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Browsing Legacy

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Technology

Why the V&A is adding YouTube’s first upload to its collection

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum has acquired the earliest available YouTube watch page. Posted by Jawed Karim showing him at San Diego Zoo, it marked a pivotal shift from the read-only web to web 2.0’s participatory culture.

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Technology

Netflix’s Famous Last Words signals a new era of digital legacy

Dr Jane Goodall, the renowned ethologist and conservationist passed away this week. An interview she recorded for Netflix’s new series Famous Last Words has now been released, unedited.

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Luxury

Translating Legacy: The Lana

LS:N Global speaks to creative agency Construct about The Lana, a new epicentre that blends heritage with modern innovation for a fresh Middle Eastern experience.

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Health, Wellness & Sport

The Hear My Last Wish initiative transforms organ donation culture

Publicis Groupe and Leo Burnett Taiwan have introduced Hear My Last Wish, a project addressing the reluctance of families to consent to organ donation during times of grief.

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Marketing & Branding

Boomers Now and Next: From Ageing to Becoming

There is an upcoming milestone in the Boomers’ generational journey. By 2030 they will all have reached the average Western retirement age of 65, supercharging a wider re-assessment of later life purpose along the way.

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Luxury

Future Forecast 2024: Luxury

The luxury sector has shown remarkable resilience amid economic challenges, and maintained its social and economic prestige, demonstrating impressive double-digit growth and achieving record valuations, as detailed in our Luxury Recrafted macrotrend.

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Design

Cultured Waste

As consumers tire of separating authentic sustainability claims from greenwashing, designers are using culture and heritage to cut through the noise.

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Technology

Preserving Digital Legacies

Meet the innovators safeguarding and cherishing precious digital memories beyond the grave.

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Luxury

Luxury Recrafted

The consumers – or rather the collectors – of tomorrow will expect luxury to signal status not through excess, but by acting as a guardian of craftsmanship and provenance, an ESG champion and a cultural compass.