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Back To The Future…

Posted on August 1, 2019 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

Dear Reader After a ‘bit’ of a hiatus, Curated Futures is back, and readying for some big things over the next few months! We have been spending the last little while out, about and around, pursuing ideas, observing happenings and collating the word on the street. Synonymous with seeking, and translating, inspiration—our reporting highlights the … Continue reading →

Fashion / Futures / Story-telling

Beyond 2014… BEYOND Vogue

Posted on September 18, 2013 by CuratedFutures • 1 Comment

A meeting of minds and a conversation in time between Vonn_R of Curated Futures and Not Vogue’s Steve Oklyn… We’re casting our gaze beyond 2014. In fact to be more precise, we’ve pitched up in 2023. Everything as we knew it in the “here and now” – socially, culturally, economically, politically – has altered. Beyond. … Continue reading →

Film / Futures / Take 5_

Robbie – A Short Film By Neil Harvey

Posted on May 26, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

As it’s the weekend, revisiting this great short about a robot in space. Set 6000 years in the future, Robbie charts the existential reflections of an aging robot drifting alone through space on the last of his battery life. Surprisingly moving. Made mainly with NASA footage and VoiceOver. Continue reading →

Futures / Innovation / Technology

…And In Other Google Glass News…Keeping Up With The Jones’ (Or The Brins’)

Posted on March 21, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

Google co-founder Sergey Brin was recently seen riding the New York underground and taking his work home (or wherever it was he was going) with him. Sporting the Google Glass, a blogger called Noah Zerkin recognised Brin and his pair of incredibly rare specs. Zerkin decided to have a chat with Brin (as it happens, … Continue reading →

Futures / Innovation / Technology

Through Google’s (Magic Looking) Glass

Posted on March 21, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

Google Glass may not be available to buy just yet, but it’s already showing that it could have plenty of applications beyond just acting as an extension of your smartphone. One application currently being explored is the InSight project (via 9to5Google); funded in part by Google and developed by University of South Caroline and Duke University … Continue reading →

Design / Futures / Innovation / Technology

Smartphone-Like, ‘NYFi’ Touchscreen Payphone Wins NYC Design Challenge

Posted on March 20, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

Earlier this year, the City of New York hosted the Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge to redesign its network of over 11,000 payphones when vendor contracts expire in 2014. The contest received 125 submissions and out of six finalists, NYFi by Sage and Coombe Architects won the public vote. The double-sided, smartphone-like touchscreens would act as … Continue reading →

#TheFutureIs / Futures

The Future Of Learning

Posted on March 8, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

Onstage at TED2013, Sugata Mitra makes his bold TED Prize wish: Help design the School in the Cloud, where children can explore and learn from each other — using resources and mentoring from the Cloud. Hear his inspiring vision for Self Organized Learning Environments (SOLE). Continue reading →

#TheFutureIs / Futures / Socio-Cultural / Trendspotting

Inspiring Nostalgia In 2033

Posted on March 1, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

In the midst of a two-decade period which kicked off the 21st century, there still seems some confusion as to a universally agreed-upon name for these times: the naughts, aughts, zeros, oh-ohs, or 2000s; tens, tweens and teens. How will we look back in, say, 2033 and define the age without a name, much less … Continue reading →