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Meet The Urban Technicalist, a Neo-Urbanite whose wardrobe centres on function, adaptability and material performance, forming an everyday uniform engineered for city life.

As part of its new Cultural Navigators network, The Future Laboratory is launching a series spotlighting the newest and most innovative openings across key cities.

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

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.

As people push back against prescriptive self-optimisation, a new hybrid festival format is emerging, using music, movement and recovery to create a more joyful wellness experience.