Our favorite mobile apps, as used by luxury brands

More and more luxury brands are incorporating mobile apps. These can be fantastic learning tools for the user, as well as providing fun entertainment and improving the customer’s understanding of the product. In light of this, we have put together a list of our favorite mobile apps, as used by luxury brands, to sell and improve their … Read more

Four implications of the shift in luxury consumer behaviours in emerging markets. The next decade of luxury

The next 10 years in Wealth & Luxury. Where wealth is generated, spent and saved will shift. In the next 10 years, the way wealth is used by the newly wealthy will adapt and change in emerging markets. The rise in discernment among the world’s wealthy will not only affect the brands they buy, but … Read more

Love your PlayStation, Xbox, or Wii? It all started here in this lab

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History opened a whole new floor of innovation-themed exhibitions. One of the first things you’ll see is Ralph Baer’s video game invention lab. Baer thought TV sets should be interactive and created the first video game console for home use. It went on sale in 1972. The museum opened its … Read more

Armani/Casa involved in the leading green building project in Beijing

Armani/Casa. Now in Beijing Beijing will have an Armani/Casa residential project developed with Chinese real estate company group Smart Hero. Armani/Casa has signed a deal to create the amenities and common areas of an eco building in Bejing’s Central Business District conceived by architect Ma Yansong of MAD architects. Surrounded by the Chaoyang Park, the … Read more

Natural dyes v synthetic: which is more sustainable?

Colours derived from plants may appear more planet-friendly than man-made dyes, but the case isn’t clear-cut