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Milan Design Week 2023: A Future for Alternative Energy

At Milan Design Week 2023, brands and creatives tackled the global energy crisis head on, offering tangible solutions through the lenses of urban l...

Design : Architecture : Technology

Micro Trends

Nature Stakeholders

As companies face growing criticism for climate inaction, some organisations are paving the way forward by electing nature as a legal stakeholder.

Sustainability : Nature : Faith In Nature

Micro Trends

Anti-travel Airlines

Under pressure to diversify revenue streams, airlines are creating customer experiences that aren’t limited by travel restrictions.

Travel : Airlines : Tourism

Micro Trends

Everyday Cryptocurrencies

As cryptocurrencies gain mainstream traction, finance brands are facilitating their everyday use while educating consumers about how these digital ...

FinTech : Finance : Cryptocurrencies

Daily Signals

An emotive game that addresses automation and a dynamic logo

Chance Agency brings emotion into game play, Pentagram represents Cytora’s services with a fluid design, a Google Assistant phone line for Colombians.

Mental Health : Branding : Retail

Big Ideas

Antonia Opiah addresses the politics of black hair

The founder of Un-ruly discusses the launch of an at-home hairstyling service and how it reflects the inequalities of the beauty industry.

Beauty : Marketing : Digital

Daily Signals

Ovation focuses on cosmetic eyecare, Amazon invests in voice

Chinese tourists look to conquer the Arctic, Unicef appeals to a younger generation of benefactors, the global used clothes industry is on the decl...

Youth : Technology : Apparel

Daily Signals

LS:N Global rounds up the key findings from Web Summit Lisbon

Web Summit Lisbon 2017: Uber and Waymo show the future of mobility, Joseph Lubin on the power of cryptocurrency, catering for African consumers...

Technology : Mobility : Finance

Daily Signals

Google Poly creates new possibilities for AR, and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Samsung takes a swipe at Apple, Ixcela optimises the body through the gut, Airlabs tackles indoor pollution and other stor...

Digital : Technology : Advertising

Daily Signals

Today’s briefing including FKA twigs’ Instagram zine

In today’s daily digest: Rolls-Royce designs dashboard for art-lovers, Bruxel Waffle adopts edible wrappers, anti-US sentiment on the rise in Mexic...

Youth : Luxury : Auto

Markets

Brazil Travel & Hospitality Market

Educated and affluent Brazilian entrepreneurs are hurrying home from across the globe to share in the riches of their booming country. For the firs...

Brazil : Brazilian Justice Ministry : Zarpo

Big Ideas

Why Brands are Next-Gen Career Advisers

A new wave of workplace advisers are emerging to help Gen Z and Alpha navigate and shape the future of work and yet-to-exist job roles.

Youth : Media & Entertainment : Workplace

Micro Trends

Criteria Retail

From groceries to homeware, retail brands are communicating their social and eco-values to customers by setting strict criteria for products they s...

Retail : Society : Sustainability

Big Ideas

Key luxury themes from Walpole Summit 2019

From the political influences shaping luxury to China’s unstoppable rise and the opportunities in overlooked regions, we delve into the key themes ...

Luxury : Retail : Youth

Big Ideas

Social capitalism and digital colonialism at Me Convention 2018

Speakers at this year’s Me Convention in Stockholm ruminated on our relationship with technology, Silicon Valley’s negative effects and why social ...

Female Futures : Sustainability : Biotechnology

Daily Signals

The key innovations at MoneyConf 2018

At Web Summit’s MoneyConf 2018, discussions focused on the importance of blockchain technology, whether cryptocurrency has a future and how the ban...

Finance : FinTech : Chatbots

Daily Signals

Trying to save the physical store and celebrating African food

The Future Laboratory explores how brands can save physical retail, Jambo! elevates African cuisine, Facebook creates new VR experiences.

Retail : Food : Technology

Markets

Emerging Youth Travel Market

Emerging economies with youth populations eager to explore new territories will radically transform the travel and hospitality sector.

Travel : Youth : Hospitality

Daily Signals

Smala’s film noir club night and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Vice Media and Airbnb collaborate, Gentle Monster’s post-tsunami interior, and how print publications can best engage thei...

Travel : Hospitality : Branding

Big Ideas

TFWA World Exhibition 2013: Overview

Travel retail sales in Asia-Pacific were under the spotlight at this year’s Tax Free World Association (TFWA) World Exhibition, as they continue to...

Travel : Agility Research & Strategy : Amrita Banta

Micro Trends

Moral Commerce

In the wake of Black Lives Matter, consumers are seeking brand allies and making shopping decisions informed by their socio-political values.

Retail : Finance : Sustainability

Viewpoints

Beauty has a responsibility to cater for men of colour

Blake Rascoe and Patrick Boateng, co-founders of skincare brand Ceylon, explain beauty’s representation problem and why brands need to prioritise r...

Beauty : New Masculinity : Skincare

Big Ideas

Bleisure Redefined

Initially capturing work and leisure fusions for business travellers, the Bleisure concept is now rapidly changing the travel industry.

Travel : Work States : Bleisure

Big Ideas

Future Forecast 2023: Youth

From youth culture’s flat age future to wise-beyond-their-years Zalphas, we select five key directions in youth culture for 2023.

Youth : Media & Entertainment : Society

Markets

Imagination Travel

The virtual travel market of our post-pandemic future will swap clunky technology and headsets for the power of human imagination.

Travel : Tourism : Hospitality

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