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The Sharded Self
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Minutiae is the antithesis of the modern social media experience
Los Angeles – The app encourages users to document the more mundane aspects of their everyday lives.
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Delete
Interactive exhibition Delete asked children to consider the boundary between the digital and physical worlds.
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The Politics of the Avatar
If virtual reality is the future of social networking, should their be rules around the appearance of users?
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Identity crisis
Montreal – DELETE is an interactive exhibition designed to teach 8–12-year-olds about the vulnerability of their personal data.
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Genetic material
London – New research from King’s College London explores how responsible genetics are for our online habits.
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Social swiping
Global – Dating app Tinder is now available on Apple TV.
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Digital addiction clinics
Constantine – Algeria has opened Bachir Mentouri, its first internet addiction clinic.
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Our digital shadow
Cambridge – A new online platform developed by the University of Cambridge highlights the ease with which we can be profiled based on our digital...
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BRIGHT BMBR
The BRIGHT BMBR is a jacket that has both a physical and digital identity.
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Joe Lazauskas: Contently
How brands can make content that consumers want to see.
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Face off
US – W magazine’s November art issue stars supermodels Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid as Placebo Pets.
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Augmented beauty
Japan – Shiseido has created a new app that lets women apply virtual make-up for teleconferencing.
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Social mediator
Global – A new short film from Kenzo’s creative directors comments on the fickle nature of our social media personalities.
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Virtual etiquette
US – A series of experiments by Daydream Labs examine how to mitigate the potential for rude or abusive behaviour in virtual reality.
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Who am I?
UK – An art project hosted on billboards across the UK examines the meaning of identity.
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Watermelon Sugar
Designer Pamm Hong has created a speculative platform that visualises a user’s browsing history as an abstract creature.
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Reading reality
US – Snapchat-funded online magazine Real Life is a platform that focuses on the interaction between society, social media and technology.
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Madary and Metzinger: Virtual Reality Ethics
The authors of Real Virtuality: A Code of Ethical Conduct on why brands need to be cautious with VR.
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Fit to date
US – A new dating app promises to connect users that share similar exercise habits.
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RCA and CSM Show Review
Graduate shows at the Royal College of Art (RCA) and Central Saint Martins (CSM) tackled some weighty issues this year with work that challenged ...
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Shame no more
Cannes Lions 2015 – Creative agency Ogilvy & Mather has joined forces with Monica Lewinsky to launch Upstandr, an anti-online shaming site.
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Good Karma
Los Angeles – Browser extension Karma will make sure that no good deed goes unrewarded online.
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Preview: Selfie art
Milan – In a preview of this week’s Innovate we unveil the Selfie PhotoBooth, shown at this year's Milan Salone Internazionale del Mobile.
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Pouting, airbrushing, contouring and adding a sun-drenched filter to create a glamorous character in our own daily social media drama. The act of...
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Steve Hatch: Ultra-personalisation
Brands need to take social media users on a personal journey, says Steve Hatch, regional director of Facebook for UK and Ireland.
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