Future Spaces

The public spaces we citizens occupy are fast evolving. We highlight the ideas, innovations and experts that will help shape the future of spatial design through 2030 and beyond.

Engineering Serendipity

Viewpoints

Engineering Serendipity

The Future Laboratory sits down with Lea Lemaire, lead creative strategist at Amsterdam design studio Random Studio, to explore why the future of e...
Retail : Design : Beauty
Autonomous Hospitality

Viewpoints

Autonomous Hospitality

How can robotics, AI and building-wide intelligence redefine hotel service? The Future Laboratory speaks to Batis Samadian, co-founder of LITA, a n...
Technology : Design : Travel & Hospitality
New Codes of Luxury: Immersive Technology for Transformation

Macro Trends

New Codes of Luxury: Immersive Technology for Transformation

The third report in The Future Laboratory and Together Group’s New Codes of Luxury® series explores how immersive technologies are driving innovati...
Technology : Luxury : Experience
Future Museums

Markets

Future Museums

Museums are transforming through immersive technology, sensory storytelling and community-centred programming, reshaping visitor experience and red...
Design : Pop-culture & Media : Technology
Communal Living Market

Markets

Communal Living Market

Once a fringe experiment, communal living is entering the mainstream. From multigenerational households to co-buying with friends, people are redef...
Future Spaces : Society : Health & Wellness
Future Five 2026: Future Spaces

Micro Trends

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, ...
Future Spaces : Retail : Technology
Layered Realities

Design Directions

Layered Realities

A new wave of designers is bridging the virtual chaos of gaming realms and extended reality with the tactile authenticity of human craft. 
Design : Technology : Artifical Intelligence
Desert Dreams

Design Directions

Desert Dreams

In Saudi Arabia, desert landscapes are fast becoming catalysts for architectural re-invention. AI-powered digital twin technology, monumental gamin...
Design : Architecture : Technology
Future Days 2025: Designing Inclusive Futures

Big Ideas

Future Days 2025: Designing Inclusive Futures

From nature-driven governance models to decolonised AI models, Lisbon’s Future Days mapped out radical responses to an increasingly unpredictable w...
Design : Sustainability : Future Spaces
Brand Innovation Debrief: Aman

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Aman

 Aman stands at the pinnacle of ultra-luxury, marrying other-worldly natural beauty, bespoke hospitality and unrivalled rare experiences perfe...
Luxury : Travel : Hospitality
Social Wellness Market

Markets

Social Wellness Market

Health is becoming social, and social life is getting healthier. As digital fatigue proliferates, a new care culture is emerging, grounded in inten...
Health & Wellness : Society : Sports & Leisure
Public Transport Futures

Markets

Public Transport Futures

A new era of public transport is taking shape. From AI-powered networks to free travel trials and zero-emission fleets, the future of mobility is s...
Transport : Public Transport : Travel
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