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Kris De Decker on web design’s energy-efficient future

The founder of Low-tech Magazine on creating a solar-powered website that looks to the past for sustainable, future-facing solutions.

Media : Design : Technology

News

Future Forecast: Travel & Hospitality in 2018

Activist hoteliers and intrepid tourists will test new boundaries, while innovators will capitalise on the liminal space between destinations.

Travel : Hospitality : Luxury

Design Directions

ESource

The burning of electronic cable by recyclers in Ghana’s capital Accra accounts for 15% of Europe’s dioxin releases.Royal College of Art student Hal...

Royal College Of Art : Esource : Hal Watts

Big Ideas

Future Forecast 2023: Food

The post-Covid rush to be out, meet people and eat out has faded, dampened by rising living costs and global financial turmoil, which is set to con...

Food : Sustainability : Technology

Markets

Rewilding Retail Market

The retail industry is implementing greener infrastructural strategies that benefit, shoppers, workers and the environment on a wide scale.

Retail : Nature : Health & Wellness

Big Ideas

Milan Expo 2015 Review

The world has gathered for Milan Expo 2015, a global showcase focused on protecting and enhancing future food supplies.

Milan : Milan Expo 2015 : The Black Block

Markets

Luxury Travel Futures Market – New definitions

Luxury is at a stage where the emphasis is very much on how an experience makes you feel rather than on extravagant hardware.

Experiential : Adventurism : Tom Marchant

Macro Trends

Anti-authenticity Marketing

Tales of authenticity and heritage are leaving a bad taste in consumers’ mouths as brands mercilessly misappropriate these values and divest them...

Beyond Borders : Authenticity : Heritage

Viewpoints

Dove is rewriting the rules of female beauty

Sophie Galvani, global vice-president of Dove, on smashing stereotypes and celebrating beauty idiosyncrasies in the age of Algorithmic Beauty.

Beauty : Female Futures : Media

Viewpoints

How choreography could shape the future of coding

Alvin Arthur, creator of Body.processing, explains how movement is creating a new, more inclusive language for coding.

Technology : Branding : Programmable Realities

Micro Trends

Safe Spaces

Generation Z are creating safe spaces out of a frustration at a lack of representation of women, people of colour and LGBTQ+ people.

Youth : Identity : Belonging

Big Ideas

The Long Progress Bar 2016: Review

Artists and thinkers gathered to discuss radical responses to a world dominated by disruption and dislocation.

The Long Progress Bar 2016 : Dislocated World : Neutral Culture

Viewpoints

The Overconsumption Mindset

Dr Daniel Benkendorf, professor of psychology at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York, considers why a growing number of eco-anxio...

Sustainable Fashion : Climate Change : Global Warming

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: August

The eighth instalment of our Futures 100 Innovators spotlights a new generation of beauty manufacturers, African alcohol producers and circular jew...

Futures 100 Innovators : F100 : Health And Wellness

Markets

Inclusive Beauty

A multicultural approach to beauty is on the rise as brands adjust to a changing consumer landscape.

Multi Cultural Beauty : Ethnic : Western Markets

Communities

Lagonistas

The trendsetters most likely to influence people and brands around the world are the fashionistas in Lagos. Or, as we call them, the Lagonistas.

Louis Vuitton : ARISE : Victoria Island

Micro Trends

Cape Town Safari

Cape Town’s creatives are giving the world even more reason to visit the city.

Furniture : The Test Kitchen : Union Made Showrooms

Viewpoints

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

Micro Trends

Heritage Refashioned

At a time of greater brand transparency, the luxury sector is looking inwards to address and change the meaning of heritage beyond its colonial con...

Luxury : Fashion : Black Lives Matter

Micro Trends

Kid Architects

As urban planners and architects deliberate on the future of our cities, children are reclaiming the streets and redesigning public spaces and...

Youth : Architecture : Design

News

Free financial education for girls and Airbnb combats over-tourism

Irregular Labs launches finance classes with boss women, Airbnb encourages travel to rural communities, Doppel changes your mood with a heartbeat r...

Travel : Retail : Finance

Markets

Cognac Market

Long considered a staid and elitist drink, cognac brands are working to make the spirit more accessible.

Luxury : Drinks : Spirits

News

A luxury chalet for glacier explorers, while AI creates bespoke skincare

Sheldon Chalet turns luxurians into glacial adventurers, Proven offers an AI-driven skincare journey, Budweiser pays attention to the young Chinese...

Travel : Beauty : Drinks

Big Ideas

TechCrunch Disrupt London 2016

Artificial intelligence, post-referendum anxiety and new takes on social networking were the key talking points at this year’s event, held at The C...

TechCrunch : Brexit : Artificial Intelligence

Markets

Beauty report

As the world changes after the recession and we enter the New Normal age of the topsy-turvy Turbulent Teens, thankfully some things remain the same...

Turbulent Teens : Lipstick Effect : Selfridges

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