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Stat: LGBTQ+ employees still face widespread workplace discrimination

As LGBTQ+ History Month begins, new research from Stonewall highlights the persistence of workplace discrimination against LGBTQ+ employees in the UK.

Society : Work : Identity

Macro Trends

Future Forecast 2025: Sports, Health & Wellness 

The sports, health and wellness industries are undergoing significant transformations, driven by innovative biotechnology, new consumer markets and...

Sports & Leisure : Society : Health & Wellness

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Elf brings beauty to game day with inclusive fandom campaign

Elf Cosmetics, the American beauty brand behind Power Grip Primer, is stepping into the sports arena with its latest campaign, Eyes. Lips. Face. Fa...

Sports & Leisure : Beauty : Advertising & Branding

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Rare Beauty’s first global campaign celebrates individuality and self-acceptance

Rare Beauty, Selena Gomez’s cosmetics brand, has launched Every Side of You, its first worldwide initiative celebrating individuality and self-acce...

Health & Wellness : Beauty : Advertising & Branding

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Dutch Design Week 2024: Navigating blurred realities

Dutch Design Week 2024 explores the complexities of navigating blurred realities amid rapidly changing technology.

Technology : Design : Robotics

Markets

The Rise of Inclusive Travel 

From inclusive cultural learning to accessible work and play, successful travel design must have people with disabilities at the forefront. 

Travel : Hospitality : Accessibility

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Foresight Friday: Simar Deol, foresight analyst

Every Friday, The Future Laboratory team offers an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about.

Foresight Friday : Fashion : Brand Innovation Debrief: Alo Yoga

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Apple’s latest accessibility film champions inclusive athletics

Apple continues to push boundaries in accessibility marketing with its latest campaign film, The Relay, directed by Derek Cianfrance.

Technology : Inclusivity : Sport

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Omse rebrands Other Box to showcase its workplace equality efforts

Other Box, a company dedicated to championing workplace equality, has undergone a rebranding led by London-based design studio Omse.

Design : Workplace : Branding

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Mattel’s first blind Barbie doll takes a positive step forward

Mattel is taking a significant step towards inclusivity with the launch of its first blind Barbie doll.

Inclusivity : Youth : Toys

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Monday founder launches inclusive haircare line Being

The team behind Monday Haircare and Osāna Naturals has introduced Being, an affordable haircare line designed for all hair types.

Beauty : Inclusivity : Packaging

Viewpoints

The Future of Work is Inter-Generational

Commercial director of 55/Redefined, Andy Simpson, explains why companies that radically change the way they employ over-50s and embrace an inter-g...

Workplace : Generations : Accesibility

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Vaseline launches world’s first skincare product for transgender women

Vaseline has taken a significant step towards inclusivity with the release of the Transition Body Lotion, the first skincare product specifica...

Inclusivity : Health : Beauty

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Oslo’s new floating sauna makes wellbeing accessible to all

The Oslo Sauna Association’s Trosten sauna aims to make wellness accessible to everyone, regardless of ability.

Wellbeing : Health : Inclusivity

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Latimer tackles AI’s cultural bias with diversity and inclusion training

John Pasmore, an AI entrepreneur since 2008, has launched Latimer.AI, a language model designed to reflect the experiences of Black and brown people.

Technology : AI : ChatGPT

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Stat: Gusto survey reveals LGBTQ+ business owners prioritise community

A new study from payroll specialists Gusto highlights the civic-minded motivations of LGBTQ+ founders in the entrepreneurial landscape.

Workplace : Inclusivity : Society

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Stat: Survey shows LGBTQ+ employees still feel marginalised at work

The Workmonitor Pulse survey, which shed light on the experiences of LGBTQ+ employees worldwide, showed that 41% of employees say their w...

Workplace : Health & Wellness : Society

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Universal Standard is expanding its size-inclusive Fit Liberty initiative

Universal Standard is enhancing its commitment to inclusive fashion with an upgraded clothing exchange initiative named Fit Liberty.

Fashion : Inclusivity : Society

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Primark is bringing adaptive underwear to the high street

Fast fashion behemoth Primark is going after a widely underserved consumer segment with the introduction of an adaptive lingerie collection.

Inclusivity : Fashion : Representation

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Foresight Friday: Gabriela Białkowska, creative foresight analyst

Every Friday, we offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, creative foresight analys...

Foresight : Gaming : Technology

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Uno single-cup bra line champions post-mastectomy confidence

Breast cancer survivor Katy Marks of Citizens Design Bureau has introduced Uno, a bespoke one-cup bra line for post-mastectomy women.

Fashion : Inclusivity : Womenhood

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Telfar’s Community-first Retail Strategy

From innovative pricing models to a commitment to inclusivity, luxury fashion brand Telfar is a trailblazer in the industry. What can you learn fro...

Fashion : Telfar : Retail

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L’Oréal Professionnel expands its metaverse presence with new hair collection

Professional haircare brand L’Oréal Professionnel has unveiled its latest move into the metaverse with the launch of its new range, Odyssea: Creatu...

Beauty : Metaverse : Technology

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Rare Birds launches inclusive clothing line for neurodivergent community

Rare Birds is a pioneering British apparel brand that has unveiled its debut collection tailored to the needs of the neurodivergent community.

Fashion : Neurodiversity : Inclusivity

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Study reveals football boots are not designed for women

The European Club Association (ECA) unveiled a pioneering research project in June 2023 to develop football boots specifically designed for women.

Sport : Football Boot : Football