Experts & Opinion

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Smart New Towns

AR Urbanism discusses the pillars of a regenerative new town, the pros and cons of smart infrastructure and the promise of brownfield sites

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How to Master AI

Jeremy Kahn is US business magazine Fortune’s artificial intelligence editor and he shares with LS:N Global the key insights from his latest book

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Upstream’s Fashion Remix

Upstream, the world’s first fashion streaming app, believes that blending Gen Z’s love for clothes, music and community can and will disrupt online retail

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South Africa’s Luxury Surge

Exploring the rise of South African luxury fashion, local designer acclaim on the global scene and emerging opportunities in Johannesburg and Cape Town

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Luxury Travel’s New Arabian Era

Executive director of destination development at Red Sea Global, Rosanna Chopra reveals how the Middle East will shape the future of luxury hospitality

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Fashion’s feminism problem

The fashion industry’s false appropriation of feminism is trivialising the cause and revealing its own hypocrisy.

Feminism : Dior : Fashion

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Nesta: Peter Baeck

Understanding the true potential of the collaborative economy.

Nesta : Collaborative Economy : The Sharing Economy

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Gary Weber: Fisher-Price

How technology is transforming the parent-child relationship.

Fisher-Price : Neo-kinship : Artificial Intelligence

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Out of context

Professor Enrique Dans on Google’s programmatic advertising crisis.

Programmatic Advertising : Google : The Dislocated World

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Nadine Chahine: Monotype

Why the glance is the currency of the age.

The Focus Filter : Monotype : Typography

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Pegor Papazian: Bazillion Beings

How in the future artificially intelligent systems will become consumers in their own right.

Bazillion Beings : Chat Bots : Artificial Intelligence

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Imagining the Future Nightclub

How are brands responding to the decline of the night-time economy and its effect on the cultural make-up of European cities?

Nightlife : 24-hour Economy : Europe

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Julie Vargas: The Digital Wardrobe

Avery Dennison’s director of product management for digital solutions on fashion’s digital future.

Avery Dennison : Wearable Technology : Fashion

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Emily Medd: SEEN Connects

Why influencer marketing is no longer the preserve of the big brands.

SEEN Connect : Influencer Marketing : Emily Medd

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The Politics of the Avatar

If virtual reality is the future of social networking, should their be rules around the appearance of users?

Virtual Reality : The Sharded Self : Avatars

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Dr Helen Crowley: Kering

The head of sustainable sourcing innovation at Kering explains why brands need to be open about sustainable innovation.

Kering : Whole-System Thinking : Sustainability

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Monotype: Beyond Authenticity

The type foundry on winning consumer trust through co-creation, transparency and typography.

Monotype : Trust : Typography

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Shelina Janmohamed: Ogilvy Noor

How modest wear can appeal beyond the Muslim market.

Retail Futures Forum : Modest Wear : Muslim

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Disruptive DNA

Embracing DNA is not just about enhancing retail models, but about empowering people in the process.

DNA : Travel : The Dislocated World

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Michelle Kennedy: Peanut

Why today’s mothers need new platforms to socialise and share without judgement.

Peanut : Motherhood : Social Network

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Reid Evans: Introducing Autonomics

NewDealDesign’s strategy design director sets out his vision of a future in which the lines between fixed and mobile economies are blurred.

NewDealDesign : Mobility : Smart Cities

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Matt Branda: Qualcomm

How the 5G revolution will supercharge virtual reality and the Internet of Things.

Qualcomm : Virtual Reality : Telepresence

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Proxy Parents

What are the consequences of raising children under the aegis of artificial intelligence?

Mattell : Artificial Intelligence : Alexa

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Charles Nduka: Emteq

Why tracking users’ emotions is crucial to the success of virtual reality.

Emteq : Virtual Reality : Emotion Tracking

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Roger Michel: The Institute for Digital Archaeology

How technology is revolutionising the way we catalogue and exhibit material culture.

Institute For Digital Archaeology : Musuem Futures : 3D Printing

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