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Design Miami/Basel 2016: Review

Design Miami/Basel is moving away from its conservative roots and embracing emotionally rich approaches to contemporary luxury.

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Spice trade

Singapore – The Sambal Exchange Project uses food as a tool to examine the value of personal relationships.

Food : Sambal : New Bricolage Living

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Pay and display

Ireland – Raffler is an app that gives people the chance to win cash prizes in exchange for watching two adverts per day.

Raffler : Advertising : Ad Blockers

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Happiness index

China – Generation D cares less about money, according to a new report by agency OMD China.

Happiness Index : China : Gen Viz

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Beaming out

London – BuzzFeed UK has live streamed a public debate with senior politicians via Facebook ahead of the EU referendum vote.

Buzzfeed UK : Politics : Live Streaming

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Read all about it

Global – There is life for long-form articles on mobile after all, according to a study by Pew Research Center.

Pew Research Center : News : Mobiles

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Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2016: Preview

The advertising, marketing and media industries’ annual celebration of the past year’s creativity.

Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity : 2016 : Advertising Futures

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Augmented money

UK – The Bank of England has teamed up with augmented reality (AR) app Blippar to introduce the new £5 note.

Blippar : The New Fiver : Augmented Reality

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Balanced coverage

New York – SupChina is a new online publication that aims to offer a comprehensive picture of contemporary China.

SupChina : News Media : Curated Content

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Brand of character

London – Graduate Fashion Week has teamed up with IBM to match students to brands that share similar personality traits.

IBM : Graduate Fashion Week : E-motional Economy

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Money in make-up

Global – The luxury cosmetics industry is experiencing a boom among the selfie generation.

Cosmetics : Generation D : Real Talk Beauty

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Helsinki’s experiment

Finland – The city of Helsinki is searching for its first chief design officer (CDO).

Helsinki : Collaborative Cities : Placemaking

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Screenshot shopping

UK – Digital media company PopSugar has found a way to make Snapchat shoppable using emoji-based codes.

PopSugar : E-commerce : Emoticode

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Shared vision

Seattle – T-Mobile is rewarding its customers with shares in the company.

T-Mobile : The Immortal Brand : Customer Loyalty

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Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Review

The biennale’s theme, Reporting From the Front, focused on the tangible effects that architecture can have on solving current human and ecological ...

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 : Responsible Luxury : Migrant Crisis

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Say what?

Global – A recent study shows that people are more comfortable using voice assistants in private than in public.

Voice Assistants : Creative Strategies : Interfaces

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Skin-bleaching backlash

Global – Authorities in Ghana and a cosmetics company in India are fighting back against skin-bleaching products.

Backlash Brands : Beauty : Ghana

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Design Miami/ Basel 2016: Top Five Not To Be Missed

As it enters its second decade this month, Design Miami/Basel is embracing more experimental definitions of design and creativity.

Design Miami : Fabrica : Craft

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Office Slackers

Global – Workplace chat app Slack is developing an artificially intelligent (AI) office assistant.

Slack : Artificial Intelligence : Chat Bots

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Fat lot of good

Barcelona – Mediterranean diets that are rich in healthy fats are healthier than low-fat diets, according to a new study.

Predimed : Research : Study

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The ideas and innovations that hint at the future of the consumer landscape