The New Sublimity

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Playing God

Global – Everything is a new game that enables players to experience life from the perspective of 3,000 organisms and objects in an evolving eco-s...

Gaming : The New Sublimity : Entertainment

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Mind the kids

Global – A new app from the founders of guided meditation platform Headspace aims to help children to become more mindful.

Headspace : The New Sublimity : Generation I

Curated cutlery

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Curated cutlery

Amsterdam – A new online store dedicated to experimental cutlery and dishware has now opened.

Jouw : The New Sublimity : Steinbeisser

Holiday memories

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Holiday memories

Auckland – For its latest advertising campaign, New Zealand travel website House of Travel takes a contemplative approach.

Marketing : Meditation : The New Sublimity

Message to the future

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Message to the future

Belgium – The You have a Jack messaging app enables senders to choose when their messages can be opened.

Messaging : The Immortal Brand : Apps

Preview: Drop-in Mindfulness

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Preview: Drop-in Mindfulness

North America – This week’s microtrend profiles the new studios offering an accessible way into the practice of mindfulness.

Meditation : Mindfulness : The New Sublimity

Drop-in Mindfulness

Micro Trends

Drop-in Mindfulness

New studios are forgoing languid spiritual retreats in favour of affordable, drop-in classes that offer a way for busy urbanites to unplug and unwind.

Mindfulness : Meditation : Spirtuality

Divine accommodation

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Divine accommodation

Portugal – The Casa de L Cura guest house invites weary city workers to relax in an agricultural setting.

Casa De L Cura : Post-Faith : The New Sublimity

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Rest room

Singapore – Design duo Rachel Wingfeld and Mathias Gmachl from Loop.pH have created an immersive Chronarium Sleep Lab.

Sleeping : Loop.pH : The New Sublimity

Samsung Sublimity

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Samsung Sublimity

Samsung is sending one lucky Scandinavian to a Tibetan monastery to watch television for 100 days.

Samsung : The New Sublimity : DDB Stockholm

Anti-social networking

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Anti-social networking

Global – Avoid Humans is a new web app that uses geo-location technology to appeal to full-time and part-time introverts eager to avoid the hustl...

Macrotrend : The New Sublimity : Introversion

Big Ideas

Scaling down

Boston, Massachusetts – A US start-up, launched in coordination with the Harvard Innovation Lab and Millennial Housing Lab, is aiming to encourag...

Getaway : Harvard Innovation Lab : The New Sublimity

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Off-grid

New York – As phones get smarter, one brand is going back to basics for a stripped-back experience.

The Light Phone : Smartphone : JOMO

Emma Barrett: Learning from awe

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Emma Barrett: Learning from awe

Alongside fear, awe is one of the most powerful and profound emotions we can have, says Dr Emma Barrett.

Extreme : Awe : Psychology

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Tea time

Kyoto – Artist and designer Tokujin Yoshioka has created a traditional Japanese tea house made from glass.

Kyoto : Tokujin Yoshioka : Shoren-in Temple

Zen den: Kiss your worries goodbye at artist’s sensory exhibition

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Zen den: Kiss your worries goodbye at artist’s sensory exhibition

London – Experiential artist Pipilotti Rist is taking gallery visitors into their comfort zone for a change with her latest sensory exhibition.

Worry Will Vanish : Sensory Exhibition : The New Sublimity

Turning over a new leaf: Architects design woodland refuge

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Turning over a new leaf: Architects design woodland refuge

Sweden – Architects Jägnefält Milton have designed a woodland refuge based on the shape of a giant leaf.

Jägnefält Milton Architects : Forest Pavilion : The New Sublimity

The Guardian aims to understand happiness levels with new app

Big Ideas

The Guardian aims to understand happiness levels with new app

A new app from The Guardian in association with life insurance group Beagle Street is designed to help understand what makes us happy.

Happy For Life : The Guardian : The New Sublimity

Against the grain: Wood carving kit offers creative meditation

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Against the grain: Wood carving kit offers creative meditation

Sweden – Tälja, part of The Little Kitchen Brewery line of DIY products, is a kit designed to encourage people to take a break from modern life to ...

Talja : Wood Carving : The New Sublimity

British Millennials interested in technology that helps them disconnect

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British Millennials interested in technology that helps them disconnect

A new study by The Future Laboratory has found that Millennials are the generation most eager to use technology to cut down on digital distractions.

Awakening Tech : The New Sublimity : Digital Detox

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Voyage of discovery: Credit card brand opens travel library

Seoul – Hyundai Card has opened a travel library that offers visitors the opportunity to satisfy their wanderlust in and out of South Korea.

The Convergence Economy : The New Sublimity : Digital Detox

Double take: Mobile game forces people to look around them again

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Double take: Mobile game forces people to look around them again

Amsterdam – Few people look around them any more. We’re all too busy staring at our phones. Cucalu, a new mobile photography game, hopes ...

Gaming : The New Sublimity : Amsterdam

The FvF Apartment

Design Directions

The FvF Apartment

Digital interview magazine Freunde von Freunden’s Berlin Apartment brings the publication’s ethos to life.

Freunden Von Freunden : Home From Home Hospitality : Berlin

Digital overload turns consumers from ‘always-on’ to ‘on/off’

Big Ideas

Digital overload turns consumers from ‘always-on’ to ‘on/off’

Britons are seeking calmer visual digital experiences

Digital Detox : The New Sublimity : OMD

Climate change: Weather-adapting artwork

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Climate change: Weather-adapting artwork

Sheboygan, Wisconsin – Applying the experience of weather into his kinetic sculpture, artist John Grade has designed an indoor piece of art that re...

Architecture : Sublime Spaces : Kinetic

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