Analysis of six New York urban diversity projects where desirability goes hand in hand with social utility. An immersive study informed by numerous encounters with developers, architects, academics, designers, residents, artists, and local entrepreneurs.
Analysis of six New York urban diversity projects where desirability goes hand in hand with social utility. An immersive study informed by numerous encounters with developers, architects, academics, designers, residents, artists, and local entrepreneurs.
2025
Understanding how luxury may evolve by examining seven New York neighborhoods to gain a better understanding of the lifestyles and consumption patterns of young urbanites who are highly sought after by brands. An immersive, methodical study based on 60 interviews.
Understanding how luxury may evolve by examining seven New York neighborhoods to gain a better understanding of the lifestyles and consumption patterns of young urbanites who are highly sought after by brands. An immersive, methodical study based on 60 interviews.
2025
Fashion, mass distribution, high techs... More than ever before, companies are at a crossroads to engage their responsibility and ensure a more sustainable and fairer development of our modes of consumption. The 17 companies detailed in this publication boldly innovate in their respective sectors to make a difference. Naomi Michael, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), explains their approaches.
Fashion, mass distribution, high techs... More than ever before, companies are at a crossroads to engage their responsibility and ensure a more sustainable and fairer development of our modes of consumption. The 17 companies detailed in this publication boldly innovate in their respective sectors to make a difference. Naomi Michael, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), explains their approaches.
2019
The race for entertainment that we are witnessing today is pushing brands to offer ever more entertaining, intriguing and innovative content... How far will this competition in brand culture content go? What does today's and tomorrow's business owe and will owe to entertainment? (in French)
The race for entertainment that we are witnessing today is pushing brands to offer ever more entertaining, intriguing and innovative content... How far will this competition in brand culture content go? What does today's and tomorrow's business owe and will owe to entertainment? (in French)
2019
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are shaking up the retail landscape with their ever-increasing presence in almost every consumer product category. What consequences for traditional brands depending on their distribution network? This study led by Quartier Libre describes the challenges and opportunities facing the retail sector today.
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are shaking up the retail landscape with their ever-increasing presence in almost every consumer product category. What consequences for traditional brands depending on their distribution network? This study led by Quartier Libre describes the challenges and opportunities facing the retail sector today.
2018
After a worldwide tour in 2018 to meet actors and companies that are rethinking our practices in education and learning, Quartier Libre has identified more than 100 initiatives that are worth the detour.
Here is our selection (in French).
After a worldwide tour in 2018 to meet actors and companies that are rethinking our practices in education and learning, Quartier Libre has identified more than 100 initiatives that are worth the detour.
Here is our selection (in French).
Because we believe in the value of an embodied point of view rather than an impersonal relationship, this study takes a unique look at what brands she finds truly innovative (and why!) from Sefa Yakpo, a young beauty blogger of Ghanaian origin and a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Extracts.
Because we believe in the value of an embodied point of view rather than an impersonal relationship, this study takes a unique look at what brands she finds truly innovative (and why!) from Sefa Yakpo, a young beauty blogger of Ghanaian origin and a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Extracts.
2017
Creative experiment produced for SNCF Intercités, bringing together 60 dreamers to imagine the night train of the future.
Creative experiment produced for SNCF Intercités, bringing together 60 dreamers to imagine the night train of the future.
2017
A series of inspiring notebooks on remarkable real estate projects selected for their innovative character by Quartier Libre in collaboration with Mirette Khorshed, a young urban planner freshly graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). We have structured this study according to the themes of "living & green spaces", "workplaces & research facilities", "retail, entertainment & leisure" and finally "education & public space".
A series of inspiring notebooks on remarkable real estate projects selected for their innovative character by Quartier Libre in collaboration with Mirette Khorshed, a young urban planner freshly graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). We have structured this study according to the themes of "living & green spaces", "workplaces & research facilities", "retail, entertainment & leisure" and finally "education & public space".
2016
Luxury, like so many other sectors of activity, is not spared by the disruptions of the contemporary world: frugality, search for meaning, collaborative economy, digitalization, reterritorialization...
A series of podcast conversations on the future of luxury, at the frontiers of economic, aesthetic, social, political and cultural issues (in French).
Luxury, like so many other sectors of activity, is not spared by the disruptions of the contemporary world: frugality, search for meaning, collaborative economy, digitalization, reterritorialization...
A series of podcast conversations on the future of luxury, at the frontiers of economic, aesthetic, social, political and cultural issues (in French).
2016
Through four conversations at the Silencio available as podcasts, Quartier Libre opens new perspectives on the city at night:
space-time of breathing, even transgression, space-time of creation and innovation.
Through four conversations at the Silencio available as podcasts, Quartier Libre opens new perspectives on the city at night:
space-time of breathing, even transgression, space-time of creation and innovation.
For its 10th anniversary, Quartier Libre has launched EN(tre)PRISE DIRECTE, the first documentary film festival about business world.
