Hacking

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Burger talk

US – Burger King’s latest advert was designed to fool your Google Home device.

Burger King : Smart Homes : Neo-Kinship

Netflix and craft

Big Ideas

Netflix and craft

US – Netflix has launched a do-it-yourself personal trainer app as part of its consumer-facing Make It project.

Netflix : Brand Educators : DIY

Mr Robot returns

Big Ideas

Mr Robot returns

US – Mr Robot is a new mobile game that borrows its narrative from the eponymous show.

Mr. Robot : Night School Studio : Mobile Game

Preview: The Learning Economy

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Preview: The Learning Economy

Global – LS:N Global’s latest macrotrend deals with why and how the separation between industry and education is breaking down.

Education : Training : Learning

Under lock and key

Big Ideas

Under lock and key

Italy – Luxury brand Bulgari’s Vault app promises to keep its customers’ data safe.

Bulgari : Apps : Security

Luxury and security

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Luxury and security

Switzerland/Israel – Sirin Labs has launched the Solarin, a highly secure smartphone aimed at executives.

Solarin : Smartphone : Security

Nick Gray: Hacking institutions for the better

Viewpoints

Nick Gray: Hacking institutions for the better

The founder of Museum Hack on the value of understanding the system enough to subvert it.

Culture : Storytelling : Museums

The Optimised Self

Macro Trends

The Optimised Self

Humanity is on a quest. It is not a quest for perfection, but for optimisation – to be the optimal versions of ourselves, the most effective and th...

Optimisation : Health : Wellbeing

X marks the spot: The hunt for a hidden cache of art

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X marks the spot: The hunt for a hidden cache of art

New York – Auction houses can be mysterious places, but an object bought last month might lay claim to being the most intriguing of recent times.

Treasure Of Lima : TBA21 Academy : Futuretainment

Design Directions

Vectorism

Prompted by the powerful convergence of art and science, as we identified in our Re-enlightenment Rising macrotrend, and by consumers’ ubiquitous e...

Digital : Graphics : Coding

DIY speaker: Home-made kit offers sound approach

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DIY speaker: Home-made kit offers sound approach

France – French designer Coralie Gourgeuchon has created a paper electronics kit enabling users to make their own speaker.

Maker Culture : Hacking : Sound

Piece agreement: Motorola creates modular phone

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Piece agreement: Motorola creates modular phone

Mountain View, California – Motorola and Dutch designer Dave Hakkens have joined forces on Project Ara, a fully exchangeable, upgradable and sustai...

Motorola : Modular Phone : Phonebloks

Big Ideas

Gucci sponsors hackathon to help women

Gucci sponsors hackathon to help women

App : Techanistas : Hackathon

Design Directions

DIY.Org

The merit badges include Forester and Forager, but also Rocketeer, Open Sourcerer and Circuit Bender. The campfire is a website onto which members ...

Open Source : Childing : Silicon Valley

Reel deal: Elastic bands create flexible storage

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Reel deal: Elastic bands create flexible storage

San Francisco – Bicycle storage is normally limited and finite. But South Korean designers Areum Jeong, based in San Francisco, and Yeongkeun Jeong...

Cycling : Reel : Elastic Band

Jay-Z and Samsung fall victim to Anarconomy Decade

Big Ideas

Jay-Z and Samsung fall victim to Anarconomy Decade

Jay-Z and Samsung fall victim to Anarconomy Decade

Piracy : Album Launch : Hip Hop

Strung up: A different strand of furniture design

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Strung up: A different strand of furniture design

Tel Aviv – Shenkar College of Engineering and Design graduate Andrey Grishko, co-founder of design studio AndreyAndShay, has designed an open-sourc...

Furniture : Graduate Design : Weaving

DIY living: Turn your washing machine into a chair

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DIY living: Turn your washing machine into a chair

Israel – Belarus-born, Jerusalem-based industrial designer Tony Grigorian (aka Antonina) has created a series of lounge chairs made from parts of a...

Furniture : Electrical Goods : Household Appliance

DIY scouts for Generation I, Silicon Valley-style

Big Ideas

DIY scouts for Generation I, Silicon Valley-style

DIY scouts for Generation I, Silicon Valley-style

Children : Circuits : Silicon Valley

Snap action: Sofa hacks it in the living room

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Snap action: Sofa hacks it in the living room

UK – The new Bungy Sofa enables people to customise their couch with elasticated yellow cords.

Homeware : Customisable Furniture : Playful Design

UnGrounded tackles global issues at 30,000 feet

Big Ideas

UnGrounded tackles global issues at 30,000 feet

UnGrounded tackles global issues at 30,000 feet

Community : Ungrounded : Hackathon

House work: RCA project explores home hacking

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House work: RCA project explores home hacking

London – Royal College of Art Design Products graduate David Steiner is presenting his In House project at Show RCA. The collection explo...

RCA : David Steiner : Royal College Of Art Design Products

Student designs Chrome extension to dodge Facebook

Big Ideas

Student designs Chrome extension to dodge Facebook

Student designs Chrome extension to dodge Facebook

Google Chrome : Facebook : Hacking

Big Ideas

BlackBerry tries out brand-jacking for size

BlackBerry tries out brand-jacking for size

Blackberry : Smarphone : Competition

Macro Trends

Generation I

You type, they swipe. You click, they tap. You customise the template, they code their own. Born after 2002, today’s digital natives are demanding ...

Gen I : Kids : Digital Natives

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