#TheFutureIs / Design / Futures / The Word On The Street / Trend Forecasting / Trendspotting / Trendwatching

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 →

*Retailing / Curated Spaces_ / Innovation / Longread / The Word On The Street / Trendwatching

The Word On The Street_ Retail Trends [Pt_1]

Posted on May 30, 2014 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

We’re hearing the terms ‘Showrooming’ (shopping and comparing online whilst in-store); ‘Brand Journalism’ (driving content directly to customers, online and in-store) ; ‘Value of Values’ (the right choices in product quality and the right values in terms of provenance and ethics); these are being bandied about as current trends in retail but we’ve been watching … Continue reading →

*Playing / Curated Spaces_ / The Word On The Street

Happy Feet…

Posted on July 16, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

Love this… it’s been around for a while, but great to revisit and remind ourselves how innovation can change people’s mindset… add in a bit of playfulness and it can help us choose a better way of being! Continue reading →

*Retailing / Curated Spaces_ / The Word On The Street

The Word On The Street_ Raw Materials Home Store, Amsterdam

Posted on April 19, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

‘The Word On The Street_’ is a new feature where we get out and about in our local neighbourhood(s) and explore the spaces and places, be it here and now or in the making, that we want to hang out in, whether for work or play, eating and drinking, shopping, resting and thinking… This week … Continue reading →

Socio-Economic / The Word On The Street

Spicing Up Community Currency

Posted on March 19, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

There is an unrest, a revolt happening in the market place; a demonatisation, right under the very noses of the governing institutions of what is surely becoming an ‘old world’ money system, gripping hold of our current economies as they roller-coaster ever dangerously close to, if not over, the edge. But no apple carts are … Continue reading →

*Community / Curated Spaces_ / Socio-Economic / The Word On The Street

Shopping Till The Penny Drops… Then What?

Posted on March 7, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

Having worked for some years as a design and retail consultant, I have been dismayed by the over-saturation of faceless, spirit-less high streets and shopping centres throughout the UK, as a shopper as well as a professional. Where visiting large towns or city centres such as Reading, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, London or even farther, cities … Continue reading →