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The notion of “reality”, Avant L’Orage in Paris and 1kg CO2e- materials
Feb 20, 2023
The notion of “reality”, Avant L’Orage in Paris and 1kg CO2e- materials
Feb 20, 2023

The notion of “reality”, Avant L’Orage in Paris and 1kg CO2e- materials

Feb 20, 2023
The Manifestation of Red
Feb 17, 2023
The Manifestation of Red
Feb 17, 2023

Red is everywhere, from Rihanna to Doja Cat, an exploration of the new interest in red.

Feb 17, 2023
BMW Colour-Changing Car, So Young Magazine and Netflix VR
Jan 9, 2023
BMW Colour-Changing Car, So Young Magazine and Netflix VR
Jan 9, 2023

BMW Colour-Changing Car, So Young Magazine and Netflix VR

Jan 9, 2023
The Next Generation & Progress, ChatGTP and  Children Using Virtual Money
Dec 5, 2022
The Next Generation & Progress, ChatGTP and Children Using Virtual Money
Dec 5, 2022

The Next Generation & Progress, ChatGTP and Children Using Virtual Money

Dec 5, 2022
Natural Living, rewilding Scotland and the history of the Internet
Nov 14, 2022
Natural Living, rewilding Scotland and the history of the Internet
Nov 14, 2022

Natural Living, rewilding Scotland and the history of the Internet

Nov 14, 2022
AI avatars generation, New Visions of Tomorrow, and Digital Beauty
Oct 31, 2022
AI avatars generation, New Visions of Tomorrow, and Digital Beauty
Oct 31, 2022

AI avatars generation, New Visions of Tomorrow, and Digital Beauty

Oct 31, 2022
Digital Art and Fashion, AI Designed Interiors and Reinventing Search
Oct 10, 2022
Digital Art and Fashion, AI Designed Interiors and Reinventing Search
Oct 10, 2022

Digital Art and Fashion, AI Designed Interiors and Reinventing Search

Oct 10, 2022
Roe v. Wade, fugues in color and shoes you can take apart
May 9, 2022
Roe v. Wade, fugues in color and shoes you can take apart
May 9, 2022

Week 19 Roe v. Wade, Fugues in Color and Shoes you can take apart

May 9, 2022
The creative industry from Ukraine
Mar 8, 2022
The creative industry from Ukraine
Mar 8, 2022

Week 10 As support to Ukraine we highlighted some of the creative industries of the country

Mar 8, 2022
Disruptions & Risks report, 2021 best inventions and Space Garments
Nov 20, 2021
Disruptions & Risks report, 2021 best inventions and Space Garments
Nov 20, 2021

Week 46 Disruptions & Risks report, 2021 best inventions and Space Garments

Nov 20, 2021
Net Zero Future, expensive colours and the metaverse
Nov 2, 2021
Net Zero Future, expensive colours and the metaverse
Nov 2, 2021

Week 44 Net Zero Future, expensive colours and the metaverse

Nov 2, 2021
Floating machines, circular department stores and holoportation
Oct 18, 2021
Floating machines, circular department stores and holoportation
Oct 18, 2021

Week 42 Floating machines, circular department stores and holoportation

Oct 18, 2021
Health & wellbeing report, digital garments and the sounds of Dune
Oct 4, 2021
Health & wellbeing report, digital garments and the sounds of Dune
Oct 4, 2021

Week 40 Health & wellbeing, digital garments and the sounds of Dune

Oct 4, 2021
Milan Design Week, visionary Rihanna and the effects of social media
Sep 20, 2021
Milan Design Week, visionary Rihanna and the effects of social media
Sep 20, 2021

Week 38 Milan Design Week, visionary Rihanna and the effects of social media

Sep 20, 2021
Sustainability Innovations, Biodesign Challenge and Zero Plastic Streetwear
Sep 6, 2021
Sustainability Innovations, Biodesign Challenge and Zero Plastic Streetwear
Sep 6, 2021

