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Browsing Ownership

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Technology

Future Five 2026: Mobility

As electrification and the promise of autonomous vehicles and air taxi travel redefine the possibilities of future mobility, flexibility has become the priority. Mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) platforms offering on-demand access to myriad modes of transport are forcing consumers to rethink ownership, while cars, too, are emerging as chameleonic…

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Fashion

The New Auction House Playbook

Auction houses, faced with falling income, are responding to the lifestyle interests of younger art collectors by offering one-off experiences and digital-first fandom sales.

Pollinator Pathmaker by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg for the Eden Project, UK
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Technology

DDW: Artificial Greenhouse democratises digital nature

Artificial Greenhouse is a design research project exploring a sustainable future for digital and artificial nature using technology.

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Technology

Stat: Australian parents are misinformed about data

A study by WPP has revealed the complex relationship that Australians have with their digital footprints.

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Culture & Media

Book chain

Australia – Editions at Play’s latest publication is a blockchain-based book that challenges conventional notions of ownership.

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Design

No fixed abode

London – A project by interactive designer Luke Sturgeon envisages a future society in which no-one lives at a permanent address.

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Luxury

Luxury exchange

US – RE/LABLD, a new online consumer-to-consumer marketplace, is changing the way users buy and sell luxury fashion items.Users can submit items they want to sell and receive full-value payment up frontThe site is said to enable consumers to get a new luxury wardrobe instantly, without spending money

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Technology

The New Value Economy explained at Autumn/Winter 2014 Trend Briefing

In our final webinar in our new series revisiting Autumn/Winter 2014 Trend Briefing, LS:N Global presents The New Value Economy, an exploration of how changing values and shifting identities are affecting both consumers and the brands that are trying to cater for them.

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Marketing & Branding

The New Value Economy

Ownership is receding as an ideal and a way to mark value. We share, rent and borrow products now, creating new systems of value and worth in the process. This is happening across sectors and categories. But it is also happening in terms of trust, reputation, integrity, even in terms of how we value and market our privacy and personal data.…