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Forward   We're reporting on each of the events in the RA's free
salon series for GSK Contemporary - Aware. Fifth in the series
is Future Forward: Forecasting Art, Fashion and Identity.
Featuring Helen Palmer (WGSN), Martin Raymond and Chris
Sanderson (The Future Laboratory), and Suzanne Lee (University
of the Arts, London).  We took out the crystal balls for
tonight's event, which gave us a tantalising glimpse of the
trends of the future - and a new understanding of the
organisations that map them out for us  Look, don't ask  Chair
Suzanne Lee began by asking each of the speakers to explain a
little about what their companies do.  Helen Palmer is head of
materials and knitwear for the trend analysts WGSN, whose
clients include design brands, retailers and manufacturers.  "We
deliver about 40 reports a day for the fashion industry; it’s
based on the catwalks, what’s in store, what’s happening in
cities around the world. We do design packs, we hav