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New Futures

From artists-turned farmers to a female-led Metaverse, our New Futures stories explores how creativity is used to imagine alternative futures and build new realities.

The Slum Studio’s founder Sel Kofiga on why sustainable fashion goes beyond clothing

The Slum Studio’s founder Sel Kofiga on why sustainable fashion goes beyond clothing

The social and environmental impact of discarded clothing remains a contentious issue. On the one hand, a growing number of...

Insights: The future of curation, education, and transdisciplinarity

Two such curators are Lukas Feireiss, whose eponymous studio “provides overall conceptual development, design and implementation for diverse formats of...

Sky High Farm: A path to food sovereignty

New York City Food

Sky High Farm: A path to food sovereignty

Driving Northwest from New York City in spring and summer, one quickly leaves behind a cement landscape and enters the...

How Beirut’s creative scene is imagining a new future for its city

Beirut Deep Dives

How Beirut’s creative scene is imagining a new future for its city

As a creative capital and cultural hub for the SWANA region and the world, Beirut is home to visionary artists...

We asked five artists and designers how technology is reshaping the future of creativity

We asked five artists and designers how technology is reshaping the future of creativity

Cindy Valdez Cindy Valdez is the co-founder of Migration of Matter, a Berlin-based studio that, by merging the ancient craft...

Juliana Rudell Di Simone's metaverse

Los Angeles Design

Juliana Rudell Di Simone's metaverse

With her co-founder, Lana Hopkins, based in Sydney, and the company’s team spread across the world, Juliana works mostly from...

Link List #168: Imagining alternative futures through the lens of our favorite publications

Link List #168: Imagining alternative futures through the lens of our favorite publications

In a present where everything seems unstable, imagining brighter futures inspires us to transform how we live. The links below...