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Toxic design

London – Radioactive waste has been transformed into minimalist 'rare earthenware' vases by design studio Unknown Fields Division.

What Is Luxury? : V&A : Victoria And Albert Museum

Design Directions

Biocol Labs

Big pharma doesn’t have to mean bad pharma, according to Biocol Labs, a healthcare laboratory that develops all-natural nutraceuticals.

Biocol Labs : Studio AH-HA : Supplements

Big Ideas

Key themes from Techfestival 2019

From citizens reclaiming data to positive endings, this year’s event was a global pledge to improve the future relationship between humans and tech...

Media : Technology : Dislocated World

Viewpoints

Dove is rewriting the rules of female beauty

Sophie Galvani, global vice-president of Dove, on smashing stereotypes and celebrating beauty idiosyncrasies in the age of Algorithmic Beauty.

Beauty : Female Futures : Media

Micro Trends

Rejuvenation Haircare

A new generation of haircare tools are actively working to improve hair quality and health, making hair damage from heat styling a thing of the past.

Beauty : Wellness : Haircare

Viewpoints

Evrythng’s quest to make a trillion products traceable

Niall Murphy, CEO and co-founder of Evrythng, is on a mission to give every item manufactured each year a unique ID that will bring benefits to bra...

Retail : Technology : Traceability

Big Ideas

CES 2016 Review: Part 2

Part two of our CES show review looks at how the conference has evolved to become more than a place for eager technologists to show off their lates...

CES : International CES : FFZero1

Communities

The Upstreamists

Fuelled by the backlash against clean eating, these food and drink consumers reject fad diets and treat food as nourishment.

Food And Drink : Health : Food And Drink Futures

Big Ideas

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Review

The biennale’s theme, Reporting From the Front, focused on the tangible effects that architecture can have on solving current human and ecological ...

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 : Responsible Luxury : Migrant Crisis

Communities

The Conscious Decelerators

This community of wellness pioneers are looking to slow down and return to more holistic forms of wellbeing that will help them to carve out a new ...

Health : Wellness : Conscious Deceleration

Markets

Redesigning Higher Education Spaces

From fostering wellbeing to embracing climate consciousness and immersive tech, we explore how higher education spaces are evolving to meet the div...

Higher Education : Future Of Education : Remote Learning

Markets

Tech futures

As excited as consumers in the UK are about technology in the far future, new research suggests that exciting, enabling technologies are likely to ...

3D Printing : Home Robotics : Technology

Viewpoints

The workplace of 2030 will be Web 3.0

Tina He and Mind Apivessa, co-founders of Station, are empowering and upskilling regular internet users into the Web 3.0 workforce of the future.

Youth : Media : Technology

Big Ideas

Four key themes from CES 2019

Key talking points from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas included the next generation of AI, embedding transparency into technolo...

CES 2019 : Technology : Artificial Intelligence

Big Ideas

Is the future of corner shops socially conscious retail?

Rachel Krupa, founder of The Goods Mart, on curating a new type of socially conscious convenience store that is driving positive change at a commun...

Convenience : Retail : Community

Markets

Convenience Culture: Part 1

The meaning of convenience in relation to food is changing. LS:N Global examines the drivers that are shifting expectations of what fast, on-the-go...

Convenience Culture : Delivery : Food & Drink

News

Today’s headlines, including Nikelab’s dystopian digital aesthetic

In today’s daily digest: Browns East taps into genderless retail, Cava offers bespoke loyalty rewards, Saudi Arabia as a tourist destination and ot...

Fashion : Luxury : Sustainability

Design Directions

GeoVector

By geotagging real-world products with digital information, San Francisco-based technology company GeoVector is blurring the line between the physi...

Geo-tagging : Augmented Reality : GeoVector

Big Ideas

SXSW 2024: Designing Superbrands

From Mattel to Looney Tunes and Apple, superbrands used the SXSW 2024 stage to reveal the best insights from their future-proofed design and brandi...

Design : Brand Strategy : SXSW

Markets

Alternative Education Market

As parents and institutions become increasingly frustrated by Silicon Valley’s attempts to disrupt the classroom, new educational models are emergi...

Youth : Wellness : Learning

Trend Tracker

Rurban Revolution

Identified by LS:N Global in 2010, Rurban = rural + urban. City dwellers are rejecting the impersonal bigness of globalisation and corporations, ...

Urban : Local : Growing

Markets

Kids’ Snack Market

Functional ingredients, re-imagined childhood classics and gastro gaming innovations are shaping the future of the kids’ snack aisle.

Youth : Food&Drink : Indulgence

Markets

Pricing Strategies: Part 2

Through a combination of data-collection and changing consumer demand, artificial intelligence is bringing new value to the idea of dynamic pricing.

Retail : Fashion : Food

Design Directions

Fernando Laposse: Food and product design

As the realms of food, product and design continue to converge, Mexican multidisciplinary designer Fernando Laposse is building a reputation for hi...

Fernando Laposse : Multidisciplinary Designer : Ephemeral

Micro Trends

Fast (Conscious) Fashion

With convenience often outweighing consciousness, a series of new apps are making it easier to integrate sustainable fashion choices into consumers...

Fast Fashion : Sustainability : Upcycling

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