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Gabriella Gomez-Mont : Flexible homelessness

The woman: Gabriella Gomez-Mont The idea: Flexible homelessness Words: Stephen Graves Visuals: Joanna Tulej

Gabriella Gomez-Mont : Tóxico Cultura : Flexible Homelessness

Viewpoints

Heron Preston : Successful brand collaborations depend on brands taking a back seat

Naked Communications junior strategist Heron Preston talks about successful brand collaborations.

Naked Communication : Youth Culture : Heron Preston

Markets

German Luxurians

A large and affluent domestic market, falling unemployment and exports that are, despite recent stutters, still very healthy have all served to cus...

Germany : Zurich : Hotel Savoy Baur En Ville

Big Ideas

London Design Festival 2016: Top 10

Luxury brands took over this year’s festival with major installations, while a variety of universities, museums and independent studios focused on ...

London Design Festival 2016 : Spatial Installation : London Design Biennale

Big Ideas

The Airports Bringing Humanity Back into Travel

As the travel sector re-invents itself, airports are doing the same. From Kansas to Mexico, these are the aviation hubs elevating pre-departure wel...

Travel : Retail : Airports

Big Ideas

Mobile World Congress 2013

Consumers and technology companies from emerging markets are taking centre stage at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.

Africa : Alcatel-Lucent : Mobile Payment

Design Directions

Wireframe Architecture

Alongside the typical tropes of luxury interior design emerges a new, nonchalant aesthetic. Geo-lux finishes are replaced with brightly coloured la...

Interior Design : Luxury Retail : Storey Studio

Big Ideas

Explore the next global luxury hotspots

Five global locations are offering fresh opportunities in the inter-Covid era, as luxury brands and high-end hospitality put down deeper, more loca...

Luxury : Covid-19 : Travel

Big Ideas

Five future voices of community-first travel

From Malaysia to Mexico, these innovators are re-establishing the meaning of community and placemaking in an industry devastated by the pandemic.

Travel : Hospitality : Luxury

News

Waste products: Luxury design in a new light

London : Waste Materials : Thierry Jeannot

Podcasts

Podcast: Ariane van de Ven on Art, Artists and Why We Connect

A deep dive into art, artists and why we connect with future forecaster and French cultural analyst, Ariane van de Ven.

Podcast : Art And Design : Ariane van De Ven

Big Ideas

Brazilian activewear brand plans expansion drive in US

Founded in São Paulo in 1988, activewear brand Track & Field is preparing an ambitious retail expansion push in the US.

Expansionist Brands : Activewear : Brazil

Micro Trends

Turbulent Tourism

The Seychelles in the summer, the French Riviera in the spring and Aspen in the winter. Until recently, these have been the kinds of location on ...

Travel : Jungles In Paris : Jungle

Micro Trends

The New Commune

Co-living is now seen as an extension of co-working, where community and convenience are on your doorstep.

Co-living : Co-working : WeWork

Big Ideas

Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2017: Part 2

From anti-pollution product lines to highly sensitive formulas, brands are relieving rising anxieties about the damage to the skin caused by enviro...

Cosmoprof : Beauty : Anti-pollution

Macro Trends

Liberation Luxury

As global wealth fluctuates, a new mindset is emerging centred on curiosity, flexibility and footloose living. In order to meet these shifting prio...

Luxury : Travel : Hospitality

News

Nespresso narrates its workers’ histories and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Newark airport opens exclusive eatery, Snowden designs privacy plug-in, the rejuvenation of the nightlife market and other...

Food & Drink : Technology : Advertising

News

VR World makes virtual reality more accessible and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Alibaba’s car vending machine, the revival of African coffee, Tuft & Needle adopts Amazon's technology and other top stori...

Retail : Food & Drink : Luxury

Macro Trends

New Bricolage Living

Identity used to be something that you were born with. Age, race, gender and nationality were firmly fixed and determined your place in the world....

Third-stage Globalisation : Life-lodging : Connectivity

News

Today’s headlines including VPRO Medialab’s emotional response exhibit

In today’s daily digest: Coinflash makes cryptocurrency investment easy, how to brew a healthier tea, air pollution a deadly global killer and othe...

Fashion : Finance : Pollution

News

Turning pollution into products

While air pollution is a source of consternation around the globe, these five cross-sector brands are showing how it can be a resource for innovati...

Pollution : Air Pollution : Food Futures

Big Ideas

Key themes from Walpole’s British Luxury Summit 2021

Explore the headlines from the Future of British Luxury Summit, from ‘carpe diem’ mindsets infiltrating luxury to travel and spending forecasts.

Luxury : Retail : Technology

Viewpoints

Bad Taste, Merch and Fakes

Why a new tribe of style-forward consumers is seeking out bootleg clothing.

Bad Taste : Anti-materialism : Anti-Authenticity

Micro Trends

Automotive Accommodation

With global car sales in decline, premium automotive brands are entering the property market, using car-branded condos to diversify their product o...

Mobility : Travel & Hospitality : Luxury

Big Ideas

Holidays are life-changing for Brits

Travel : Kuoni : Recession

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