Week 36 Sustainability Innovations, Biodesign Challenge and Zero Plastic Streetwear

Sep 6, 2021
Old future, rethinking fashion and prosthetic art
Aug 24, 2021
Old future, rethinking fashion and prosthetic art
Aug 24, 2021

Week 34 Old future, rethinking fashion and prosthetic art

Aug 24, 2021
Future climate, the limitless metaverse and connected living
Aug 9, 2021
Future climate, the limitless metaverse and connected living
Aug 9, 2021

Week 32 Future climate, the limitless metaverse and connected living

Aug 9, 2021
Hydrogen olympics, compostable textiles and healthy light
Jul 27, 2021
Hydrogen olympics, compostable textiles and healthy light
Jul 27, 2021

Week 30 Hydrogen olympics, compostable textiles and healthy light

Jul 27, 2021
Looking ahead to #COP26, Art, technology & sports and the repair movement
Jul 19, 2021
Looking ahead to #COP26, Art, technology & sports and the repair movement
Jul 19, 2021

Week 28 Looking ahead to #COP26, Art, technology & sports and the repair movement

Jul 19, 2021
Graduation shows, replacing plastic and meditative journeys
Jun 29, 2021
Graduation shows, replacing plastic and meditative journeys
Jun 29, 2021

Week 26 Graduation shows, replacing plastic and meditative journeys

Jun 29, 2021
Afghan Gen Z, dressing up and wilding Mars
Mar 8, 2021
Afghan Gen Z, dressing up and wilding Mars
Mar 8, 2021

Week 11 Afghan Gen Z, dressing up and wilding Mars

Mar 8, 2021
NFT collectables, green healing and the comfort of nostalgia
Feb 22, 2021
NFT collectables, green healing and the comfort of nostalgia
Feb 22, 2021

Newsletter week 9 NFT collectables, green healing and the comfort of nostalgia

Feb 22, 2021
Politicised Gen Z, hearing aids and the ideal city
Feb 8, 2021
Politicised Gen Z, hearing aids and the ideal city
Feb 8, 2021

Newsletter week 7 Politicised Gen Z, hearing aids and the ideal city

Feb 8, 2021
Covid timeline, the countryside and animalism
Jan 26, 2021
Covid timeline, the countryside and animalism
Jan 26, 2021

Newsletter week 5 Covid timeline, the countryside and animalism

Jan 26, 2021
Microgyms, AI design and future ideas
Jan 11, 2021
Microgyms, AI design and future ideas
Jan 11, 2021

Newsletter week 2 Microgyms, AI design and future ideas

Jan 11, 2021
African sci-fi, a call to action and gift innovation
Dec 14, 2020
African sci-fi, a call to action and gift innovation
Dec 14, 2020

Newsletter week 51 African sci-fi, a call to action and gift innovation

Dec 14, 2020
Livestreaming, multi-planetary living and immersive meditation
Dec 2, 2020
Livestreaming, multi-planetary living and immersive meditation
Dec 2, 2020

Newsletter week 49 Livestreaming, multi-planetary living and immersive meditation

Dec 2, 2020
AI confidence, how to future and does sustainable fashion make sense?
Nov 16, 2020
AI confidence, how to future and does sustainable fashion make sense?
Nov 16, 2020

Newsletter week 47 AI confidence, how to future and does sustainable fashion make sense?

Nov 16, 2020
Expand your perspective Q&A
Nov 2, 2020
Expand your perspective Q&A
Nov 2, 2020

Newsletter week 45 Expand your perspective, Q&A webinar

Nov 2, 2020
Dutch Design Week, women in games and trusting crowds
Oct 19, 2020
Dutch Design Week, women in games and trusting crowds
Oct 19, 2020

Newsletter week 43 Dutch Design Week, women in games and trusting crowds

Oct 19, 2020
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The decade ahead
Dec 19, 2019
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The decade ahead
Dec 19, 2019
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Future thinking 2020 marks the beginning of a new decade, time to look back at the last decade and forward to the next.

