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A retrospective on the stand-out projects at London Design Festival

Following the London Design Festival 2017, LS:N Global reflects on five of the most thought-provoking works.

Markets

Global Beauty Market 2016: Part 2

In part two of our Global Beauty Market, we examine the changing cultural attitudes that are giving men even more permission to care about their lo...

Scents : Fragrance : Natural Beauty

Big Ideas

Design Miami/ 2015: Part 1

New global visions of luxury and an exploration of what authenticity means for the design world characterised the 11th edition of Design Miami/.

Luxury Design : American Design : South American Design

Markets

Natural and Organic Beauty

Consumers are increasingly aware of the health benefits of natural ingredients in beauty products, and demanding transparency from beauty brands ab...

Mintel : The Body Shop : Kiehl's

Design Directions

Puma Creative Factory

New Millennials want to mod, hack and customise their products. And as a result, brands have responded with webstores that let people personalise t...

Design : Shoe : Mumbai

Design Directions

Neo Kitsch

Neon-coloured and neo-modern in its approach, the Memphis Group was a collective of young product and furniture designers working during the 1980s....

Memphis : 1980's : Consumerism

Markets

New Luxury Millennials: Update

New Luxury Millennials (NLMs), the well-heeled, high-spending branch of the collaborative, creative, entrepreneurial Millennials, are rapidly becom...

Millennials : Ipsos Mendelsohn Affluent Survey : India

Markets

Spirits Innovations

From glassless packaging to raicilla, sotol and aquavit, we are likely to see a variety of innovations in the spirits market in 2024 as it weathers...

Sustainability : Food & Drink : Technology

Micro Trends

Future Forecast 2024: Travel & Hospitality

2023 was a remarkable year for travel. The post-pandemic ‘revenge travel’ phenomenon shot to new heights as global travellers spent unprecedented a...

Travel : Hospitality : Luxury

Design Directions

Dutch Design Week 2015

At this year’s Dutch Design Week, designers tested and challenged perceptions of the material world.

Design Academy Eindhoven : Materials : Virtual World

Communities

Athena Woman

Career success and increased spending power are giving rise to a new breed of highly educated, affluent and entrepreneurial woman. These women exud...

Community : Fang Yuan : Courtney Sklar

Macro Trends

Paradox Personas

Unlike Millennials, Generation Z are swapping self-promotion for self-awareness, using the digital world to enrich but not define their offline sel...

Youth : Digital : Identity

Markets

Teens, Tech and Tapping Out

The unprecedented teen mental health crisis, coupled with the toxic and addictive nature of social media, may be inspiring a grassroots movement of...

Technology : Identities : Youth

Markets

State of Luxury: India

A booming middle class of premium aspirers and the consistent increase of UHNWIs’ wealth strongly establish India as no longer an emerging destinat...

Luxury : India : Indian Luxury Market

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: January

This month, we uncover the next 10 innovators to watch as part of our Futures 100 Awards, which highlight those brands, businesses and people innov...

Beauty : Design : Drink

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: March

In our third instalment of Futures 100 Innovators, we spotlight the individuals transforming wellness UX, fighting food inequality and empowering g...

Futures 100 Innovators : Beauty : Design

Big Ideas

D&AD New Blood Awards 2014

Renowned within the global creative community as a hot bed for young talent, the annual New Blood awards organised by D&AD showcase the emerging ...

D&AD : New Blood Awards 2014 : Asos

Markets

Luxury Travel Futures Market – Drivers

The travel habits of the world’s affluent are changing inexorably. Remaining within the four walls of a hotel is no longer enough. Nor is travell...

Experiential Luxury : Experience : Crowdsourcing

Design Directions

Milan womenswear S/S 2013

The spring/summer 2013 collections at Milan Fashion Week this year offered a nostalgic and global view of current fashion trends. The 60s proved po...

Sci-fi : 1960's : Pop Art

Markets

Spirits Market

The worldwide spirits sector is booming, fuelled by growth markets such as China and India.

China : India : White Spirits

Macro Trends

Reformation Generation

Marking a new era of collaboration between brands and Generation Z, opportunities are arising to re-assemble, decentralise and decolonise our outda...

Youth : Media : Technology

Big Ideas

Design Miami/ Basel 2013: Top 10 Galleries

The Design Miami/ Basel show this month was awash with vibrant colours. Galleries from across the world exhibited collectible luxury designs in a k...

Design : Seung-Yong Song : Nacho Carbonel

Macro Trends

Generation D

They can’t imagine a world without computers, mobile phones and the internet. They skitter, haul, mod and hack. Natural born multi-taskers, they pa...

Gen D : Teenagers : Youth

Big Ideas

Singapore: The Gateway to Asia-Pacific

While Singapore may be small, it can pack a huge punch for brands looking to expand in the Asia-Pacific region

Singapore : APAC Luxury : Retail

Big Ideas

World Retail Conference overview

At the World Retail Congress (WRC) in Berlin last month, more than 100 global retail CEOs gathered to discuss strategy in the post-recession enviro...

China : Emerging Markets : V-Wallet

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