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Gucci Garden at Pitti Uomo, as well as more essential CES coverage

News

Gucci Garden at Pitti Uomo, as well as more essential CES coverage

Gucci Garden blooms into being, Samsung allows colour blind consumers to customise their TVs, Peloton re-invents home workouts, plus more from CES.
Technology : Luxury : Fashion
Transcendent Wealth

Markets

Transcendent Wealth

Our special report examines how the definition of wealth is changing from the acquisition of physical signifiers of affluence to a more personal...
Luxury : Technology : Hospitality
Material Pharmacy

Design Directions

Material Pharmacy

Sarah da Costa, from the Central Saint Martins Textile Futures course, has created a new way for people to self-medicate with her project Materia...
Material Futures : Central Saint Martins : Material Pharmacy
Luxury Pilgrims

Markets

Luxury Pilgrims

Religious pilgrimage has never been so popular in India. In 2010, more than 650m Hindu and Sikh worshippers set off to pilgrimage sites across the ...
Religion : Hindu : Sikh
The If Conference

Big Ideas

The If Conference

London – Debate forum Intelligence² staged a two-day conference in November at the Royal Geographical Society that saw speakers discussing visions ...
Science : D.I.Y : Technology
Podcast: Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross on NeuroArts

Podcasts

Podcast: Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross on NeuroArts

In this episode of our Back to the F**kture podcast, The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond talks to Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross to discus...
Podcast : Society : Back To The F**kture
The Optimised Self: What’s next for design?

Viewpoints

The Optimised Self: What’s next for design?

We’re all familiar with trackers that monitor our physical health. But as we take our mental wellbeing more seriously, how will product designers r...
Health : Wellness : Technology
Mushroom tinctures tease new health directions

News

Mushroom tinctures tease new health directions

The intersection of diet and mental health is blurring further with the launch of functional dietary supplements brand Marley One.
Health And Wellness : Food : Drink
Should coffee chains ask teens for ID?

Viewpoints

Should coffee chains ask teens for ID?

With a major UK brand refusing to serve coffee to some teens, could the high street welcome a forward-looking café for young people?
Drinks : Youth : Leisure
New-Age Obsolescence

Viewpoints

New-Age Obsolescence

Why smart devices pose a risk to the relationship between retailers and customers.
John Lewis : Revolv : Nest
Thought-leadership Travel

Micro Trends

Thought-leadership Travel

A new wave of holidays aimed at entrepreneurs, creatives and Silicon Valley types blend cultural experiences with dialogue and debate.
Bleisure : Cultural Tourism : Thought Leadership
Wowtels

Micro Trends

Wowtels

As we seemingly grow tired of what is on the Earth, will we look inside it?
Groundscrapers : Undersea Hotels : Dubai
Home and away: The changing face of domesticity

News

Home and away: The changing face of domesticity

Home and away: The changing face of domesticity
Seoul : Gwangju : Cooperative Housing
Andy Stanford-Clark : The Internet of Things

Viewpoints

Andy Stanford-Clark : The Internet of Things

The man: Andy Stanford-Clark The idea: The Internet of Things Words: Stephen Graves Visual research: Joanna Tulej
Internet Of Things : IBM : Andy Stanford-Clark
Tech and simplicity for beauty in 2010

Big Ideas

Tech and simplicity for beauty in 2010

Tech and simplicity for beauty in 2010
Maybelline : Lancôme : Rimmel
Coffee: The New Wellness Ingredient?

Viewpoints

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
Do women change when they become mothers?

Viewpoints

Do women change when they become mothers?

Beth Bentley, global vice-president of strategy at Virtue Worldwide, contemplates why brands changed the way they spoke to her once she became a mo...
Female Futures : Motherhood : Advertising
​Biohacking with hallucinogens

Viewpoints

​Biohacking with hallucinogens

Will psilocybin mushrooms and LSD be next year’s go-to ingredients for optimisers?
Psychadelics : The Optimised Self : Micro-dosing
Immersive is everywhere: But what does it mean?

Viewpoints

Immersive is everywhere: But what does it mean?

From virtual reality to theatre, ‘immersive’ is the word of the moment. But what does it mean?
Oculus Rift : Normcore : Futuretainment
Feedback Frontiers

Macro Trends

Feedback Frontiers

As communications with consumers become more circular and conversational, brands are treating every micro-interaction as a valuable opportunity to ...
Retail : E-commerce : Digital
Luxury Matrix 2014

Markets

Luxury Matrix 2014

LS:N Global plots the shifts in luxury in 2014 and identifies where key luxury brands sit in the five stages that define the luxury market.
The Luxury Matrix : DKNY : Moschino
Futuretainment

Macro Trends

Futuretainment

As audiences flock to immersive, convivial experiences, entertainers are blurring the distinctions between spectator and performer, digital and phy...
Gaming : Third Rail Projects : Immersive Theatre
Future Forecast 2023: Health & Wellness

Big Ideas

Future Forecast 2023: Health & Wellness

Our mental wellbeing has become just as important as our physical wellbeing. In 2023, both brands and their physical spaces will increasingly addre...
Health : Wellness : Technology
Why Hotel Rooms are the Next Retail Frontier

Big Ideas

Why Hotel Rooms are the Next Retail Frontier

Brands are augmenting the guest experience by turning hotel and rentals into immersive storefronts, ushering in a long-awaited revival of souvenirs.
Travel & Hospitality : Retail : Hotels
New York Safari 2014

Micro Trends

New York Safari 2014

New York remains the nerve centre of American creativity across the media, fashion and finance industries, even as a new crop of technology and e...
New York : Millennials : Experience Economy
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