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Futures 100 Innovators: February

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: February

We uncover the next 10 innovators to watch as part of our Futures 100 Awards, which highlight those brands, businesses and people innovating for ch...
Futures 100 Innovators
Leave No Hate

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Leave No Hate

In a world of fake news and hate-fuelled algorithms, entrepreneur Sue Fennessy imagines a power-for-good platform where members are rewarded for th...
Technology : Media And Technology : Social Media
5 Trends to Impact the US Market in 2023 on-demand webinar

Webinars

5 Trends to Impact the US Market in 2023 on-demand webinar

Catch up with our 5 Trends to impact the US Market in 2023 webinar where we discussed the trends set to alter the direction of the US market over t...
Society : Events
Heating up Luxury Fashion for Gen Z

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Heating up Luxury Fashion for Gen Z

Heat co-founders Mario Maher and Joe Wilkinson explain how their mystery box concept taps into Gen Z mindsets, while offering a new way for brands ...
Luxury : Fashion : Youth
Podcast: Space Architect Melodie Yashar

Podcasts

Podcast: Space Architect Melodie Yashar

In this episode of our Back to the F**kture podcast, The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond talks to the award-winning technologist and sp...
Podcast : Society : Back To The F**kture
Brand-led Immersive Travel

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Brand-led Immersive Travel

What’s next for rarefied, luxury travel? We speak to brand consultant Joel Bartfeld about his new travel platform, Joel Found, and the potential of...
Travel : Hospitality : Luxury
Future-ready Retail

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Future-ready Retail

Retail designer, futurist and author of Future Ready Retail, Ibrahim Ibrahim, is on a mission to reboot physical retail in the face of a ‘cost of d...
Retail : Design : Society
Laundry Tech is Reshaping Circular Fashion

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Laundry Tech is Reshaping Circular Fashion

Wajahat Hussain and Richard Toon have created a solution to address the shrinking lifespan of garments. We discuss how Biorestore is accelerating c...
Fashion : Sustainability : Technology
So Far, So What, Sephora?

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So Far, So What, Sephora?

PR and brand-building expert Jo Jones on why the long-awaited and anticipated relaunch of Sephora in the UK created a polite hum not a big buzz.
Beauty : Retail : Wellness
Future Forecast 2023 Live Q&A on-demand

Webinars

Future Forecast 2023 Live Q&A on-demand

Catch up with our Future Forecast Live Q&A webinar where we unearthed key trends from our new Future Forecast report, discussed how they might affe...
Society : Events
CES 2023: AI Futures

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CES 2023: AI Futures

From multiple you’s to emotional AI and sensor-ised worlds, we speak to experts from design agencies Seymourpowell and NewTerritory about the AI fu...
Technology : Artifical Intelligence : CES
Leisurewear’s Circular Future

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Leisurewear’s Circular Future

Jun Kamei, founder and CEO of UK-based Amphico, on how material innovation will accelerate the leisure sector’s move to a sustainable future.
Leisure : Sustainability : Materials
Futures 100 Innovators: January

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: January

This month, we uncover the next 10 innovators to watch as part of our Futures 100 Awards, which highlight those brands, businesses and people innov...
Beauty : Design : Drink
How to Curb Clothing Consumption?

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How to Curb Clothing Consumption?

Journalist, lecturer and sustainability adviser Olivia Pinnock explores the need for de-growth in the fashion industry.
Fashion : Sustainability : Society
Coffee: The New Wellness Ingredient?

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Coffee: The New Wellness Ingredient?

FutureBrand’s strategy director, Ashleigh Steinhobel, explores evolving health-focused directions in caffeine culture, from humble bean to bio-hack.
Drink : Coffee : Lifestyle
Battersea Power Station Redefines Retail Placemaking

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Battersea Power Station Redefines Retail Placemaking

London’s iconic Battersea Power Station is giving UK shopping malls new agency with its mix of cultural and historical relevance, offering a fresh ...
Retail : Placemaking : Architecture
The Clean Beauty Evolution

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The Clean Beauty Evolution

David Hjalmarsson, co-founder of biome-friendly assurance mark Kind To Biome, predicts how the clean beauty concept will evolve to encompass beauty...
Beauty : Skincare : Sustainability
Family in 2050

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Family in 2050

By 2050, artificial wombs could be the preferred method of reproduction. Speculative artist Lisa Mandemaker discusses this progressive future while...
Health : Wellness : Technology
Podcast: NASA Harvest's Dr. Catherine Nakalembe

Podcasts

Podcast: NASA Harvest's Dr. Catherine Nakalembe

The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond speaks with Dr Catherine Nakalembe, Africa programme director at NASA Harvest, scientist, remote se...
Podcast : Society : Back To The F**kture
Towards Ecology-first Economics

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Towards Ecology-first Economics

Dutch professor Kees Klomp on society’s economic delusion and how we can reconfigure the system to create a better future.
Society : Sustainability : Economics
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