The place of business in our society has never been so shaken up: quest for meaning (in a world that no longer seems to have any), new relationship with work (a modest word for disinterest and disengagement), social and environmental responsibilty (without bullshit, green or social-washing), sharing of the fruits of growth (at a time of great separation between the richest and everyone else), territorial re-anchoring (concomitant with the escape into digital).
With this festival, we hope to fuel the debate on the future of the business world in a unique way in a society that faces many crisis.
For its 10th anniversary, Quartier Libre has launched EN(tre)PRISE DIRECTE, the first documentary film festival about business world.
The place of business in our society has never been so shaken up: quest for meaning (in a world that no longer seems to have any), new relationship with work (a modest word for disinterest and disengagement), social and environmental responsibilty (without bullshit, green or social-washing), sharing of the fruits of growth (at a time of great separation between the richest and everyone else), territorial re-anchoring (concomitant with the escape into digital).
With this festival, we hope to fuel the debate on the future of the business world in a unique way in a society that faces many crisis.
Some will see in this game the denunciation of a business world on the verge of burnout, damaged a little more each day by the abusive use of corporate vocabulary that has become unbearable for those who work there.
At Quartier Libre, we imagined this game with lightness so that everyone – especially the managers we support – can smile at this managerial verbiage and make fun of their own seriousness.
This will perhaps mark new ways of thinking and acting.
Some will see in this game the denunciation of a business world on the verge of burnout, damaged a little more each day by the abusive use of corporate vocabulary that has become unbearable for those who work there.
At Quartier Libre, we imagined this game with lightness so that everyone – especially the managers we support – can smile at this managerial verbiage and make fun of their own seriousness.
This will perhaps mark new ways of thinking and acting.
2021
Employees, consumers and citizens are calling for a real revolution: they want an economy that brings development and progress.
We believe that companies will die from their obsession with numbers, short termism and sacrosanct profitability - those famous pie charts stuck everywhere in insipid powerpoint slides.
Those who understand this and act differently now will be the winners of tomorrow's economic world.
We have written this manifesto to help companies - and their managers - not to disappear in the world to come.
Employees, consumers and citizens are calling for a real revolution: they want an economy that brings development and progress.
We believe that companies will die from their obsession with numbers, short termism and sacrosanct profitability - those famous pie charts stuck everywhere in insipid powerpoint slides.
Those who understand this and act differently now will be the winners of tomorrow's economic world.
We have written this manifesto to help companies - and their managers - not to disappear in the world to come.
How can workplaces be rethought in light of economic, societal, demographic, technological and environmental disruptions? Prospective reflections, case studies and a methodological guide for all those who do not want to have the same offices as their neighbours.
How can workplaces be rethought in light of economic, societal, demographic, technological and environmental disruptions? Prospective reflections, case studies and a methodological guide for all those who do not want to have the same offices as their neighbours.
2017
Partner of the Cercle du Leadership on its 2016 study cycle on the theme of leader engagement, Quartier Libre has co-piloted the work on the subjects of diversity and digital. This work has led to the publication of a book by the Archipel publishing house in early 2017.
Partner of the Cercle du Leadership on its 2016 study cycle on the theme of leader engagement, Quartier Libre has co-piloted the work on the subjects of diversity and digital. This work has led to the publication of a book by the Archipel publishing house in early 2017.
2016
In collaboration with le Cercle du Leadership, Quatier Libre will soon publish a survey about the shared economy and its impact on incumbent companies.
In collaboration with le Cercle du Leadership, Quatier Libre will soon publish a survey about the shared economy and its impact on incumbent companies.
2015
QL teamed up with 12 blue-chip industrial companies to produce a survey about brownfield regeneration.
QL teamed up with 12 blue-chip industrial companies to produce a survey about brownfield regeneration.
2015
Trend book on co-working spaces in France, Europe and the USA.
This amusing business glossary published by Quartier Libre presents, with humour, a list of forbidden terms and metaphors widely used in the corporate world. It sheds some light on the conformist and occasionally conventional reality of the business world.
This amusing business glossary published by Quartier Libre presents, with humour, a list of forbidden terms and metaphors widely used in the corporate world. It sheds some light on the conformist and occasionally conventional reality of the business world.
2013
This survey ordered by SFL and the Paris City Hall analyses how workspaces contribute to business success.
This survey ordered by SFL and the Paris City Hall analyses how workspaces contribute to business success.
2013
This second issue of QL’s review gives the floor to our community: executives, architects, artists, architects, artists, economists and writers. They share with us the urge to give a new perspective in a world on the brink of disruption.
This second issue of QL’s review gives the floor to our community: executives, architects, artists, architects, artists, economists and writers. They share with us the urge to give a new perspective in a world on the brink of disruption.
