Let Us Run Away Together…

Posted on October 6, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

Came across The Travel Almanac in a beautiful little bookshop this weekend. A sublime piece of travel literature which bypasses the standard glossies that usually depict predictable luxury huts on deserted white sandy beaches, the magazine would handsomely sit next to the bold, photographic picture books that grace many a smart coffee table. Seeing a … Continue reading →

Take 5_ / Tune

Tomorrow Land (All Fall Down)

Posted on October 6, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

It’s easy like Sunday morning… for a laid-back vibe tune into Brixton newcomer Leon Else. An emerging talent following the release of this demo only, we’re certain we’ll be touched by Else’s aural soulfulness long into ‘tomorrow land’. Continue reading →

So This Just Happened / Trend Forecasting / Trends

So This Just Happened_ Colour & Trends Autumn/Winter 2014/15

Posted on October 4, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

Hosted by Design Wales, The Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay was the venue earlier today of The Colour & Trend conference for Autumn Winter 2014/15. Presented by Matthew Jeatt of Promostyl, the meeting space was rammed to the hilt with delegates that were a mix of creatives, fashion professionals, industry heads, student and us, … Continue reading →

#TheFutureIs / Innovation

Made In China: 3D Printed Organs

Posted on September 29, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

At this point, everyone has heard of the technological phenomena that is 3D printing. Forget action figures, basketballs or guns though, the future is here: the newest development in 3D printing technology is actually the technology to create living human kidneys from a 3D printer. Via Shanghaiist Continue reading →

Fashion / World View

Fashion Goes East Side

Posted on September 29, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

A snap from the Design, Art & Fashion Fair (DAFF) in Shanghai during the Mid-Autumn Festival last week at the Shanghai waterfront. [Photos by Mike Cornelus courtesy of The Ice Cream Truck via Shanghaiist] Continue reading →

Design

Is 2D The New Black?

Posted on September 25, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

Here’s a turn-up for the books… whilst 3D printing teases us and pushes evermore at the boundaries of tech eccentricity, 3D objects get the 2D treatment to become bold and striking pieces of graphic design… Khansa’a Abu Naji is a Saudi Arabian designer who demonstrates just how easy it is to convert a physical object into … Continue reading →

Animation / Film / Take 5_

Escape From Tomorrow

Posted on September 24, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

One of the most intriguing Disney films to come out this year isn’t a Disney film at all. Apparently, Disney had no idea it was being made and now that they do, it’s a wonder that the people behind it aren’t getting sued. Escape From Tomorrow attracted a lot of attention at Sundance for its … Continue reading →

A Backwards Glance / Art

The Fallen 9000

Posted on September 23, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

September 21st was Peace Day, a day to remind us that freedom costs dearly and maybe to also make us take a moment to look backwards as we run headlong towards whatever futures we feel like at any particular moment… A gift (or maybe a curse?) enabled by those who lost their lives so we … Continue reading →

So This Just Happened

So This Just Happened_ Hewett Street Block Party, London

Posted on September 22, 2013 by CuratedFutures • Leave a comment

Out and about in EC2 yesterday, we came across a full-on ‘urban jamboree‘! Hosted by Protein®, the The Hewett Street Block Party is an annual event which celebrates it’s local creative community whilst also raising money for children’s charity ‘Hackney Pirates‘. Live music, games, workshop, street food and good times were had by all! 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 →