On July 3rd Weiden+Kennedy unveiled their design for the Concept Store windows to celebrate Selfridges’ 100th anniversary: Future A-Z 2109.

The display consists of a series of products that might be for sale at Selfridges ten years from now:

H is for HAPPY FRUIT
100% natural antidepressant. Packed full of serotonin, the natural antidote to S.A.D., global sadness and other depressive disorders.

M is for MOON FLOWERS
Harvested from the Selfridges lunar fields. Flowers arrive fresh every day. Gravity-proofed and naturally luminescent. Do not water.

P is for PORTA-WOMB
Retain your figure throughout pregnancy. Unisex design. Convenient cord tidy. Ask for details at the Pop-Up Surgery.

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However, there is no design for X.

Submit your design here by Sunday 26th July and your Idea X will be displayed at Selfridges for thousands to see for most of August.  On top of that, you’ll recieve a £500 Selfridges gift card - not bad.  Judges include Dr Frances Corner – Professor of Art and Design Education at the London College of Fashion, Patrick Burgoyne – Editor of Creative Review and Linda Hewson – Selfridges head of creative.

Get futureshopping.

What did the future look like in the past?

That’s the question that led Matt Novak to become a self-professed “accidental expert” on past visions of the future.

The above image is entitled “Going to the Opera in the Year 2000″, and dates from 1882.  I’m sure it’s a familiar scene to any opera-goers among you.  Or not.

For more entertaining yet erroneous predictions, visit Paleofuture.com.

Back in the heady days of 2008, when most people thought ‘Credit Crunch’ was a cereal, Weiden+Kennedy launched a competition to design a customised Nokia Bluetooth headset. Entrants were invited to either use the design palette made available on Nokia’s subsite, or download a template and toy with it using whatever tools they so wished.

The winning designs were turned into fully-functioning headsets, and can be seen close-up in Kanye West’s blog. They are, of course, available in places other than Kanye West’s blog, but why you’d go to such a place when you could go to Kanye West’s blog is, frankly, beyond me.

The headsets are currently on display in the W+K London offices, before being moved to Nokia’s Regent street store, where they’ll be showcased in a couple of weeks.