Back in February, the Trend Atelier community launched its Monthly future theme curation, kicking it off with "Rewilding", as part of 2021's theme for the Trend Atelier community: "The biggest innovation is philosophical". Rewilding set the tone for all of our events in February, from our Future Vision interactive presentation, our Reading club, Live Session, to our monthly workshop.

By Laura Weatherburn

Communication through photographs and videos plays a dominant role in our lives, and as Geraldine shares in her ‘How to Research the Future’ course, “What is valued in a photograph is something that is constantly shifting”. As infants, we learn to understand visually long before developing the skills to speak, read or write.

Nostalgia is a heightened, sugar-coated idea of the past that has been hung onto, creating a new style. It fuels design and the need to re-tell a familiar story.