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Fluid Capital

The move towards a cashless society is inspiring a new visual language around financial values, transactions and the appearance of money.

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Design

Energy-absorbing furniture

Milan – Design and architect duo Raphaël Ménard and Jean-Sébastien Lagrange have unveiled their energy-absorbing table that can help regulate a room’s temperature.

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North America

Atomic art: Artist explores the intangible

New York – Artist Kysa Johnson explores the world beyond a microscopic level, taking inspiration from string theory and sub-atomic decay to create intricate landscapes using ink on MDF and chalk on a blackboard.

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Fashion

Re-enlightenment Rising

For years people looked down on it as dull, square and best kept behind closed doors, but science is now breaking out of the laboratory – onto theatre stages and fashion catwalks, into galleries and shops, and into the minds of the brightest creatives. The last time science combined so powerfully with art, culture and commerce is known as the…

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Micro Trends

Rock Star Scientists

As science exerts a stronger influence on popular culture, scientists are stepping out of the lab and into the spotlight. Our Re-Enlightenment Rising macrotrend sounds a death knell for the image of scientist as pocket-protector nerd, welcoming a new wave of extroverts who excite the public with their discoveries at the frontiers of human…

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Micro Trends

The New Science Teachers

Forget the white lab coats and milk bottle specs. A troop of new interdisciplinary educators are giving science a makeover and using creative methods to help non-scientists understand the baffling world of particle physics and the cosmos.