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Covid-19 is accelerating our working landscape

By Adam Steel 20 : 03 : 2020 Office : Flexible Office : Covid-19

The fallout from Covid-19 has transformed not only how people in the UK work but where, marking a major turning point for how organisations operate.

Covid-19 is accelerating our working landscape

Webinar: Covid-19 Future Planning:

A 30-minute webinar examining the pandemic’s impact across key sectors, and the steps to future-proof strategies for your organisation...

Society : Covid-19 : Retail

Positive Barriers:

Designers are reframing the visual language of social distancing, using colour and familiar materials to encourage safer navigation of...

Health : Wellness : Covid-19

Reworking the Workplace:

Inter-pandemic, the workplace is undergoing a reconceptualisation, from the systems and layout of the workspace, to materials and...

Workplace : Technology : Health And Wellness

Epidemic Retail Futures:

How will retailers in 2025 cater for future viral outbreaks and enable consumers to move effortlessly in and out of lockdown periods?

Inter-covid : Scenario : Retail

Will Covid quell fashion’s ‘more is more’ mindset?:

With smaller brands struggling to stay afloat and larger brands left with stock but no demand, the pandemic could push fashion toward a...

Fashion : Retail : Sustainability

Inter-Covid Fashion:

In the inter-Covid period, fashion choices are becoming informed by health and safety concerns, resulting in hygiene-first threads and...

Fashion : Covid-19 : Health

Coca-Cola posits an optimistic new normal:

Its latest campaign, Open Like Never Before, highlights the mindset shifts that have occurred during the pandemic, encouraging optimism...

Society : Campaign : Advertising

Retailers must digitise fashion for the Covid era:

Bruno Antunes Luis, co-founder of Gaspard + Bruno, on how hyper-real digital solutions offer untapped ways to experience and interact...

Fashion : Technology : Retail

Augmented Restaurants:

Augmented reality is creating unconventional, interactive dining experiences that bridge the gap between physical and digital environments.

Food & Drink : Social Media : Technology

The post-pandemic future of Beauty & Wellness:

Michel Brousset, the founder and CEO of incubator Waldencast, predicts a future of hyper-local retail, bioscience beauty and safeguarded...

Beauty : Health & Wellness : Sustainability

Health justice will shape our future cities:

Araceli Camargo, co-founder of Centric Lab, on its work and the civil movement to address urban health inequalities and ensure future...

Architecture : Future Cities : Health

Brazil’s communities are teaching brands a resilience lesson:

With the government failing to meet their expectations, Brazil’s informal settlements are carving their own path through Covid-19 – and...

Covid-19 : Resilience Culture : Society

Stat: Pandemic-struck Generation Z move back  home:

In a  recent study, online real estate database company Zillow reveals how American Generation Z are saving money by moving in with...

Money : Society : Finance

Recuperative Living:

In the aftermath of Covid-19, consumers’ collective concerns about hygiene, wellbeing and immunity will drive new directions in beauty...

Beauty : Health : Wellness

A pandemic-proof bunker for subterranean living:

Sergey Makhno Architects have created Underground House Plan B, an underground concrete home envisaged as crisis-proof dwellings.

Architecture : Covid-19 : Coronavirus

The Purgo turns hand sanitising into a sensory experience:

Design agency Echo has created a series of conceptual designs to re-imagine hand sanitation in public places.

Health & Wellness : Covid-19 : Coronavirus

Pandemic Dining Market:

As they respond to the coronavirus, restaurateurs have an opportunity to redesign future dining spaces and reclaim their role in the...

Restaurants : Covid-19 : Food & Drink

The imperfect voices of quarantine cooking:

As consumers turn to home cooking as a source of comfort during crisis, culinary experts are championing a slower, simpler and more...

Food : Home Eatertainment : Covid-19

Inter-Covid hospitality:

Amid a tourism drought, hotels are repurposing their vacant rooms to cater for consumers seeking shelter, safety and privacy.

Hospitality : Travel : Health

Decentralised Care:

With the world facing a crisis of health, new micro-societies are emerging that infuse local communities with solidarity, trust and care.

Health : Covid-19 : Wellness

Squadded recreates the mall effect online:

Elysa Kahn, co-founder of Squadded, highlights the potential for the new social e-commerce solution and the difference between shopping...

Retail : Fashion : E-commerce

The post-Covid consumer: hedonistic or minimalist?:

Brands and businesses must prepare for polarised responses to the pandemic as established consumer paradigms are either accelerated or...

Retail : Covid-19 : Coronavirus

A home-sharing revolution for a post-Covid world:

Martin Rosengaard, co-founder of Human Hotel, on how inner-city adventures and serendipitous home-sharing will shape post-pandemic travel.

Travel : Hospitality : Tourism

We must rethink hotel design for a brave new world:

Luxury hotels are being challenged to swap opulent interiors for considered spaces and hygienic materials in order to future-proof the...

Luxury : Hospitality : Travel

In lockdown, experiential retail is screwed. Or is it?:

With the physical world shutting down, it’s even more imperative that online retailers turn transactional web interactions into experiences.

