Food for Thought: Eating and Identity

21. 11. 2018

You are what you eat. It’s a common phrase, and one most of us will have seen on cookbook covers, heard on TV adverts, or re...

The Demise of the Sock

29. 03. 2018

The year is 2057. The scene is central London. People are going about their business in much the same way as we do today; th...

Generation Rent & the Problem of Community

28. 02. 2018

Saturday morning. Brixton, London. 1967. The dull thud of boot on ball is followed by an excited cheer; a group of ch...

What’s Really in a Name?

25. 01. 2018

What’s in a name? cries Juliet, questioning why something as simple as a family name should keep her and her beloved Romeo a...

Cashfree & Proud? Nation Branding & Our Cashless Future

23. 11. 2017

In Britain, one in seven of us no longer carry any cash with us day-to-day. And half of us typically have less than five pou...

A Symbol for a City

26. 10. 2017

It all starts with a symbol. A shape, a mark, an etching on a cave wall. A cheek adorned with a streak of clay or wet charco...

Introducing the Inaugural Members of the Outer Thinking Division

9. 10. 2017

Steve established the Outer Thinking Division to promote big thinking on our near and distant future. So it seems fitting th...

Dyslexia & the World of Predictive Text

28. 09. 2017

9.05. Monday morning. You’re late for an important meeting. You push through the swelling crowds at the underground s...