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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Enforced isolation

The design of technology company offices is compounding the industry’s lack of diversity.

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+rehabstudio: Chatbots

Why chatbots are the future of brand communications.

AI : Chatbots : Software

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Matthew Cockerill: Modular marketplace

Seymourpowell’s creative director explains why modular technology needs to move beyond the smartphone.

Seymourpowell : Project Ara : Modular

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Helen McGee: 3INA

How the start-up brought its philosophy of real, accessible beauty to life.

3INA : Beauty : Creativity

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Alexander Köth: Minodes

Why it’s time to bring digital analytics to bricks-and-mortar retail.

Alexander Köth : Retail Futures : Minodes

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Cracking creativity

AI's ability to produce truly original creative content still holds up as the ultimate Turing Test.

Artificial Intelligence : Cannes Lions 2016 : Creativity

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Amin El-Maghraby: Magrabi

How the business is evolving its retail experience to reposition itself as a lifestyle brand.

Eyewear : Smart Store : Retail Experience

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Savannah Sachs: Birchbox

How combining analytics, personalisation and educational content can bring new customers to a saturated market.

Savannah Sachs : 2016 Beauty Futures Forum : Birchbox

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Allen Han: Domestic experts

Teforia’s CEO and co-founder explains how technology is making connoisseurship more accessible.

Tea : The Internet Of Things : Delivery Service

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Luke Whitehead: UAL

How universities and employers need to restructure to make the most of the Generation D mindset.

Education : Careers : UAL

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Brexit: Brand Britain

How short-term thinking has derailed the debate around the European Union referendum.

Brexit : EU Referendum : Short-term Thinking

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Friends with bots

When Microsoft first launched its AI chatbot Tay it had no idea that it was heading for a PR nightmare.

Chatbots : Artifical Intelligence : Personality

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Ariana Mouyiaris: MAKE

Why beauty brands need to move beyond stereotypes if they are to remain relevant.

MAKE : Digital Agressors : Skincare

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Sharmadean Reid: WAH Nails

How WAH London is helping redefine the ultimate beauty salon of the future.

Explorium Retail : Gen Viz : Nails

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Mark Palmer: Vegetarian adventurers

Pret A Manger's group marketing director explains why more brands need to take co-creation seriously.

Pret A Manger : Vegetarian : Co-creation

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Stephen Laughlin: IBM

Why retailers need to constantly experiment and embrace failure if they are to keep up with disruptors.

IBM : Revelation Brands : Stephen Laughlin

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DVTK: OKgrl

Why in the future you won’t be able to tell the difference between e-commerce sites and fashion editorials.

DVTK : Gen Viz : Visual Interactivity

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Dystopian London

Why are a raft of new design and architecture projects so dark and undesirable?

Dystopian Futures : London : Design

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Emily Forbes: Seenit

How brands can use the power of the crowd to find authentic, front-line content.

Seenit : Emily Forbes : Citizen Journalism

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Zachary Kaplan: Rhizome

It’s time for curators to adopt a Museum 2.0 mindset.

Rhizome : Culture : Museum 2.0

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