LuxuryLab’s Generation Next Forum

NEW YORK, United States — Catching a rare bit of television last week in between updates on the Icelandic volcano and the first ever televised British Election debate, I stumbled upon an episode of Electric Dreams on the BBC, which takes an average British family from 2010 right back to the 1970’s, stripping away every bit of modern technology in their home. Then, slowly, episode by episode, decade by decade, the family gets all of its technology back, like they are experiencing it for the first time. The key difference now, of course, is that they have the hindsight of knowing what's to come in the years ahead. In the 1970’s the family gets central heating, and the 1980’s sees…

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BoF Recommends | The Social Graph Clinic, 29 January 2010, New York City

[caption id="attachment_9481" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="The Social Graph Clinic | Source: LuxuryLab"][/caption] NEW YORK, United States — The Business of Fashion is pleased to announce our second media partnership with LuxuryLab, following the much talked-about Luxury Lab Innovation Forum held last Autumn. On January 29th, the New York University-based think tank will hold its first Social Graph Clinic, "a one-day intensive workshop that takes an adroit and sober examination of social media's underpinnings, platforms, and best practices. The objective is to enhance participants' fluency in brand-driven social media efforts." Confirmed speakers include: • Erik Qualman, author of Socialnomics who will speak on How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business • Shenan Reid, Co-Founder and Managing Director of…

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