The Future Laboratory

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Design

Hot desk space

Europe – Designer Konstantin Grcic has created Hack, an adaptable office cubicle for the start-up generation.

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Culture & Media

Learning by breaking

Global – Game developer Mojang is launching a new version of Minecraft especially for schools.

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Marketing & Branding

Vectorism

Prompted by the powerful convergence of art and science, as we identified in our Re-enlightenment Rising macrotrend, and by consumers’ ubiquitous exposure to computer-generated imagery (CGI), a new design direction is emerging that is embracing vector graphics and grid-based systems as an experimental canvas for 2D and 3D explorations.

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Technology

Piece agreement: Motorola creates modular phone

Mountain View, California – Motorola and Dutch designer Dave Hakkens have joined forces on Project Ara, a fully exchangeable, upgradable and sustainable phone with modular pieces that can be switched as required.