The Future Laboratory

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Lego’s screen-free Smart Play tests boundaries of tech and imagination

At CES 2026, Lego unveiled Smart Play, a connected system that transforms its physical bricks into responsive play experiences using light, sound and movement – without relying on screens or tablets.

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Value & Finance

House of Beautiful Business Festival 2024: Creating a Life-centred Economy

On a mission to find poly-opportunities in a world of polycrisis, a gathering of thinkers, makers and artists came together in the city of Tangier.

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Retail

Beyond gender

US – Leading retailer Target has released a new collection of homewares for children of both genders.

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Fashion

Autonomous fashion

Berlin – Art collective Zeitguised has created a living, breathing collection of garments as part of an experimental investigation into the fundamentals of fashion.

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Culture & Media

Personalisation power

London – Start-up Lost My Name is using the power of data to create a new generation of personalised books.

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Marketing & Branding

Playtime

San Pedro Garza García, Mexico – Branding agency Anagrama has shown that designing the perfect retail environment is child’s play.

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Technology

Capturing the imagination: Gin brand puts film-makers to the test

New York – At this year's Tribeca Film Festival, gin brand Bombay Sapphire presented the Imagination Series 2014, a sequence of five short films based on the same script.