The Future Laboratory

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Tangible Tech

In an era of rapidly advancing AI and technology, designers are rejecting over-humanised visual language and are embracing hardware that celebrates the machine, prioritising tangible interaction, purposeful function and emotionally engaging experiences.

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Culture & Media

Multi-tool manufacturer Leatherman creates wearable for ever-ready man

American multi-tool and knife manufacturer Leatherman has entered the wearables market with its Tread bracelet.

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Marketing & Branding

Uni-forms

For millennial men luxury no longer has to mean hand-crafted and rough-hewn. Instead they are seeking the functional and simplified, and rejecting the ubiquitous use of heritage as an indicator of quality.

Studio East Dining by Carmody Groarke and Bistrotheque

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Retail

Heavy Industry

With increasing pressure on space and resources, consumers are seeking products and services that offer compact and practical solutions.

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Europe

Tip Ton: New chair offers an ergonomic tilt

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Design

Heimtextil Review

LS:N Global reports on the trends from Heimtextil, the annual international trade fair for homes and contract textiles.

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Fashion

Heimtextil Trends Forum

Textile trends could be experienced as well as seen at this year’s Heimtextil trade show in Frankfurt. This was thanks to the innovative way in which the show presented its annual Trend Forum, using architecture rather than stands to display products.