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The top products from Indie Beauty Expo 2018

From cyclical-based beauty to brands celebrating their ethical credentials, these independent beauty brands on display at London's first Indie Beau...

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Speculating on the future at Dutch Design Week 2018

At this year’s show, designers positioned AI as a self-reflective tool, made technology more intuitive and devised alternative food supply chains.

Dutch Design Week : Media : AI

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The digital studio driving fashion’s open-source future

Jimmy Herdberg, co-founder of Swedish fashion studio Atacac, on how digitising the design and manufacturing process can foster more meaningful rela...

Fashion : Retail : Technology

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Georgina Johnson on the fashion industry’s mental health problem

The designer and founder of The Laundry discusses the industry’s damaging culture of overwork and why fashion education needs to be refo...

Fashion : Retail : Wellness

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Kris De Decker on web design’s energy-efficient future

The founder of Low-tech Magazine on creating a solar-powered website that looks to the past for sustainable, future-facing solutions.

Media : Design : Technology

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Unauthorized creates fashion for tween boys and their dads

Arman Motlagh, creative director of Unauthorized, on how new attitudes to masculinity are creating fresh opportunities for fashion brands and retai...

Youth : Fashion : Retail

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Suzi Grant on driving a movement for positive ageing

The author, blogger and nutritionist discusses the tribal mentality of the over-50s and why brands should abandon the term ‘anti-ageing’.

Beauty : Fashion : Wellness

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Dr Anjan Chatterjee on humankind’s evolving perception of beauty

The author of The Aesthetic Brain says multiculturalism is changing our experience of beauty, yet technology is reducing the ability to have profou...

Wellness : Beauty : Global Wellness Summit

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For the Hendrick’s master distiller, the gin craze is here to stay

With a new distillery and production increasing, Lesley Gracie, master distiller at Hendrick’s, and Ally Martin, its global brand ambassador, outli...

Drinks : Alcohol : Gin

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Tania Boler on how technology is transforming women’s personal care

The co-founder and CEO of Elvie, a women’s health technology company, on why careful design and playful marketing are crucial to drive engagement a...

Health : Wellness : Tech

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Rob Anders on digital art’s global opportunity

The co-founder and CEO of digital art platform Niio on making digital works more accessible, and why retail spaces are ripe for an art-driven revamp.

Technology : Media : Retail

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Virtual sonic worlds are the next branded experiences

The Spatial Sound Institute is a research centre created by technology platform and artistic collective 4DSOUND. John Connell, researcher in reside...

Media : Digital : Retail

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How malls can survive into the future

The malls of the future will cater for specific audiences, appeal to a wide spectrum of ages and join the dots between e-commerce and physical shop...

Retail : Placemaking : Mall

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How mobility is transforming last-mile delivery

Autonomous driving technology promises to have a transformative impact on how we receive our purchases.

Retail : Delivery : Automotive

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The product designers rethinking plastics

At London Design Festival 2018, designers put the spotlight on plastics, moving away from the recycled narrative about audience education, and reth...

Design : Plastic : Sustainability

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Next-generation auction houses

As attitudes to luxury and acquisition change, auction houses are diversifying both to retain relevance and to attract a new breed of young, moneye...

Luxury : Art : Fashion

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John Pawson on the future of luxury hotel design

The British architect on his recent project The Jaffa hotel, and why clarity and simplicity will shape the future of luxury hospitality.

Architecture : Hotels : Luxury Hotels

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Jimmy Macdonald on praising plastic at London Design Fair

Plastic is being demonised for its environmental impact, but the founder of London Design Fair says it’s time to change both attitudes and approach...

Plastic : London Design Fair : Material Futures

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A social app for increasing urban wellness

Rachael Donalds, founder of Biosay, on how technology can help to reduce stress levels by visualising environmental aggressors.

Health & Wellness : Technology : Biosay

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James Grundy explains how lower-alcohol beer can take on the big beer industry

The co-founder of Small Beer Brew Co explains the appeal of small beer and why sustainability is a key tenet of the London-based brewery.

Drinks : Beer : Low ABV

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The ideas and innovations that hint at the future of the consumer landscape