Voices

Supermarkets and grocery retailers are manufacturing cultural cachet from within their existing low-price identity.

A new generation of technology is learning to sense, interpret and influence human emotional states, turning stress, mood and wellbeing into a layer of data.

A new wave of youth magazines is giving young people a space for authenticity, self-expression and community, while helping them to combat tech fatigue.

Cities remain key engines of opportunity and culture, yet the nature of urban growth, as our Urbanised World driver indicates, is evolving as cities adapt to new pressures, from climate risk and adaptation to changing patterns of work and migration.