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We must rethink hotel design for a brave new world

By David T'KInt 15 : 05 : 2020 Luxury : Hospitality : Travel

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

We must rethink hotel design for a brave new world

A socially-distant dating kit to enhance virtual connections:

Digital dating app Hinge has launched a virtual date night kit to elevate inter-Covid courtship.

Dating : App : Virtual

Huckletree champions inter-Covid start-up culture:

For its latest campaign, small business accelerator Huckletree commemorates the perseverance of start-ups during the pandemic.

Workplace : Elastic Bands : Campaign

Vistaprint showcases the resilience of small businesses:

The online printing firm’s Ready for Anything campaign highlights how small businesses can change their offer after experiencing...

Advertising : Branding : Covid-19

A sanitising streetlight offers hope for public gatherings:

Design agency Studio Roosegaarde is proposing a sanitising streetlight to protect against Covid-19.

Technology : Health & Wellness : Society

Stream our Inter-Covid Roadmap Webinar:

One year on from the first European lockdowns, this webinar looks at what new opportunities await global brands and businesses in the...

Society : Covid-19 : Webinar

Inter-Covid Roadmap 2021:

With the Covid-19 vaccine rollout offering a chance to rebuild our societies and economies, a host of new opportunities await brands and...

Covid-19 : Society : Health

A hygienic interface for the touchscreens of tomorrow:

Innovation agency Special Projects has created an algorithmic concept that dramatically reduces our contact with public self-checkouts.

Retail : Technology : Health And Wellness

Stat: The pandemic boosted US business start-ups in 2020:

Despite the pandemic often being associated with a struggling retail market and sharp decline in small businesses, the US has seen a...

Society : Covid-19 : New Businesses

An outdoor theatre for socially distanced shows:

The Vertical Theatre by entertainment architecture and design company Stufish is a free-standing structure designed to accommodate...

Architecture : Design : Covid-19

Social distancing tableware elevates inter-Covid dining:

Design studio Boir is releasing a conceptual tableware collection for socially distant dining.

Dining : Food : Drink

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

Stat: Private-label groceries thrive during the pandemic:

Many consumers’ shopping habits are changing as they choose private-label goods over their preferred brands.

Retail : Stat : Statistic

An anti-microbial coating to ease fears about touch:

Strategic agency Designsake Studio is launching Matter, an anti-microbial coating to provide protection from high-touch surfaces.

Health : Wellness : Covid-19

ClassPass branches into at-home beauty:

Flexible fitness membership platform ClassPass is expanding with on-demand beauty and wellness services.

Beauty : At Home Wellness : Recuperative Living

Safety-first sensory shopping by StudioXAG:

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

Retail : Covid-19 : Coronavirus

Transparency means business in the Covid age:

Covid-19 brings an opportunity for brands to radicalise a generation of recycling moderates into consumers that demand transparency from...

Packaging : Retail : Sustainability

Microsoft wants to digitise the daily commute:

Microsoft Teams software will soon encourage workers to engage in a virtual daily commute.

Technology : Workplace : Covid-19

Stat: Britons turn to local produce during Covid-19:

New research from Barclays finds that one quarter of Britons now suggest they buy produce in local shops and farm stores.

Retail : Food : Drink

Inspiring social distancing with the No Douche Bag:

A simple tote bag is designed to promote safer travelling on public transport.

Retail : Travel : Public Transport

MasqueBAR tackles ‘maskne’ with under-mask solution:

Skincare brand MasqueBAR has launched a skincare mask designed to be worn under face masks, intending to soothe consumers suffering with...

Beauty : Health : Wellness

Good Measures uplifts pandemic wayfinding:

Good Measures is a new company offering design-first wayfinding for the inter-Covid period.

The Future Workplace : Architecture : Covid-19

Diesel personalises jeans with 2020’s cancelled plans:

The fashion brand is encouraging people to celebrate the unexpected memories made in 2020, by capturing cancelled plans on custom-made...

Fashion : Retail : Covid-19

Stat: Millennials prioritise home ownership amid Covid-19:

The pandemic has made future home ownership a priority for US Millennials.

Society : Stat : Statistic

Off-price Retail Strategies:

To counteract the surplus stock resulting from Covid-19 closures and slower spending, brands are innovating with new off-price retail...