Dec 19, 2019
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Sound Design
Nov 24, 2019
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Sound Design
Nov 24, 2019
Archive

Design. Sound is subliminal to the human experience, visual only tells part of the story.

Nov 24, 2019
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58th Venice Biennale of Art
Jun 18, 2019
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58th Venice Biennale of Art
Jun 18, 2019
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Exhibition. From May to November 2019 Venice is once again the location for the prestigious international event Venice Biennale of art, which is now at its 58th edition.


Jun 18, 2019
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Milan design week 2019
Apr 6, 2019
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Milan design week 2019
Apr 6, 2019
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Design. A selection of six interesting must sees for Milan Design Week 2019.

Apr 6, 2019
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Broken Nature
Mar 30, 2019
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Broken Nature
Mar 30, 2019
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Exhibition. Curated by Paola Antonelli, Broken Nature explores a shift in our thinking about the environment and the relationship between humankind and nature.

Mar 30, 2019
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Paradigm shifts
Mar 15, 2019
Futures, Archive
Paradigm shifts
Mar 15, 2019
Futures, Archive

Future thinking. What are the big shifts that will influence the future and how to prepare for things to come?

Mar 15, 2019
Futures, Archive
Future fabrics
Feb 11, 2019
sustainability, Archive
Future fabrics
Feb 11, 2019
sustainability, Archive

Material. Future Fabrics, available sustainable textiles with a lower environmental footprint.

Feb 11, 2019
sustainability, Archive
The promise of graphene
Oct 19, 2018
graphene, sportswear, innovation, Archive
The promise of graphene
Oct 19, 2018
graphene, sportswear, innovation, Archive

Material. Graphene, the most promising new material for the past ten years.

Oct 19, 2018
graphene, sportswear, innovation, Archive
London Design Festival
Sep 14, 2018
Design, LDF2018, Archive
London Design Festival
Sep 14, 2018
Design, LDF2018, Archive

Design. What to see at the London Design Festival? Our selection of must see exhibitions.

Sep 14, 2018
Design, LDF2018, Archive
A view on China
Aug 15, 2018
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A view on China
Aug 15, 2018
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Mindset. A view on the changing values, lifestyles and ideas in China.

Aug 15, 2018
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The State of Fashion Exhibition
Jul 14, 2018
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The State of Fashion Exhibition
Jul 14, 2018
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Future thinking. The State of Fashion exhibition was openend by the Fashion Colloquium, an international conference, discussing the future of fashion.

Jul 14, 2018
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Tell us more about the digital twin
Jun 12, 2018
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Tell us more about the digital twin
Jun 12, 2018
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Future thinking. Our digital twin is more accurate and more us than we realise. The traces that we as humans leave behind on the web shapes a digital twin based on our data.

Jun 12, 2018
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What is next in health & beauty?
May 3, 2018
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What is next in health & beauty?
May 3, 2018
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Product. Values in beauty are shifting, the focus is on health & beauty from within. When you take care of the inside, the outside will take care of itself.

May 3, 2018
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The fast global rise of e-sports
Apr 5, 2018
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The fast global rise of e-sports
Apr 5, 2018
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Strategy. E-sports is a fast-growing industry. It may seem like a niche industry, but the numbers tell a different story.

Apr 5, 2018
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Rethinking luxury
Mar 2, 2018
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Rethinking luxury
Mar 2, 2018
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Mindset. What we perceive as luxury is changing. Luxury is surplus, it is the extra's in a world of efficiency.

Mar 2, 2018
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The Future of Work
Feb 1, 2018
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The Future of Work
Feb 1, 2018
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Strategy. Technological developments affect our way of working and this has a ripple effect on other area's of our lives as well.

Feb 1, 2018
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Now Next
Jan 5, 2018
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Now Next
Jan 5, 2018
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Strategy. Innovate or fade. Innovation is a necessity, not a nice thing to have. What kind of physical space and freedom can brands give their teams to foster innovation and prepare for the future.

Jan 5, 2018
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