Utopia

The Reluctant Futurists

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The Reluctant Futurists

LS:N Global’s editor-in-chief Martin Raymond discusses all things normal, but not so everyday – yet – with The Future Normal authors Rohit Bhargava...
Leadership : Society : Forecasting
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
Long-term thinking

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Long-term thinking

This year’s London Design Festival examined how designers are finding new value in waste.
London Design Festival 2016 : Material Futures : Utopia
Virtual Baroque

Design Directions

Virtual Baroque

Digital artists are deconstructing the clichéd visual codes of luxury advertising. They are exaggerating the idealised and heavily stylised charact...
Luxury : CGI : Digital Aesthetic
Work-life balance

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Work-life balance

London – Artist Yuri Pattison’s latest exhibition explores how our working and personal lives are becoming increasingly indistinguishable.
Yuri Pattison : User Space : Workplaces
Dystopian London

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Dystopian London

Why are a raft of new design and architecture projects so dark and undesirable?
Dystopian Futures : London : Design
Backlash Culture

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Backlash Culture

Global – Backlash Culure is a call to arms for companies to take a more combative stance against the consumer zeitgeist.
Backlash Culture : S/S 16 Trend Briefing : Positive Friction
Backlash Brands: An introduction

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Backlash Brands: An introduction

London – LS:N Global senior journalist Daniela Walker introduces Backlash Brands, the first of three macrotrends from Backlash Culture.
Backlash Brands : Positive Friction : Trend Briefing SS 2016
Paradise Syndrome

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Paradise Syndrome

New York – Utopia author Thomas More is an unlikely source of inspiration for New York contemporary art exhibition Paradise Syndrome.
New York : Ana Perez Escoto : PEANA
Time to change

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Time to change

Sweden – An advert for pension management company SPP shows consumers how small changes today can make a difference decades from now.
SPP : M&C Saatchi Sweden : Advertising
The Polarity Paradox

Macro Trends

The Polarity Paradox

Moderation is no longer the modus operandi. In our busy, networked and choice-rich lives, people are finding a new model for self-restraint by fl...
Extreme Lifestyles : 5:2 Living : Pop Culture
Chasm Culture

Micro Trends

Chasm Culture

As the shackles of austerity loosen and people begin to readjust their eyes to a post-recessionary world, artists, designers and writers are trying...
The Hunger Games : Divergent : Beth Bentley
Game-changer: Artist creates an internet Utopia

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Game-changer: Artist creates an internet Utopia

Los Angeles – Gradient Forest# is an interactive music video and game that invites viewers to explore a computer-generated utopian world.
Gradient Forest : Vince Mckelvie : 3D Animation
Andrew Stellitano: Designer and Art Director

Design Directions

Andrew Stellitano: Designer and Art Director

Andrew Stellitano: Designer and Art Director
Synaesthetic Selling : Convergence Culture : Sensory
Imagined Utopias: Candles invoke a better world

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Imagined Utopias: Candles invoke a better world

London – A Utopian world evokes different images for different people. Throughout history, philosophers, artists and daydreamers have imagined thei...
The School Of Life : New Sublimity : Utopia
Travelling luxury: A Utopian home is re-imagined

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Travelling luxury: A Utopian home is re-imagined

Miami – Louis Vuitton has continued its love affair with fine art and design for Design Miami/ 2013 – this time celebrating iconic modernist design...
Louis Vuitton : La Maison Au Bord De L'Eau : Polarity Paradox
Futurist Montage

Design Directions

Futurist Montage

Digital and analogue photographic effects, darkroom-type experimentations and unfamiliar image overlays are fuelling a new offbeat aesthetic that i...
Prada : Digital Collage : Venice Biennale
Ying Wu: Illustrator

Design Directions

Ying Wu: Illustrator

Ying Wu: Illustrator
London : Illustration China : Utopian
London Womenswear A/W 12

Design Directions

London Womenswear A/W 12

This season, designers in London presented dramatic looks with exaggerated silhouettes and innovative approaches to textile treatments, defying a c...
Modern Mythology : Fairytale : Netstalgia
Utopian visions: Book builds on new horizons

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Utopian visions: Book builds on new horizons

Utopian visions: Book builds on new horizons
Publishing : Utopia : Utopian
Welcome to Utopia: The way to sustainability

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Welcome to Utopia: The way to sustainability

Welcome to Utopia: The way to sustainability
Sustainability : Heimtextil : Frankfurt
Hot food, cool design: Igloo-inspired restaurant opens in Japan

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Hot food, cool design: Igloo-inspired restaurant opens in Japan

Hot food, cool design: Igloo-inspired restaurant opens in Japan
Design : Eco : Biomimicry
Natural habitat: Ecosystems define skyscrapers

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Natural habitat: Ecosystems define skyscrapers

Natural habitat: Ecosystems define skyscrapers
Chimera Design : Architecture : Utopia
Take aim: New make-up brand draws on ammunition

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Take aim: New make-up brand draws on ammunition

Take aim: New make-up brand draws on ammunition
Beauty : Ellis Faas : Utopia
Bjarke Ingels : Building a pragmatic utopia

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Bjarke Ingels : Building a pragmatic utopia

Architect Bjarke Ingels talks about building a pragmatic utopia. 
The Fifth Scenario : Bjarke Ingels : Utopia
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