Identities

An essential resource tracking directions in diversity, inclusion, women futures, evolving masculinity, spirituality, neuro-diversity, ability and disability.

Redefining Mid-life

Viewpoints

Redefining Mid-life

Journalist, author and founder of Noon, Eleanor Mills, sits down with LS:N Global to discuss what brands get wrong about midlife and why Gen X wome...
Women's Health : Empowerment : Menopause
Grassroots Game Days

Design Directions

Grassroots Game Days

As women’s football (soccer) is flooded with media attention and greater funding, players and designers are driving a new visual language paying ho...
Sports & Leisure : Fashion : Advertising & Branding
New Ways of Seeing 2025: Embracing Multiplicity in Modern Creativity

Big Ideas

New Ways of Seeing 2025: Embracing Multiplicity in Modern Creativity

For the cross-pollination of ideas and alternative viewpoints, look no further than New Ways of Seeing 2025, a festival of creative thinking spanni...
Design : Culture & Media : Technology
The Great Beauty Blur

Macro Trends

The Great Beauty Blur

Beauty has become monotonous, influenced by powerful algorithms that entrench long-standing ideals. Its future depends on embracing complexity, fri...
Beauty : Health & Wellness : Technology
Belonging Bars

Micro Trends

Belonging Bars

Once defined by masculinity and bravado, the sports bar is being re-imagined to welcome audiences long excluded from sports culture, creating inclu...
Women's Sports : Inclusivity : Fan Culture
Communal Living Market

Markets

Communal Living Market

Once a fringe experiment, communal living is entering the mainstream. From multigenerational households to co-buying with friends, people are redef...
Future Spaces : Society : Health & Wellness
Future Five 2026: Identities

Micro Trends

Future Five 2026: Identities

It’s a turbulent time for identity around the world. While expressions of spirituality and sexual desire are becoming normalised elements of modern...
Youth : Identities : Society
ADHD and the Attention Economy

Markets

ADHD and the Attention Economy

Soaring ADHD diagnoses are fuelling demand for non-medicinal interventions, with therapeutic gaming, functional music and non-invasive nerve stimul...
Design : Health & Wellness : Technology
Black Creativity Must Move From Collabs to Ownership

Viewpoints

Black Creativity Must Move From Collabs to Ownership

Brands crave the cultural capital of Black creatives – but it’s time to move beyond collaboration. Normalising Black ownership is the next step, wr...
Advertising : Pop Culture & Media : Fashion
Masculinity Reset Retreats

Micro Trends

Masculinity Reset Retreats

The wellness industry is shedding old stereotypes through men’s mental wellbeing retreats that reframe masculinity around mindfulness, movement and...
Health & Wellness : Society : Travel & Hospitality
Innovation Debrief 2025: Sober Socials

Micro Trends

Innovation Debrief 2025: Sober Socials

Amid digital overload, consumers are seeking moments of connection away from the internet. But for many, sobriety, connection and affordability are...
Society : Sports & Leisure : Youth
Innovation Debrief 2025: Automated Accessibility

Micro Trends

Innovation Debrief 2025: Automated Accessibility

Although calls to defund diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across the US are growing louder, tech innovators continue to develop cu...
Beauty : Technology : Wearables
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