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LUXURY TRAVEL KEVIN KELLY ISSUE How the industry is changing Wired founder on the future BANGKOK GAMERS TED TALKING 134 A Thai cafe with a difference Thirty-three years of TED #WINNING? A year on from Jack Dorsey’s return as CEO, is Twitter still in the social media race? PF_22017.P00_Cover Final.indd 1 1/22/17 3:51 PM Our quest for perfection. 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HOTEL An historic landmark 18 in the heart of Dublin CLEAN ENERGY We explore the 78 economic realities WHAT TO PACK of President From sunshine in Rio to Trump’s climate snow in Toronto, we’ve got change promises you covered 22 84 MOST WANTED FOOD & DRINK From colourful We meet a French chef who bikes to cutting-edge gave up his Michelin stars speakers, a curated to start a new venture in the selection of eye-candy heart of Chelsea 28 88 BANGKOK CONSUME GAMERS This superb Robert How one British Rauschenberg retrospective expat set up a board in the Tate is a must-see game cafe with a difference in the Thai capital 90 COLUMN How one American architect reimagined the shopping mall experience 11 34,932 copies January - June 2016 PF_22017.P08-12_Intro_Contents.indd 11 1/22/17 1:13 PM FEBRUARY ISSUE 134 CONTENTS FEATURES 34 TWITTER TROUBLES With everything from trolls to fake news spooking investors, can Jack Dorsey turn the ailing social media giant around? 44 LUXURY REIMAGINED Luxury travel has always been the most difficult sector to crack – we examine how the industry is changing 54 KEVIN KELLY An exclusive interview with the Wired founder and author Kevin Kelly 64 DRIVE TIME An illustrated look at the glory days of the American automobile INTERNATIONAL MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES 12 AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND Samford Media; Tel + 618 9447 2734, [email protected] CHINA IMM International; Tel +852 2639 3635, j.bouron@ PB imm-international.com GERMANY IMV Internationale Medien Vermarktung GmbH; Tel +49 8151 550 8959, [email protected] GREECE Global Media; +30 210 69 85 981, [email protected] HONG KONG/MALAYSIA/INDONESIA Sonney Media Networks; Tel +852 2151 2351, hemant@sonneymedia. com INDIA Media Star; Tel +91 22 4220 2103, [email protected] SWITZERLAND/FRANCE/ITALY/SPAIN IMM International; Tel +331 40 1300 30, n.devos@ imm-international.com JAPAN Tandem Inc.; Tel + 81 3 3541 4166, [email protected] NETHERLANDS giO media; Tel +31 6 6 2223 8420, [email protected] THAILAND Media Representation International; +66 8 6777 3417, [email protected] TURKEY TTR Media Ltd; Tel +90 212 275 8433, tanbilge@medialtd. com.tr UK Spafax; Tel +44 207 906 1983, [email protected] USA WorldMedia Inc; Tel +1 212 244 5610, [email protected] PF_22017.P08-12_Intro_Contents.indd 12 1/22/17 1:13 PM Belgian outdoor luxury PALMA, THE WORLD’S MOST STYLISH, UNIQUE AND CLEVER GARDEN UMBRELLA. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO DISCOVER OUR COLLECTION AND TO FIND YOUR ROYAL BOTANIA SPECIALIST SCAN THIS QR AND WATCH OUR PATENTED WWW.ROYALBOTANIA.COM MASTERPIECE! UPFRONT 14 15 PF_22017.P14-16_Upfront_TED.indd 14 1/22/17 1:12 PM FEBRUARY / TECHNOLOGY ISSUE 134 The future of TED On the 33rd anniversary of TED, Emma Woolacott examines how the non-profit has pushed innovation into the mainstream hirty-three years ago minutes on topics that have long this month, a group of expanded beyond the original technology enthusiasts design and technology brief to gathered in Monterey, encompass subjects as diverse as California, for an event the discovery of gravitational waves Tthat was – even according to its and how to spot a liar. creator – a flop. The Technology, Speakers have included Entertainment, Design (TED) everybody from Bill Clinton to conference failed to make money, Billy Graham, Richard Dawkins and it was six years before a second to Bono; and, famously, some one took place. remarkable predictions have been But following this unpromising made. At that first conference, for beginning, TED has clearly been example, Nicholas Negroponte doing something right. Alongside foresaw touch screens and the main conference, which is teleconferencing, while there were now an annual event, more than demonstrations of early versions of 3,000 talks are given around the the compact disc, the e-book and world every year under the TED 3D graphics from Lucasfilm. umbrella. But it’s TED’s videos The organisation also awards a $1 of these talks – and there are million grant each year – the TED now more than 80,000 available Prize – to make one individual’s online – that have really helped the wish come true; last year’s winner, organisation gain its cult status. Sarah Parcak, is working to “Our greatest success was also crowdsource archaeology by asking perhaps our greatest stroke of luck: volunteers around the globe to that we experimented with putting check satellite photos for signs of a few TED Talk videos online at the ancient sites. But it’s the TEDx dawn of the internet video era back spin-off that has really made the in 2006. YouTube was still in its organisation a household name. infancy and most people were still Under the TEDx licence, getting familiar with the format,” individuals around the world says TED’s head, Chris Anderson. can independently organise their “The result stunned us: those own TED-style conference, and six original videos went viral, and it there are now around 10 a day, 14 15 became immediately obvious where in locations from the slums of we should focus our efforts going Nairobi to the Sydney Opera forward. We never looked back.” House. The videos of these The motto of TED is ‘Ideas performances are rated by viewers worth spreading’, and its principles to highlight the most inspiring, TED’s owner, Chris Anderson on stage are simple. Speakers talk for 18 fascinating or persuasive. PF_22017.P14-16_Upfront_TED.indd 15 1/22/17 1:12 PM FEBRUARY ISSUE 134 UPFRONT / TECHNOLOGY Some, such as Ken Robinson’s a catchy title and a carefully FIVE TO WATCH ‘Do Schools Kill Creativity?’ have structured talk that builds to a been viewed tens of millions of times. revelatory conclusion – has become But as the organisation has the lodestone of public speaking. Ken Robinson – Do Schools Kill Creativity? grown, there have been rumblings If you regularly give presentations, Sir Ken Robinson makes an of criticism. Some speakers have the chances are that a fair number entertaining and profoundly alleged that they are treated like of the people in the audience will moving case for creating commodities; they aren’t paid, secretly be comparing you with an education system that nurtures (rather than despite fees of $8,500 for conference TED speakers – and finding your undermines) creativity.