In 2014, Utah saw 70,000 people come together to revel in the two-day Hindu festival of colours known as Holi. With a crowd that was more Mormon than Hindu, the occasion highlighted how the religious event has been embraced by people of all backgrounds. How has Holi gone hipster?

Instagram has more than 400 million active users and half of the top ten accounts belong to musicians. Now, a new study has quantified the relationship between musicians and fans – and the outlook is lucrative. It’s proven that Instagrammers spend more money and time on music.

We know that seamless payments can affect how we splash out, but could they also impact how we feel about the things we’re buying? Canvas8 sat down with Dr. Avni Shah, co-author of ‘Paper or Plastic?’, to understand how the method by which we pay influences product satisfaction and brand loyalty.

Influential, artistic and politically engaged, Afropunks embody a bold new approach to identity, music, art and fashion. In the seventh of a series exploring Gen Y and Z tribes, Andrea Graham Richeson looks at a new brand of ‘black cool’ that comes in many different packages.