Globalisation Reordered

Lagos is emerging as the next global fashion capital – where luxury, streetwear, sportswear and cultural infrastructure are maturing simultaneously, and global brands are being drawn to the city for creative direction.

Meet the Urban Recalibrator, a Neo-Urbanite for whom green space, community initiatives and knowledge-sharing make dense city living restorative.

The rules and institutions that governed global trade, security and cooperation are fracturing as power is dispersed across more actors, but the architecture to manage it has not arrived. The world is being reordered without agreement on what replaces it.

Meet the Urban Wayfinder, a Neo-Urbanite who navigates the city by bike, mapping his surroundings and choosing the scenic route over the fastest one.

Meet the Urban Rewilder, a Neo-Urbanite reclaiming dense city life through walkable neighbourhoods, hybrid third spaces and new forms of citizen-led placemaking.