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What will the luxury “must have” requirements be 10 years into the future?
From digital detox to trips into space, Americans’ notions of luxury are ever-evolving, says new Future of Luxury Report for the New Decade. Not long ago, electric lighting was considered a luxury. For that matter, so were mobile phones. But, notions of luxury often change with technological advancements and cultural shifts. With the start…
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Technology in 2050: will it save humanity – or destroy us?
Amid the calamitous effects of climate change, artificial intelligence could make the difference between a livable future or a dystopian one
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Back to the Futuro: the spaceship house that landed in Yorkshire
Dreamed up in Finland and shaped like a flying saucer, Matti Suuronen’s ‘house of the future’ turned out to be an impractical curio – but its atomic-age aesthetics are still alluring
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MB&F’s timepiece with a 1970s twist: HM5 On The Road Again
MB&F’s HM5 “On The Road Again” Watch MB&F’s HM5 takes the 1970s icons and now, 40 years into the future, puts them “On the Road Again” with a new Horological Machine called HM5. The futuristic case is inspired by the early 1970s, when “everything seemed possible: humanoid robots, jet-packs and flying cars”. The supercars,…
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Premium Cruising Has Become a Long-Range Planning Sport
Penguins, truffles, celebrity chefs and a 75-night lap of a continent: the luxury cruise calendar now runs further ahead than most people’s five-year plans. If you want to board a premium ship in autumn 2028, congratulations: you are already late. This week’s announcements show an industry that has stopped selling holidays and started selling itineraries…
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The Week in Luxury: Sculpture, Scarcity, and the Slow Reset of an Industry
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in Art, Automotive, Aviation, Beauty, Design, DRIVE, ESCAPE, Fashion, Gourmet, Holiday, LUST, Real Estate, SHELTER, Watches|Jewelry, YachtsAugust is supposed to be luxury’s quiet month — the pause between resort season and the September show circuit. This week said otherwise. Auction houses posted their best first half in years, private jet operators are consolidating and rationing access in the same breath, a hypercar shed a meter of height for the sake of…