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Future Human Club: The First Fortnight

Future Human Club: The First Fortnight

It’s been two weeks since the launch of our new Facebook-based community Future Human Club, and already it’s had more ideas and arguments flowing…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Future Human News | May 28, 2010 11:51AM | 2 Comments »


Future Human Club Explained In Handy Video Form

Future Human Club Explained In Handy Video Form

So our Future Human Club on Facebook has been running for a few days now, as a place to share the most thought-provoking…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Future Human News | May 20, 2010 9:07AM | 1 Comment »


Announcing the Launch of Future Human Club

Announcing the Launch of Future Human Club

We’re really excited to announce the launch of the next stage of our Future Human project: Future Human Club.

Over the last four…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Future Human News | May 15, 2010 11:37AM | No Comments »


Photos from Future Human: Tweet Justice

Photos from Future Human: Tweet Justice

Thanks for everyone for coming down last night and making our latest Future Human event one of the most thought-provoking yet. This time around we…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Events | May 13, 2010 12:17PM | No Comments »


Election Day Gives a Glimpse at the Future of News

Election Day Gives a Glimpse at the Future of News

If you tune into the TV or radio today, you’ll get one of the delightful weirdnesses of election day – the fact that the media…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | May 6, 2010 2:23PM | No Comments »


Photos from Future Human: The Automated Nation

Photos from Future Human: The Automated Nation

Thanks to everyone who came down to Future Human: The Automated Nation at The Book Club last night. It was a cracker, and it’s already…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Events | April 15, 2010 11:06AM | 8 Comments »


Hauntological Happenings at The Wire's New Salon

Hauntological Happenings at The Wire’s New Salon

As you may be aware after our incessant yammering about it, we do a new salon event. But we’re not the only ones – also…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Events | April 8, 2010 9:48AM | 7 Comments »


Now More Than Ever, Content Is King for Magazines

Now More Than Ever, Content is King for Magazines

After we covered their London conference last year, the good people at FIPP, the global magazine industry body, have sent over their Innovations in Magazines…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | March 18, 2010 12:50PM | 1 Comment »


China's Growth Continues To Dangerously Outpace Innovation

China’s Growth Continues To Dangerously Outpace Innovation

China, thirsty for oil, has turned to an entirely new land mass in an attempt to slake itself. Its new target is Argentina, specifically the…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Green Rush | March 15, 2010 1:00PM | 3 Comments »


Interview: Ruth Kedar, Designer of the Google Logo

Interview: Ruth Kedar, Designer of the Google Logo

Ruth Kedar is the principal designer at Kedar Designs, a corporate design firm based in Mountain View, California. As well as work for Stanford University…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Tomorrow People | March 2, 2010 12:06PM | 8 Comments »


Interview: Dr. Caneel Joyce, on Placing Constraint on Creativity

Interview: Dr. Caneel Joyce, on Placing Constraint on Creativity

Dr. Caneel Joyce works as a tutor and researcher in Organisational Behaviour, an interdisciplinary field that seeks to efficiently marshal workers and draw the best…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Tomorrow People | February 26, 2010 2:33PM | 2 Comments »


London's New US Embassy Shows How Far Counter-terrorist Architecture Has Come

London’s New US Embassy Shows How Far Counter-terrorist Architecture Has Come

There’s quite the kerfuffle in the architecture world today, surrounding the selection of Philadelphia firm KieranTimberlake for the design of a new US embassy in…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | February 24, 2010 12:41PM | 3 Comments »