Retail : Pricing : Luxury

Hygienic cinema seating for inter-Covid screenings:

Sequel Seat is a premium cinema seat that incorporates increased hygiene features.

Media : Entertainment : Design

A Covid-proof smart city for lockdown living:

Spanish architects Guallart are designing a self-sufficient smart city for future lockdowns in China.

Society : Architecture : Wellness

This is what real disruption looks like:

Covid-19 has given the world a glimpse of what true disruption looks like. Now, it should change how businesses think about disruption...

Covid-19 : Design : Society

NiceSeats makes air travel more hygienic:

NiceSeats is empowering consumers to take hygiene into their own hands with its fabric seat covers for air travel.

Travel : Hospitality : Health And Wellness

Anti-viral fabric for the inter-Covid era:

IFTNA (Intelligent Fabric Technologies North America) creates anti-viral textile solutions. Giancarlo Beevis, CEO, discusses the...

Fashion : Materials : Covid-19

Stat: At-home socialising becomes the new normal:

A new global study by Accenture highlights how people are seeking brands that tailor their products and services to the Homebody Economy.

Retail : Society : Covid-19

Upgrading urban mobility for the pandemic age:

With public transport use declining worldwide, innovators reveal how more sustainable approaches to mobility will flourish in the cities...

Transport : Health & Wellness : Smog Life

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

IKEA’s at-home imagination travel kits:

Ikea UAE is encouraging customers to use the home as a form of cultural escape with its ‘vacation in a box’ concept.

Travel And Hospitality : Retail : Covid-19

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

A bench for socially distant city living:

Benched is a new public design intervention created by Buro Bordo and Studio 212 Fahrenheit which symbolises social distancing through a...

Society : Health : Wellness

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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Masks for Good positively upcycles PPE waste

Creative agency Backlash is launching Masks for Good – a social initiative that turns disposable PPE into new products, while supporting local community projects.

Retail : Covid-19 : Community

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Youthforia’s make-up embraces the pleasure revolution

Cosmetics brand Youthforia is reclaiming the fun associated with applying make-up and appealing to a sense of hedonism emerging in the inter-Covid period.

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Stat: US youth feel apprehensive about socialising again

As real-life social interactions restart following vaccine roll-outs in the US, research by YouGov finds that young Americans are feeling nervous about socialising again.

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Stat: Health and fitness apps prospered in 2020

The number of health and fitness apps available in the past year has risen amid increasing demand for at-home solutions.

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Jeep’s far-flung office for wandering workers

Car brand Jeep is encouraging Australians to experience remote working in an off-grid, purpose-built home office.

Mobility : Travel & Hospitality : Workplace

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Stat: Americans rekindle their appetite for restaurant dining

Younger US consumers have consistently felt comfortable eating at restaurants in the inter-Covid period, according to research by Morning Consult.

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Stat: E-commerce carbon impact is a concern for shoppers

As online shopping continues to grow, consumers are demanding greater sustainability efforts from retailers, according to a European study by UPS.

Statistic : E-commerce : Carbon Neutral

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Stat: US consumers are becoming more values-driven

American consumers are changing their shopping habits to reflect more conscious mindsets, according to a survey by Shopkick.

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Stat: Deodorant usage declines among young consumers

While sales of personal cleanliness products like soap have grown in the past year, deodorant sales have declined, particularly among young consumers.

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Stat: UK music festivals prepare for summer of hedonism

Following the UK government’s announcement on easing Covid-19 lockdown measures in summer 2021, event ticket sellers have seen booking rates soar.

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Stat: Global tourists seek more purposeful travel

Consumers across the globe are eager to align their travel experiences with purpose-driven values, according to research by American Express.

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Forget advertising campaigns and branded content. All eyes are on the inner workings of your business – and how seamlessly it can adapt.

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Stat: Spending on household cleaning products soars

A survey by insights firm NCSolutions reveals pandemic-related changes in behaviour among US consumers.

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Stat: UK social inequality worsens amid Covid-19

Most people in the UK believe Covid-19 has had an impact on the nation’s inequality, according to research by YouGov.

Stat : Society : Covid-19

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BBC Radio 2 celebrates the role of radio in families

BBC Radio 2 has unveiled a campaign depicting its radio DJs as an extended member of British families, to show the vital role of radio during the pandemic.

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