CREATE THE FUTURE

Welcome to The Future Issue.

This is an eye-opening issue, from features on crypto currency and NFTs in The Future of Art & Image on page 100 to everything you need to know about the metaverse in The Metaverse on page 102.

Our cover is one of the most striking to date and for which we had the pleasure of driving the beast that is the new Rolls-Royce, Black Badge Ghost. An ode to post opulence and designed for the daring, the brave and the outliers – every inch of its DNA is felt in The Dark Side on page 14.

We look at the future of fashion with exclusive interviews with global private shopper Gabriel Waller in The Secret Weapon on page 44, founder of Sourcewhere, Erica Wright in The New Network on page 46 and founder of DREST, Lucy Yeomans in Changing the Game of Fashion on page 72.

Beauty wise, we take your routine to the next level with high-spec tools in Hi-Tech on page 84, look at new ingredients with Juana Skin in The New Power Play on page 86 and speak with advanced aesthetic doctor Dr Marwa Ali on what optimisation will look like in The Future of Beauty on page 88.

The Virtual Frontier on page 98 allows us to discover what the future of connection and commerce in the luxury industry will look like in an exclusive interview with the founder of Ordre, Simon Lock. Closer to home, Oliver Ripley, co-founder and CEO of Habitas AlUla speaks to sustainability and the future of the hospitality industry in A Conscious Future on page 110.

We hope this issue is a tool that drives knowledge and in turn sparks conversations and ideas that will shape the future. The best way to predict the future is to create it.