Back to the F**kture S2 Ep23: To Luxury and Beyond with Carlota Rodben
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Dec 19, 2023 Carlotta Rodben, author and former head of innovation at Chanel, explores the future of luxury, emotion and wellbeing. She discusses dematerialization, hyper-personalization, purpose-driven approaches and human connection. Topics include digital augmentation and transhumanist beauty, longevity as a luxury, and designing emotion into future experiences.
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Buy Less And Co-Create For Purpose
- Do prioritize co-creation and mindful consumption to make purchases emotionally meaningful and long-lasting.
- Rodben suggests buying fewer, higher-quality pieces you co-create with designers so items become investment heirlooms.
Tailor Relationship Shows Emotional Value Of Bespoke
- Rodben recounts her father's tailor relationship to show deep emotional value in bespoke garments.
- She remembers bespoke suits becoming cherished items because the tailor asked about purpose and feelings.
Digital Worlds Expand Beauty And Self Expression
- Digital augmentation expands beauty archetypes beyond physical limits, enabling fantastical self-expression like avatars with wings.
- Rodben reports people asking for wings in VR/AR as evidence that simulation fuels desire for the beyond-real.