2014
This debut issue of Quartier Libre presents the genesis of our project. It tackles various topical subjects such as management responsibility and the industrial world evolution through the example of Detroit. It also explores broader themes such as philosophy and architecture.
This debut issue of Quartier Libre presents the genesis of our project. It tackles various topical subjects such as management responsibility and the industrial world evolution through the example of Detroit. It also explores broader themes such as philosophy and architecture.
2013
In our essay, presented as an "anti-management manual", we question the way most companies are run, and call for a managerial revolution.
In our essay, presented as an "anti-management manual", we question the way most companies are run, and call for a managerial revolution.
November 2020
Old-fashioned management is working less and less well. The "I decide, he executes" is more and more counterproductive.
Old-fashioned management is working less and less well. The "I decide, he executes" is more and more counterproductive.
September 2020
Learning expeditions: and why not in France? Quartier Libre offers some ideas on the subject.
Learning expeditions: and why not in France? Quartier Libre offers some ideas on the subject.
February 2020
In times of economic uncertainty... it's time to improvise! But not just any way.
Far from miracle methods or trendy techniques, we propose in this book seven lines of thought to invent the company of tomorrow. Saying stop to endless growth, rethinking its social and societal role, slowing down, daring to take risks, giving more room to employees and customers?
In times of economic uncertainty... it's time to improvise! But not just any way.
Far from miracle methods or trendy techniques, we propose in this book seven lines of thought to invent the company of tomorrow. Saying stop to endless growth, rethinking its social and societal role, slowing down, daring to take risks, giving more room to employees and customers?
Learning expeditions: why not to France? Quartier Libre draws up some reflections on the subject.
Learning expeditions: why not to France? Quartier Libre draws up some reflections on the subject.
february 2020
The social crisis of the global economic system opens the field to companies that will be the first to question themselves. And particularly to French companies.
The social crisis of the global economic system opens the field to companies that will be the first to question themselves. And particularly to French companies.
february 2020
Business in the 21st century: what changes, what gets stuck, what opens up. Release of our book "On ne pas diriger une boite avec des camemberts" (We don't run a company with pie charts) in February 2020.
Business in the 21st century: what changes, what gets stuck, what opens up. Release of our book "On ne pas diriger une boite avec des camemberts" (We don't run a company with pie charts) in February 2020.
february 2020
Long before the upheavals caused by the health crisis and its consequences on the organization of workspaces, Quartier Libre was questioning tue issue, at the microphone of Urban, Gecina's podcast that explores lifestyles, new needs and new uses emerging around offices.
How can the major players in the tertiary real-estate sector offer flexible spaces that can be modulated over more flexible timescales and better adapted to the evolution of new working practices? Find out more by clicking on the link.
Long before the upheavals caused by the health crisis and its consequences on the organization of workspaces, Quartier Libre was questioning tue issue, at the microphone of Urban, Gecina's podcast that explores lifestyles, new needs and new uses emerging around offices.
How can the major players in the tertiary real-estate sector offer flexible spaces that can be modulated over more flexible timescales and better adapted to the evolution of new working practices? Find out more by clicking on the link.
Find the podcast of the conference given by Quartier Libre on new workplaces during the Chaudron Inspiration Days at Camondo School in 2017.
Find the podcast of the conference given by Quartier Libre on new workplaces during the Chaudron Inspiration Days at Camondo School in 2017.
2017
Stream Building, winner of Réinventer Paris competition. Quartier Libre part of the team!
Stream Building, winner of Réinventer Paris competition. Quartier Libre part of the team!
may 2016
Nighttime is gaining importance as urban territories grow across the world and as traffic congestion and pollution peak. In our rapidly urbanizing society, QL analyses the realm of nighttime as a strategic field for exploration, organization and growth, for both public and private players.
Nighttime is gaining importance as urban territories grow across the world and as traffic congestion and pollution peak. In our rapidly urbanizing society, QL analyses the realm of nighttime as a strategic field for exploration, organization and growth, for both public and private players.
march 2015
This 3rd Issue of STREAM review « Inhabiting the Anthropocene” explores the future of cities. Quartier Libre, a member of the editorial committee, publishes
« new old cities vs. old new cities: the city of what future? ».
This 3rd Issue of STREAM review « Inhabiting the Anthropocene” explores the future of cities. Quartier Libre, a member of the editorial committee, publishes
« new old cities vs. old new cities: the city of what future? ».
INfluencia, French brand and trends review, explores the future of cities. Quartier Libre publishes a report on Songdo (South Korea).
INfluencia, French brand and trends review, explores the future of cities. Quartier Libre publishes a report on Songdo (South Korea).
september 2014
This 2nd Issue of STREAM review, « After-Office » explores the future of work. Quartier Libre, a member of the editorial committee, publishes « do organizations still need a work place? ».
This 2nd Issue of STREAM review, « After-Office » explores the future of work. Quartier Libre, a member of the editorial committee, publishes « do organizations still need a work place? ».
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