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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

Daily Signals

Vietnam becomes a luxury focal point and Viagra is now prescription-free

The growth of Vietnamese luxury retail, Uber works with healthcare organisations, Boots helps men with erectile dysfunction.

Luxury : Beauty : Wellness

Big Ideas

RCA and CSM Work in Progress Shows 2017

At the Work in Progress shows at the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins, design graduates examined post-truth politics, filter bubbles ...

Material Futures MA : The Dislocated World : Royal College Of Art

Daily Signals

Samsung’s camouflage tv and a gym powered by human energy

Terra Hale uses human energy to power electricity in gyms, Google advances games that reflect real-world environments, EU offers free travel to teens.

Technology : Wellness : Travel

Markets

Online shopping

Now the novelty of online shopping is over, consumers are expecting an ever more compelling digital retail experience. A new report by Future:Poll ...

Online Shopping : Digital Retail : Highlands

Daily Signals

Waso re-imagines natural beauty and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Frilly’s customised closets, LCD Soundsystem launches virtual reality music video and Tesla offers shareable driver profiles.

Fashion : Beauty : Auto

Big Ideas

House Vision 2016

A series of cross-industry collaborations and talks at Tokyo’s second House Vision exhibition examined the future of the home and the nature of the...

House Vision : Tokyo : Urbanism

Micro Trends

Future Forecast 2025: Technology

Amid accelerating technologies, consumers are exploring divergent paths: from simplified ‘dumb tech’ for digital detox to AI-generated creativity a...

Technology : Health & Wellness : Society

Design Directions

Digital Dialogues

A new visual language is helping to demystify algorithms and AI-driven systems by communicating them as visible and tangible entities. As a result,...

Branding : Packaging : Design Direction

Big Ideas

Purpose in 2030: Generation Betterment

In this future scenario, brands are frantically trying to reframe their purpose, turning to climate-literate Generation Alpha – tomorrow’s valuable...

Scenario : Branding : Purpose

Macro Trends

The Synthocene Era: Trend Tracker

This trend tracker will take you through the near-term implications of The Synthocene Era, spotlighting tangible opportunities for your business.

AI : Technology : The Synthocene Era

Design Directions

Dream Adventures

Expedia’s latest campaign uses 360-degree cameras and live streaming technology to bring locations such as the plains of Argentina and&nb...

Expedia : Projection Mapping : Dream Adventures

Big Ideas

Material Innovation Will Build Resilient Cities

These five projects from London Design Festival 2021 show how designers can use material innovation to build better, more equitable and resilient c...

Design : Sustainability : Architecture

Big Ideas

Web Summit 2024: Seven Trends to Watch

From the future of influencer marketing to Edge AI and the influence of Swifties, LS:N Global distils the key ideas from Web Summit 2024.

Pop-culture & Media : Technology : Advertising & Branding

Viewpoints

Lynne Murray : Augmented Retail

Holition brand director Lynne Murray talks about augmented retail.

Lynne Murray : Augmented Retail : Technology

Micro Trends

Gamified World

Businesses, organisations and institutions are increasingly using game mechanics to transform everyday tasks, leading to a gamified world.

Gaming : Points : Challenges

Big Ideas

The Sleep Event Review

Designers and hoteliers at this year’s hotel design conference, Sleep, focused on convergence culture and escapist bedrooms and considered how to c...

Millenial Hotels : The Convergence Economy : Bleisure

Big Ideas

Mobile World Congress 2015 Review

Game-changing industry disruption from enhanced batteries, driverless cars and integrated eco-systems are prompting a variety of innovations acro...

Mobile World Congress : Mobile Phones : Barcelona

Big Ideas

2015 International CES Review Part 2

Amid the parade of smartwatches and connected lights on display at 2015 International CES, what was truly new and revolutionary in consumer electro...

Qualcomm : Swarovski : CES 2015

Macro Trends

Awakening Tech

Our digital and offline worlds are converging. We have become bedfellows with robots, we take advice from gadgets, we ask mega-systems ...

Sensor Technology : Data Surge : Internet Of Things

Big Ideas

IAM 2021: The Future of Community is Inter-Citizenship

Solutions were not enough at this year’s IAM Weekend, as thinkers gathered to imagine better internet(s), care systems and inter-species perspectives.

Digital : Technology : Media

Viewpoints

Sensory sex toys

Wan Tseng, founder of sex tech start-up Wisp, on sexual pleasure that focuses on the senses, and why the world of phallic sex toys is ripe for disr...

Health : Sex : Tehnology

Big Ideas

Liyia Wu on the Chinese live-stream retail revolution

The ShopShops founder discusses how her platform offers a revelatory shopping experience that cannot be replicated by e-commerce.

Retail : Digital : Media

Daily Signals

Stella Kids appeals to parents and kids alike and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Modern Fertility democratises female health, the evolution of chatbots, KFC gamifies staff training and other top stories.

Fashion : Technology : Food

Big Ideas

Have brain-computer interfaces come of age?

Mind control could soon replace clicks, gestures and voice commands as our main means of interacting with the digital world.

Digital : Media : Gaming

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