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Merrell, Global
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Fashion

The Neo-Urbanites: The Urban Technicalist

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

The High Line, US
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Travel & Hospitality

The Neo-Urbanites: The Urban Rewilder

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

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Diverging Demographics

Stat: Barbie and Rightmove reveal rise of ‘platonic co-buying’ among young women

Barbie and Rightmove have partnered to explore how young women are redefining homeownership, with new research revealing growing interest in buying homes with friends.

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Technology

The Future Laboratory and Liganova partner for Memories of Truth exchange of…

The Future Laboratory and experiential design agency Liganova co-hosted Memories of Truth on 16 July, an evening of insights, panel discussions and networking held at Old Sessions House in Clerkenwell, at the heart of London’s design district.

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Communities

The Tech-Resisters: Future:Poll

Published alongside The Future Laboratory’s Tech-Resisters Communities report, this Future:Poll survey of nationally representative audiences across the UK, the US and Australia maps how everyday technology resistance is moving from niche behaviour to mainstream reality.

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Communities

The Tech-Resisters

Meet the citizens armed with knowledge of addictive design and extraction mechanics, they are rejecting algorithms, embracing analogue alternatives and treating friction as protection.

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Marketing & Branding

The Reddit Opportunity

Reddit offers brands an underutilised opportunity to listen, participate and test ideas in its communities to anticipate cultural shifts, uncover consumer needs and build credibility.

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Communities

Gen Z Parents: Future:Poll

Published as part of our Gen Z Parents Communities report, our latest Future:Poll research reveals the priorities, behaviours and concerns shaping the next generation of parents (and their children) across the UK, the US and Australia.

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Fashion

Everyday Cosplay

From closet cosplay to character-coded makeup, Gen Z are transforming entertainment into wearable narratives – using clothing and beauty to embed fandom into routine self-expression and community belonging.