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Can technology promote human-to-human interaction?

New York – Designer Skylar Jessen has designed a series of devices that help users to re-focus in an age of non-stop digital distraction.

Design : Digital : Technology

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The Ontenna hair clip enables wearers to feel sound

Tokyo – Ontenna is designed to enable D/deaf and hard of hearing people to experience sound through light and vibrations.

Design : Technology : Product Design

Big Ideas

Voice-activated devices boost radio listening

UK – A report from Radiocentre shows this is also re-energising audio advertising.

Media : Advertising : Technology

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Special delivery

London – Deliveroo is expanding its reach by launching its own delivery-only kitchens.

Deliveroo : Food & Drink : Convenience Culture

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Surge in sportswear

India – Growing interest in health and wellness and shifting beauty standards are driving record growth in India’s sportswear market.

India : Sportswear : Millennials

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Bed timing

New York – The As You Stay app offers a flexible, cost-effective approach to hotel bookings.

Hospitality : New York : Convenience

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Preview: Post-family Marketing

Global – Brands are increasingly recognising that idealised visions of family and marriage are no longer effective marketing tools.

Marriage : Future Family : Ford

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Preview: Digital Storytelling

Brands are creating digital storytelling tools to help parents enhance their bedtime rituals.

Literacy : Phygital : The Internet Of Things

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Preview: Waterless Beauty

Beauty brands are developing waterless formulas to alleviate consumers’ concerns about the environment.

Waterless Beauty : Whole-system Thinking : Skincare

Design Directions

The Fifth Sense

The Fifth Sense is a multidimensional brand experience that spans digital and physical locations.

Chanel : Dislocated World : Feminism

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Money mission

Canberra – Commonwealth Bank of Australia is taking children on an intergalactic quest to help them make better financial decisions.

The Teleporters : M&C Saatchi : Gen I

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Ich love athleisure

Global – The new Palace and adidas collaboration celebrates the trend for athleisure with a tongue-in-cheek video.

Athleisure : Palace X Adidas : Adidas

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Social media mavericks

UK – Admiral Insurance’s plans to introduce discounts based on users’ social media profiles has been blocked by Facebook.

Facebook : Backlash Brands : Data Privacy

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Ok computer

Global – Consumers are far more likely to see artificial intelligence (AI) in a positive light than a negative one, according to new research.

Artificial Intelligence : Awakening Tech : Consumer Attitudes

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A font for all

Global – Noto is a new open-source font that incorporates 110,000 characters and will continue to grow as new ones are created.

New Bricolage Living : Noto : Google

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The Ordinary

Toronto – Deciem has launched an affordable skincare range that contains premium skincare ingredients.

The Ordinary : DECIEM : Anti-Authenticity Marketing

Big Ideas

Professional freelancers

US – Business networking platform LinkedIn has launched a new service that enables users access to the gig economy.

LinkedIn : Freelance Economy : Professional Network

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Preview: Highly Sensitive

Global – Consumers are increasingly concerned about sensitive skin, and new beauty products are being created in response.

Glossier : Urban Living : Sensitive Skin

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Mock me

London – Drinks brand Botanic Lab has launched a range of premium cold-pressed, non-alcoholic drinks that will be sold in bars and restaurants.

Botanics Lab : Gen Viz : Alco-health

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Follow the chain

UK – Marks & Spencer has created an interactive map to enable customers to see where its products are made.

Marks & Spencer : UK : Whole-system Thinking

Viewpoints

Sharmadean Reid: WAH Nails

How WAH London is helping redefine the ultimate beauty salon of the future.

Explorium Retail : Gen Viz : Nails

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Hot selection

Paris – The Week Song is a website that plays one song, and one song only, every week.

The Week Song : Music : Discovery Apps

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Milan Salone 2016: Balancing act

Milan – Nike explored the different facets and experiences of motion through a series of spatial installations at the Salone Internazionale ...

Milan Salone 2016 : Nike : Nature Of Motion

Big Ideas

Staying power

Paris – French hotel group Accor has bought sharing economy house rental company OneFineStay for £117m.

Onefinestay : Accor : Sebel

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Come fly with me

Tennessee – Travel brand Expedia has developed a project that gives severely ill children a travel experience unlike any other.

Expedia : Empathy : St Jude Children's Research Hospital

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