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Browsing Placemaking

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Diverging Demographics

Singapore launches heavily oversubscribed co-living scheme for under-35s

More than 500 young Singaporeans applied for a new government-backed co-living initiative within 11 days of its launch, making the scheme five times oversubscribed.

Hastings Castle. Identity by Clare and Charlie Noon, UK
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Marketing & Branding

The Typefaces Reviving Heritage Branding

Folk culture, fantasy and a renewed appetite for ancient history are converging into a typographic design language that treats heritage and craftsmanship as a living visual currency rather than a historical reference.

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Retail

Why London’s latest urban development is building around independent retail

A new residential development in southwest London is offering a blueprint for how large-scale urban housing projects can anchor community through independent retail.

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Luxury

Aldar breaks ground on Abu Dhabi's most ambitious luxury district yet

Aldar, Abu Dhabi's leading real estate developer, has unveiled Marsa Al Saadiyat – the final phase of Saadiyat Island, one of the most ambitious luxury residential developments in the region.

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Fashion

Future Five 2026: Future Spaces

As bleeding-edge technology creates almost limitless possibilities for the design of real-world spaces that merge the physical and digital realms, consumers are also re-evaluating what they need most from the places they spend time. Tactility, connection and inclusivity are being re-established as core principles to guide placemaking.

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Technology

Toyota opens Woven City as a living lab for future lifestyles

Toyota has opened its experimental Woven City at the base of Mount Fuji, creating a testbed where residents live alongside prototypes of emerging technologies such as flying taxis, robot pets and drones that escort you home at night.

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Design

Future Days 2025: How TimeOut turned a magazine into a destination food market

Just days after a climate-induced power outage plunged Portugal into darkness, Lisbon emerged as a beacon of resilience and innovation with the opening of Future Days 2025.

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Marketing & Branding

John Lewis secures approval for first residential development in London

John Lewis has received the green light to transform its Waitrose supermarket site in Bromley, London, into a residential community featuring 353 rental homes.

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Fashion

Brand Innovation Debrief:  Alo Yoga

Alo Yoga has grown from its Los Angeles home into a globally renowned and coveted brand, using aspirational luxury, the rise of sporty lifestyles and savvy social media strategies to build an athleisure empire.