TREND REPORTS
Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights Gets Reinterpreted for The Digital Age
[Design]
2021/10/25 09:03
An internet troll finds eternal punishment strapped to a hashtag-shaped pillory while a figure in an astronaut’s helmet floats in a paradise of self-obsession. These are just two of the otherwordly characters that inhabit SMACK’s contemporary interpretation of ‘the garden of earthly delights’, originally painted by hieronymus bosch between 1490 and 1510.The central panel of SMACK’s modern-...
(PDF) Deloitte - Holiday Retail Survey 2021
[Consumer]
2021/10/22 09:10
As we enter the second holiday season during the pandemic, it’s evident that some shopping patterns and behaviors have been permanently altered while some new trends are here to stay.Holiday shopping—establishing the next normalConsumers and retail executives have adapted to the next normal. Four key insights emerged from our survey. Spending is up YoY, buoyed by high-income households. Digit...
(Video) Kenzo Digital's Hybrid Infinity Room + Observatory Opens at SUMMIT One Vanderbilt
[Design]
2021/10/22 09:09
SUMMIT one vanderbilt — the immersive four-level observatory at new york’s one vanderbilt skyscraper — opens to the public this week on 21st of october, 2021. Set on the top floors of the kohn pedersen fox (KPF)-designed tower, the project will feature three sky-high levels: transcendence, an euphoric multisensory experience which is the first chapter of air, an art installation conceived by...
(PDF) Earning Report : Tesla's Profit Soars - Q3. 2021
[Investing]
2021/10/22 09:08
When Tesla finally joined the S&P 500 index in December 2020, the profitability criterion - an eligible company's most recent quarter’s earnings and the sum of its trailing four consecutive quarters’ earnings must be positive - was the last box to be checked by the electric car maker. And while Tesla has a history of loss-making, even bringing it "within single-digit weeks" of bankruptcy...
Wander Raises $7M To Help People Live And Work Anywhere
[Investing]
2021/10/22 09:07
Wander, a new startup that lets users rent smart homes across the country, raised $7 million in funding, the company said Wednesday.John Andrew Entwistle, who became an entrepreneur as a teen, founded Wander after an interesting journey. He enrolled in high school online, which allowed him to travel the U.S. and internationally. Earlier this year when he stepped down as CEO of Coder, the startu...
Gaming Innovations Re-Shaping Adjacent Industries
[Business]
2021/10/22 09:06
With $300 billion to pack it up–the gaming industry is exploding, and its ripple effects are transforming lateral industries faster than we can say, “PogChamp!” Brandon, a 31-year-old from California, told Cassandra he thinks the future of gaming includes “VR and AR full capabilities bringing games to the real world and vice versa!” So today, we’re taking a pulse on gaming innovations cat...
Gartner Forecasts Worldwide IT Spending to Exceed $4 Trillion in 2022
[Investing]
2021/10/22 09:05
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4.5 trillion in 2022, an increase of 5.5% from 2021, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. “Enterprises will increasingly build new technologies and software, rather than buy and implement them, leading to overall slower spending levels in 2022 compared to 2021,” said John-David Lovelock, distinguished research vice president at Gartner...
Autonomous Driving Startups Raise Record Funding As The Push For Commercialization Begins
[Investing]
2021/10/22 09:04
With autonomous vehicle (AV) tech at an inflection point, funding to AV companies is skyrocketing. In this brief, we examine the sector's market drivers as well as emerging themes and their implications.Though autonomous driving technology has been slow to deliver on its promise, investors haven’t pumped the brakes.Autonomous driving tech companies have raised over $12B this year, with market...
This Startup is On a Mission to Make e-Scooters as Cool as Muscle Cars - Taur
[Product]
2021/10/22 09:03
Can e-scooters ever be sexy? Taur, a winner in Fast Company’s 2021 Innovation by Design Awards, is betting on it. This startup is on a mission to make e-scooters as cool as muscle cars.Big wheels. A powerful body. A lot of attitude. I’m not describing a 1960s Mustang, but an electric scooter designed by the British startup Taur. The winner of Fast Company‘s 2021 Innovation by Design Award in...
