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Space10 on creating a cookbook with a mission

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Space10 on creating a cookbook with a mission

Polina Bachlakova, editor of Future Food Today, the first cookbook from Ikea’s research and design lab, envisages a playful and sustainable future ...
Food : Drinks : Sustainability
It’s time to reboot the start-up mentality

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It’s time to reboot the start-up mentality

Fundamental change is needed at the heart of any business to truly live and breathe start-up thinking, making and doing.
Design : Branding : R&D
Rural China is living in the future

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Rural China is living in the future

Xiaowei Wang, creative director of Logic magazine, examines how the future of work is already alive and kicking in rural China.
Workplace : Retail : China
Microbes will make manufacturing transparent

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Microbes will make manufacturing transparent

Dr Jessica Green, CEO and co-founder of Phylagen, on using microbiomes to verify brands’ ethical manufacturing practices.
Fashion : Supply Chain : Transparency
Tech brands must prepare for the newness backlash

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Tech brands must prepare for the newness backlash

The gathering momentum of the Right to Repair movement could spell major disruption for the culture of newness perpetuated by tech giants.
Technology : Sustainability : Smartphones
Pioneering the future of luxury sourcing

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Pioneering the future of luxury sourcing

Caroline Scheufele, artistic director and co-president luxury jeweller Chopard, on the positive impact of ethical sourcing for consumers and employ...
Luxury : Sustainability : Supply Chains
Biodegradable data is starting to grow up

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Biodegradable data is starting to grow up

Monika Seyfried and Cyrus Clarke discuss their project Grow Your Own Cloud, a speculative service that helps consumers store their data – in the DN...
Technology : Health : Wellness
The unexpected UX potential of folding smartphones

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The unexpected UX potential of folding smartphones

Why flat interfaces will fall out of favour as designers tap into the compelling benefits and experiences that foldable screens can offer.
Design : Technology : Smartphones
Women’s football revolution

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Women’s football revolution

Nicolas Bastide, from the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 Local Organising Committee, on brand and audience opportunities in women’s football.
Sport : Female Futures : Media
How epigenetics will transform lifestyles

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How epigenetics will transform lifestyles

Dr Tom Stubbs, co-founder of Chronomics, explains why giving consumers visibility of their DNA will be key to influencing positive lifestyle choices.
Health : Epigenetics : Wellness
eSports players need better health protection

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eSports players need better health protection

While the negative stigma around gaming is gradually fading, eSports is still some way from becoming a recognised competitive activity.
ESports : Gaming : Health
Streamlining phygital retail

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Streamlining phygital retail

Brian Bolke, founder of The Conservatory, on this tech-enabled store’s strategy to assimilate the changing retail landscape.
Retail : Luxury : Digital
Ivy Ross on neuroaesthetics proving the value of design

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Ivy Ross on neuroaesthetics proving the value of design

Google’s vice-president of hardware design discusses how different interiors affect our wellbeing
Milan Salone Internazionale Del Mobile 2019
Micro-amusement parks

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Micro-amusement parks

Brent Bushnell, CEO of Two Bit Circus, on how immersive gaming, edutainment and theatrical dining can attract a diverse leisure audience.
Entertainment : Leisure : Food
Patti Wong on Sotheby’s diversifying into diamond retail

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Patti Wong on Sotheby’s diversifying into diamond retail

The senior director and chairman of Sotheby’s Asia and Sotheby’s Diamonds on transforming the auction house into a year-round luxury destination.
Luxury : Jewellery : Diamonds
Neighbourhood hotels

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Neighbourhood hotels

Liran Wizman, founder of Europe Hotels Private Collection, examines how luxury hotels can avoid exacerbating over-tourism by engaging locals.
Hospitality : Hotel : Travel
A fear of risk is homogenising design

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A fear of risk is homogenising design

Pace of change and pressure from technology are causing designers to retreat in fear. Let’s take a leap, says Matthew Jones, creative director at A...
Design : Technology : Advertising
Sensory sex toys

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Sensory sex toys

Wan Tseng, founder of sex tech start-up Wisp, on sexual pleasure that focuses on the senses, and why the world of phallic sex toys is ripe for disr...
Health : Sex : Tehnology
Are we being greenwashed by bioplastics?

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Are we being greenwashed by bioplastics?

Hailed as an environmentally friendly alternative, bioplastic has been widely adopted by brands, but are we failing to address the real problem?
Sustainability
Smartphone storytelling

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Smartphone storytelling

Youth film-making collective Pickpocket examines why film and tv are stuck in a pre-internet world and how smartphones can create suspense to...
Youth : Media : Entertainment
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