Meditation and mindfulness have been practiced by many for thousands of years but recently the practice has seen a surge in popularity, particularly amongst millennials…
From cradle to grave, the Adidas way
Each year Adidas develops and releases a small run of what it dubs a ‘Futurecraft’ shoe. The annual design doubles as a limited-edition trainer and a way to push a new technology…
Lush has turned its back on social media
On the 8th of April, the cosmetic giant Lush announced the bold decision to delete its UK social media accounts in a bid to ‘open up a conversation’ with customers.
A new side to solar power
One of the unavoidable truths of a solar panel is that it takes up a certain amount of physical space and it has to be pointed at the sun to generate energy. This creates…
A rural skyscraper for Denmark
When we think of the world’s tallest buildings, we tend to imagine the skylines of the biggest cities. The Shard and 22 Bishopsgate in London and the Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt…
Instagram has taken the next step into e-commerce - but is it a smart move?
Instagram has increasingly become an essential marketing tool for many retailers in recent years, but it looks like the Facebook-owned platform will be taking things one step further with its new ‘Checkout on Instagram’ e-commerce service.
Dairy sales fall, plant-based milks grow
The dairy industry is enormous, but it is struggling. The price of dairy milk, and the quantity consumed around the world, is falling rapidly. At the same time, plant-based milks…
Opinion: Luxury architecture has gone wrong
The London cultural elite and their ‘starchitect’ friends are at it again. Following the completion of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and the Philharmonie in Paris…
Hudson Yards developer to take on Amazon
Whether you consider it to be the exciting future of urban development or a soulless capitalist architectural nightmare out of a billionaire’s fantasy…
Biometric debit cards - a revolution in contactless spending?
High street banks NatWest and RBS have just announced that they will be trialing new biometric debit cards, the first of their kind in the UK. Not only will customers not have to bother with their pin numbers….
Fashionable food: Why fashion houses are branching out into edible merchandise
The fashion industry has never been one to associate itself with food, but the industry is starting to get a taste for all things edible. The most recent example of this is Italian fashion house Prada…
Toyota and BMW issue a further warning to Britain
One of the most obvious downsides of the Brexit process so far is the effect it is having on the UK automotive industry. Building cars is one of the pillars of the British economy…
What is the point of foldable phones?
The world of mobile phone technology has been largely stagnant for a while now. An improved screen or a new handset material can’t hide the fact that…
Lobsters prove to be more valuable off the plate
One of the greatest challenges for designers, scientists and engineers is the quest to find new materials in place of single use plastics which continue to threaten the future of planet…
UK supermarket merger on the brink of failure
Supermarkets are big business in the UK, with the food and groceries sector alone anticipated to grow 14.8% by 2023. Online commerce is becoming…
Facebook in fake news storm
The tabloids, and indeed most people, can’t seem to stay away from reports about Facebook as the company struggles to manoeuvre privacy regulations and calls from government officials for more clarity when using the platform…
January sales succeed in raising footfall on the UK high-street
New data from The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has shown a rise in the quantity of goods sold in the UK month-on-month, rising by 1% In January 2019, after a 0.7% drop in December 2018…
Copper is a good bet for the future
Copper has been in use for at least something like 10,000 years thanks to the fact it forms naturally in relatively pure deposits. Prized for both its aesthetic qualities and its practical uses…
Vegan design – the next big trend?
There is no doubt that vegan food products have been one of the biggest recent business successes, propelling start-ups and previously fringe products into the mainstream, attracting a wider audience as more and more people transition to a meat and dairy free lifestyle…
Why is Spotify spending so much on podcasts?
For many years, podcasts have been on the fringes of life. There have been great podcasts out there on any subject imaginable, but the medium has never been at the centre of the culture…