Retail : Customer Experience : Technology

Re-imagining hype: post-Covid menswear mindsets:

The current pandemic is driving street and menswear aficionados to re-evaluate their relationship with luxury and clout, amplifying a...

Fashion : Luxury : Covid-19

Pandemic-proof Properties:

Lockdown has highlighted the health impacts of life in isolation. We forecast how the design of our future homes and interiors will...

Future Home : Architecture : Covid-19

Urban Wellness Market:

Consumers are re-appraising what it means to be well. Post-Covid-19, they will demand higher levels of urban health and more civic...

Wellness : Smog Life : Covid-19

Virtual sanctuaries:

From phygital spas to virtual hot springs, traditional wellness spaces are being rethought to combine ancient wellbeing...

Virtual Reality : Luxury Beauty : Beauty

Covid-19 Contingency Planning:

Learn the immediate impacts of Covid-19 across key sectors, and discover best-in-class case studies and future considerations for your...

Covid-19 : Society : Health

What lies in store for retail post-Covid-19:

Jeff Kindleysides, founder of design studio Checkland Kindleysides, discusses Covid-19’s impact on experiential retail, brand...

Retail : Society : Brand Communication

Covid-19 is reframing the meaning of luxury:

With luxury reeling from Covid-19’s impact on sales, international tourism and events, four industry experts share their vision of...

Luxury : Retail : Health

Four ways travel brands can become pandemic-proof:

With the tourism industry on pause for the foreseeable future, explore four strategies to help travel and hospitality brands survive...

Travel : Hospitality : Covid-19

Covid-19 has brought chaos – and vast new possibilities:

With existing systems crumbling, businesses will need to quickly recalibrate, using fear as a positive catalyst to create future-fit...

Retail : Society : Covid-19

The productivity paradox of self-isolation:

As the world adapts to life in isolation, brands operating in an accelerated capacity are spouting self-improvement and productivity –...

Advertising : Retail : Covid-19

Covid-19 is accelerating our working landscape:

The fallout from Covid-19 has transformed not only how people in the UK work but where, marking a major turning point for how...

Office : Flexible Office : Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic will reshape travel as we know it:

Travel has become meaningless. Now, the Covid-19 pandemic has granted travel brands an opportunity to contemplate – and moralise –...

Travel : Hospitality : Covid-19

Sacrificial Advertising:

With a quarter of the world’s population in lockdown, brands are sacrificing typical marketing messages for campaigns that promote...

Advertising : Society : Covid-19

Virtual Happy Hours:

Amid Covid-19 and self-isolation, digital tools combined with delivery services are reframing drinking at home as a positive,...

Drink : Society : Retail

The digital future of Fashion Weeks:

The impact of Covid-19 and growing climate concerns are pushing luxury and fashion brands to technology that digitises the runway and...

Fashion : Luxury : Retail

Generation Homebody:

Staying in is in. From TikTok bedroom dance-offs to CBD-infused bath bombs, the home has become Generation Z’s ultimate hangout.

Youth : Fashion : Wellbeing

Covid-19: Bleach brings home the salon experience:

Bleach London has launched a virtual hair salon experience to help guide isolated consumers through at-home hair maintenance.

Beauty : Covid-19 : Retail

Stat: Lockdown boosts live-stream retail in China:

According to research by Taobao Live, Alibaba Group’s dedicated live-streaming channel has continued to grow during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Covid-19 : Coronavirus : Retail

Home Eatertainment:

Changing dining dynamics have created a new convenience culture focused on elevating the experience and enjoyment of eating and drinking...

Food : Convivial : Convenience

Covid-19: Haus creates bespoke aperitifs to support restaurants:

The direct-to-consumer brand of aperitifs has collaborated with nine US restaurants to create a range of bespoke blends.

Food : Drink : New York

Covid-19: JD.com takes clubbing online for self-isolators:

JD.com is creating an online clubbing experience in collaboration with major alcohol brands.

Technology : Music : Alcohol

Resilience Culture:

We have been living in an age of self-censorship, hyper-safe spaces and social comfort zones. But as global anxieties abound, a...

Wellness : Health : Travel

Covid-19: A sterilisation lamp designed for the home:

Frank Chou hopes the lamp will fight the spread of bacteria on everyday items such as phones, keys and wallets.

Design : Health : Wellness

Club Quarantäne is a virtual sanctuary for isolated clubbers:

Club Quarantäne is a live-streamed virtual club delivered by Invisible Hand on Resident Advisor.

Media : Online : Online Shopping

Reimagining public transport for the inter-Covid era:

Bus operator Arrival has unveiled a zero-emissions bus designed to make public transport more sustainable, while prioritising public health.

Mobility : Covid-19 : Coronavirus

Covid-19: Snapchat filters for safe social distancing:

Snapchat has released a new augmented reality (AR) lens to help people remain at a safe, two-metre distance from others during the...

Media : Technology : Digital

Covid-19: Bottega Veneta’s hopeful virtual residency:

Bottega Veneta has launched a virtual residency featuring different creatives from a range of disciplines, aiming to provide comfort and...

Luxury : Technology : Customer Experience

Stat: US citizens are optimistic about travel in 2020:

A new survey by LuggageHero has shown that more than 75% of Americans still intend to travel in 2020.

