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Micro Trends

Open-door HQs

Retailers are opening their HQs to the public, turning them into destinations for storytelling, transparency and deeper customer connections.

Retail : Transparency : Hospitality

Micro Trends

Membership Retail

A wave of apparel brands are shunning mass selling in favour of membership models, in turn reducing product waste and cultivating stronger communit...

Retail : Memberships : Loyalty

Micro Trends

Digitised Favelas

A symbol of economic inequality in Brazil, the favelas are becoming the focus of technology projects that aim to minimise stigma and boost opportun...

Technology : Brazil : Favelas

News

A cable car will connect Paris commuters by 2025

As cities battle with growing congestion rates, the French capital is exploring a new approach to urban transport.

Mobility : Travel & Hopsitality : Sustainability

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A virtual house imagining Black family life in 2025

The Obsidian Experience is a new virtual interior design concept set in Oakland in the year 2025, reflecting a future vision for domestic settings ...

Architecture : Society : Interior

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The Campaign: Three imagines a vibrant future powered by 5G

Foretelling some of the near-future advancements seen this last year, in March mobile network Three unveiled a vibrant, multi-layered vision of fut...

Technology : Media : 5G

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The Big Idea: Imagination Travel

The clunky headsets associated with virtual tourism were swapped for the power of human imagination in 2020.

Travel : Tourism : Hospitality

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Furniture fit for a post-anthropocentric world

Parisian architect Anthony Authié and design studio Supertoys Supertoys are envisiaging furniture design for a post-anthropocentric world.

Far Futures : Design : Anthropocene

Big Ideas

The rise of resilience residences

Shelter and safety are aligning with luxury living as designers create high-end homes for a future affected by climate change and disasters.

Luxury : Future Cities : Sustainability

Markets

Rural Luxury Market

City living is losing its allure as affluent consumers look to the countryside for a more stable and idyllic lifestyle.

Luxury : Home : Sustainability

Markets

Imagination Travel

The virtual travel market of our post-pandemic future will swap clunky technology and headsets for the power of human imagination.

Travel : Tourism : Hospitality

Markets

Urban Wellness Market

Consumers are re-appraising what it means to be well. Post-Covid-19, they will demand higher levels of urban health and more civic cities.

Wellness : Smog Life : Covid-19

News

Three imagines a vibrant future powered by 5G

UK phone network Three is envisaging a vibrant, multi-layered future of living in the UK – all thanks to the power of 5G.

Technology : Media : 5G

Big Ideas

Imperceptible realities at Dutch Design Week 2019

Meet the designers unravelling the hidden side of our technological systems, questioning territory ownership and daring to lay bare the amount of j...

Dutch Design Week : Media : Technology

Big Ideas

What will wellness look like in 2030?

Through the lens of a fictional future scenario, we ask how brands in 2030 will redefine wellness, negate collective burnout and help us embrace ou...

Far Futures : Health : Wellness

Viewpoints

Rural China is living in the future

Xiaowei Wang, creative director of Logic magazine, examines how the future of work is already alive and kicking in rural China.

Workplace : Retail : China

Viewpoints

Virtual cleansing

Mike Meiré, creative director of Dornbracht, discusses how VR can be used as a tool for meditative and sustainable living.

Design : VR : Health & Wellness

Micro Trends

Co-economy Childcare

With the sharing economy disrupting many of the pillars of adult life, brands are now turning their attention to the ways it can positively affect ...

Youth : Education : Co-working

Viewpoints

Science-led surroundings will enhance tomorrow’s productivity

When it comes to the future workplace, architects shouldn’t be thinking about stationary design but dynamic surroundings that drive divergent think...

Workplace : Architecture : Design

News

BIG envisages the world’s first sustainable floating city

Architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has created a concept for hurricane-proof floating cities that are both sustainable and scalab...

Far Futures : Uncoupled Living : Children Market

Micro Trends

Inclusive Nomadism

Remote and co-working is becoming more inclusive, driven by initiatives focused on community, access and career development.

Technology : Workplace : Travel

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

Viewpoints

It’s time for tech to bridge families’ digital divisions

Technology designers must create experiences that encourage future families to re-engage, converse and bond with each other.

Technology : Youth : Future Family

Viewpoints

How augmented reality will democratise stress therapy

Sarah Hill, CEO of StoryUP Studios, explains why mindfulness should be visually led, and why the future of media will be subliminally and emotional...

Wellness : Health : Technology

Viewpoints

Why mid-air haptics will transform how we interact

Anders Hakfelt, vice-president of product and marketing at Ultrahaptics, explains how digital touch will revolutionise our interaction with product...

Technology : Augmented Reality : Virtual Reality