural insights and semiotics consultancy Sign Salad, sits down with LS:N Global to discuss the new language, symbols ...

Home : Brand Semiotics : Retail

Boston welcomes affordable housing for LGBTQ+ seniors

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Boston welcomes affordable housing for LGBTQ+ seniors

Responding to the lack of support for LGBTQ+ seniors in Boston, developer Pennrose is building an inclusive and affordable housing development in t...

Society : Housing : Health & Wellness

MDW: Fabita explores a flexible future for at-home cooking

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MDW: Fabita explores a flexible future for at-home cooking

Industrial firm Fabita and Turin-based studio Andriano Design have showcased their Unsuspected Futures exhibition at this year’s Salone Del Mobile ...

Design : Luxury : Technology

MDW: Diesel dives into interiors with branded Miami residences

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MDW: Diesel dives into interiors with branded Miami residences

Italian retailer Diesel presents its new venture, Diesel Living, presented at Salone Del Mobile Milano 2022.

Retail : Fashion : Travel & Hospitality

Why ambience will define future homes

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Why ambience will define future homes

While technology is often associated with distraction, digitised ambience can offer subtle solutions to improving home environments.

Technology : Home : Ambient Technology

Family in 2030: Climate Communities

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Family in 2030: Climate Communities

In this scenario, we meet an intergenerational Muslim family finding meaning and hope amid the impacts of the climate crisis on the city of New York.

Scenario : Society : Climate Crisis

IAM 2021: The Future of Community is Inter-Citizenship

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IAM 2021: The Future of Community is Inter-Citizenship

Solutions were not enough at this year’s IAM Weekend, as thinkers gathered to imagine better internet(s), care systems and inter-species perspectives.

Digital : Technology : Media

Empathic Technology devices to humanise future homes

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Empathic Technology devices to humanise future homes

Creative consultancy and design studio NewTerritory has unveiled a series of multifunctional smart home technology concepts that centre on resident...

Media And Entertainment : Technology : Architecture

Ikea’s price-conscious gaming furniture

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Ikea’s price-conscious gaming furniture

Ikea's first range of affordable PC gaming furniture makes it easier for consumers to have a professional set-up at home.

Retail : Gaming : Technology

Four flexible mobility concepts for future living

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Four flexible mobility concepts for future living

As vehicle usage changes, automotive designers are exploring the potential for malleable interior innovations that bring fresh experiences to futur...

Mobility : Automotive : Driverless Car

An eco-community for elevated living in Utah

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An eco-community for elevated living in Utah

Benloch Ranch is a new housing community in the Wasatch and Uinta Mountains, Utah, built around minimalism and practicality.

Future Home : Sustainability : Nature

Why future homes mean business for wellbeing

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Why future homes mean business for wellbeing

Lee McCormack, CEO of MyGlobalHome, is on a mission to transform our homes into smart buildings that look after us with life-long care and communit...

Future Home : Technology : Health And Wellness

An Ikea store designed specifically for New Yorkers

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An Ikea store designed specifically for New Yorkers

Swedish furniture brand Ikea opens its latest retail location, opting for a smaller format that better suits the limited living spaces for consumer...

Retail : Store Design : Urban Mindset

Everyday tech gets an inclusive overhaul

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Everyday tech gets an inclusive overhaul

Emerging tech solutions are pushing access and inclusivity to the fore, enhancing everyday life and usability for those who are differently abled.

Technology : Society : Disability

Fulfilment Furnishings

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Fulfilment Furnishings

The global pandemic has shifted people’s priorities to focus on home furnishings that place wellbeing at the fore, in both physical and digital sce...

Health : Wellness : Workplace

Placesonas: the new imperative for brands’ smart assistants

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Placesonas: the new imperative for brands’ smart assistants

Smart assistants are breaking out of the home – so businesses must consider the new contexts and opportunities for people to interact with them on ...

Retail : Technology : Marketing

Ceramics designed to last a lifetime

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Ceramics designed to last a lifetime

The Raami dining collection by Iittala is designed without new raw materials and is intended to last for decades.

Retail : Design : Future Home

This transparent tv embodies discreet tech

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This transparent tv embodies discreet tech

Xiaomi is launching a transparent television, Mi TV LUX Transparent Edition, ushering in new ways of consuming visual content.

Technology : Design : Future Home

Plant-based pest control for eco-conscious homes

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Plant-based pest control for eco-conscious homes

Pyur Solutions’ new plant-powered insecticides combine natural ingredients with eco-friendly packaging.

Health And Wellness : Future Home : Plant-based

Modern Meditation Market

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Modern Meditation Market

Meditation is being reframed as an accessible activity, with Covid-19 having accelerated its engagement and normalised the adoption of daily rituals.

Meditation : Wellbeing : Wellness

At-home algae for green-fingered families

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At-home algae for green-fingered families

BioBombola, by ecoLogicStudio, is an eco-driven project that invites individuals, families and communities to cultivate their own algae garden.

Food : Future Home : Design

Tulu brings appliance-sharing to home renters

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Tulu brings appliance-sharing to home renters

Tulu provides people who live in an apartment with household items they can rent for temporary use.

Media : Technology : The Sharing Economy

Future-gaze: Pandemic Proof Properties

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Future-gaze: Pandemic Proof Properties

Living through the 2020 lockdown, the lack of space in our residential homes has become a risk to both our physical and mental wellbeing.

Covid-19 : Wellness : Future Home

Pandemic-proof Properties

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Pandemic-proof Properties

Lockdown has highlighted the health impacts of life in isolation. We forecast how the design of our future homes and interiors will strengthen huma...

Future Home : Architecture : Covid-19

The Venn room brings Programmable Realities home

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The Venn room brings Programmable Realities home

Multidisciplinary studio SpacePopular is exploring how the rise of virtual reality as a widespread communication platform will change our home inte...

Media : Technology : Virtual Reality

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