Urbanised World

Ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) clothing is moving beyond specialist sun protection to become a fashion and lifestyle proposition.

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

Meet the Neo-Urbanites, the citizens renegotiating urban life on their own terms – reclaiming space as a source of wellbeing, forging community ties and expressing identity through the rhythms of life within a metropolis.

The Future Laboratory sits down with Daniel Fisher, head of categories and expansion for Europe, at live shopping platform Whatnot. He discusses how creators and communities are building deeper connections through social-first, real-time shopping experiences.

Beauty brands are reviving ancestral rituals and redesigning them for modern life, creating journeys of care infused with heritage, identity and emotional fulfilment.