A look at a design trend for tomorrow from yesterday
The Ford Bronco is one of the most iconic cars of the 20th century. Today, it's still a collectors item. The vehicle was a free-spirited, off-road truck that appealed to the soldiers returning home, tapping into the growing American desire to escape city life.
Ford sold the original Bronco from 1966 to 1977 as a go-anywhere, do-anything vehicle. The design is iconic, described by Car and Driver as "combining off-road excellence with unabashed luxury." Those first-run Broncos are still kicking around on eBay for prices as high as $150,000. But…
In this series of articles, I explore scenarios and signals that suggest the ways in which we will live by the end of this new decade. We look at six key future trends, listen to expert opinions and examine fringe ideas that may be mainstream by 2030. This is the final post in the Future of Home+Living series.
But first, Moscow
Typically, the idea of a smart city is connected with the themes of streets with ambient traffic lights, driverless deliveries and utility optimizations — but in Russia, Moscow’s leaders are thinking way beyond the prescribed narrative around the future of urban environments…
In this series of articles, I explore scenarios and signals that suggest the ways in which we will live by the end of this new decade. We’ll look at six key future trends, listen to expert opinions and examine fringe ideas that may be mainstream by 2030. This is the fifth thematic article in my Future of Home+Living series.
But First, Chengdu
Blue Heart is a standalone shared living space in Chengdu, China — no one lives there, but the community is welcome to use it as a place to simply be. The building has three different areas, which are described as boxes…
In this series of articles, I’m going to try explore scenarios and signals that suggest the ways in which we will live by the end of this new decade. We’ll look at the six key future trends, listen to expert opinion and examine ideas that seem to be on the edges today that maybe mainstream by 2030. This particular Future of Home+Living article I’m going to look at the rise of Ambient Dwellings.
But First: Newcastle, England
At first, a town that once thrived with coal mining and shipbuilding might not seem to exemplify the future of home living. The city of Newcastle upon…
In this series of articles, I’m going to try explore scenarios and signals that suggest the ways in which we will live by the end of this new decade. We’ll look at the six key future trends, listen to expert opinion and examine ideas that seem to be on the edges today that maybe mainstream by 2030. This particular Future of Home+Living article I’m going to look at the rise of Cloaking.
But First, Gateshead, England
The Komoru is a ceramic bowl that you put your phone into when you get home and want to unwind. This home design piece literally ensures that you…
In this series of articles, I’m going to try explore scenarios and signals that suggest the ways in which we will live by the end of this new decade. We’ll look at the six key future trends, listen to expert opinion and examine ideas that seem to be on the edges today that maybe mainstream by 2030. Within this particular Future of Home+Living article, I’m going to look at the rise of Parasitic Living.
But first, London
Excrescent Utopia is an architectural concept that explores the idea of city dwellers finding living spaces on the literal edges of our environment. In this vision…
In this series of articles, I’m going to try explore scenarios and signals that suggest the ways in which we will live by the end of this new decade. We’ll look at the six key future trends, listen to expert opinion and examine ideas that seem to be on the edges today that maybe mainstream by 2030. This particular Future of Home+Living article I’m going to look at the rise of Communal Compounds.
But first: Stockholm, Sweden
Colive is a new shared apartment in a converted attic in Södermalm, one of Stockholm’s most sought-after neighborhoods. The space is designed to be shared by between…
In this series of articles, I’ll explore scenarios and signals that suggest the ways in which we will live by the end of this new decade. We’ll look at six key future trends, listen to expert opinions and examine fringe ideas that may be mainstream by 2030. This is the first post in the Future of Home+Living series.
But first: Alabama
For many, the mental picture of any city in Alabama might be of a once-vibrant but now-sleepy market town that is literally and figuratively thousands of miles away from the bustling metropolis of New York or the dynamic churn in the South…
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On Further Thoughts…