Travel : Hospitality : Tourism

Covid-19: Carlo Ratti creates ICUs from shipping containers:

Carlo Ratti Associati has designed an intensive care pod in a shipping container that could be added to hospitals fighting the...

Covid-19 : Coronavirus : Intensive Care

Covid-19: Quarantine Together is a more focused approach to dating:

The dating app requests that users log on at 6:00pm daily to be matched with potential dates.

Mobile Dating : Dating App : Covid-19

Stat: US lockdown prompts new superfood favourites:

According to research by food tech firm Chicory, US citizens are increasingly interested in superfood ingredients as they navigate a new...

Superfood : Food : Natural Ingredients

Covid-19: Shift’s market for safe social distance:

Shift Architecture Urbanism has developed a model for a street food market that allows people to buy fresh produce while remaining...

Food & Drink : Architecture : Augmented Reality

Covid-19: A soap for 20-second hand-washing:

Creative agency Verve has created an innovative soap product to develop positive habits around hand-washing.

Covid-19 : Health : Campaign

Covid-19: Short-term rentals could save Japan’s marriages:

Rental company Kasoku is supporting couples during lockdown by providing short-term rentals as a place of respite.

Society : Health And Wellness : Rental Market

Stat: Britons have an appetite for change after Covid-19:

A study by YouGov has revealed that only 9% of Britons want life to return to normal after the lockdown is lifted.

Covid-19 : Society : Resilience

Covid-19: Wheel of Foreplay prompts isolated intimacy:

The online ‘spin the wheel’ game allows individuals, couples and distanced partners to remain intimate during the coronavirus lockdown.

Health : Technology : Society

Covid-19: A virus-proof suit for post-pandemic partying:

Production Club has designed a virus-proof, half-body suit concept to allow socialising without distancing.

Covid-19 : Coronavirus : Fashion

A portable sanitation kit for public hygiene:

Designer Kiran Zhu has created a cleanliness package to improve public health habits following the pandemic.

Health & Wellness : Beauty : Covid-19

Covid-19: Office spaces for socially distant employees:

Cushman & Wakefield has designed a conceptual new office space to help its clients prepare for employees to return to work post-lockdown.

Covid-19 : Coronavirus : Workspace

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Aircraft interiors that play on colour psychology

PriestmanGoode has unveiled a new concept for aircraft interiors in the inter-Covid period.

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Stat: Pinterest searches show a rise in future planning

While Pinterest has provided a sense of comfort around wellbeing and self-care during the pandemic, people are now using the site to plan ahead as part of their new normal.

Society : Covid-19 : Coronavirus

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Stat: China pushes milk consumption for increased immunity

Chinese officials are focusing on dairy as a core element of people’s diets amid health and immunity concerns.

Drink : Society : Covid-19

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Wanda Box elevates at-home global dining

The experiential dining kit provides flavours, sounds and items to help people recreate restaurant-style tastes and ambience at home.

Food : Drink : Home Eatertainment

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Anti-microbial denim that’s safer for stores

Premium eco-denim brand Warp + Weft and sister label DL1961 have teamed up with Swiss textile technology company HeiQ to create anti-microbial garments.

Fashion : Multifunctional : Fashion Tech

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This remote office immerses workers in nature

Design studio Livit has created a detached office allowing remote workers to immerse themselves directly in nature.

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Stat: Pandemic forces Americans to rethink future grocery shopping

Following Covid-19, a majority of American consumers believe there won’t be a return to  the  old ways of grocery shopping. 

Food : Covid-19 : Coronavirus

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Safety-first sensory shopping by StudioXAG

StudioXAG imagines a future retail experience centred around hygiene-first, immersive shopping.

Retail : Covid-19 : Coronavirus

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Raw and real: a new era for influencer marketing

A migration towards smaller influencers more deeply in touch with their audiences will shape how brands work in the years ahead.

Retail : Covid-19 : Feedback Frontiers

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This campsite brings Nordic hygge to Japan

Danish outdoors company Nordisk is creating a hygge-inspired campsite in Ugakei, Japan.

Travel : Luxury : Hospitality

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Stat: Cinemas still hold appeal for Generation Z

A new global study by market research firm Dynata reveals how the post-lockdown attitude to cinemas differs across demographics.

Youth : Society : Covid-19

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Stat: China’s HNWIs power through the pandemic

A study by Agility Research & Strategy reveals that HNWIs in Asia continue to feel positive about their financial prospects.

Luxury : Covid-19 : Coronavirus

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An energy bar for Covid-wary commuters

Home Run is a plant-based energy bar aimed at physically active commuters who want to avoid public transport.

Food : Health And Wellness : Covid-19

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Anti-viral hand cream for sanitised skin

Recherché has launched a hand cream combining sanitiser with moisturising qualities as a response to the drying effect of regular hand sanitation.

Beauty : Wellness : Covid-19

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Stat: Young people embrace veganism amid Covid-19

Research by Mintel has shown that Covid-19 has made a vegan diet more appealing to young British Millennials.

Food : Covid-19 : Coronavirus

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