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ITB Berlin 2025: Six Trends to Watch

Big Ideas

ITB Berlin 2025: Six Trends to Watch

From the rise of the Indian traveller to the influence of TikTok on destination discovery, LS:N Global explores the key trends from ITB Berlin 2025.
Travel & Hospitality : ITB Berlin 2025 : Gen Z
Innovation Debrief 2025: Sober Socials

Micro Trends

Innovation Debrief 2025: Sober Socials

Amid digital overload, consumers are seeking moments of connection away from the internet. But for many, sobriety, connection and affordability are...
Society : Sports & Leisure : Youth
AI Fragrance Market

Markets

AI Fragrance Market

AI is transforming new product development and manufacturing of fragrances, allowing brands to adapt efficiently to consumer tastes, augment fragra...
Beauty : Technology : Retail
Gen Z in Kenya

Markets

Gen Z in Kenya

From Silicon Savannah to the streets of Nairobi, Kenya’s Gen Z are rewriting the rules of power, protest and purpose for governments and brands.
Youth : Technology : Gen Z
Halal Food Futures

Markets

Halal Food Futures

A growing Muslim population, fast-expanding retail ranges and interest in ethical food alternatives are driving growth and innovation in the halal ...
Food & Drink : Retail : Travel & Hospitality
The New Youth Club

Viewpoints

The New Youth Club

Moot is a membership-based third space redefining UK youth clubs for a generation craving real-world connection, culture and community. LS:N Global...
Youth : Future Spaces : Gen Z
New Codes of Value

Macro Trends

New Codes of Value

In this new era of scarcity, richness is expressed through rituals, and abundance is found in regenerative pursuits and deeper connections. New cod...
Finance : Retail : Value
Culture-coded Retail

Macro Trends

Culture-coded Retail

Digital commerce may offer consumers convenience, but a new generation of in-person retail experiences energised by cultural relevance and built on...
Retail : Culture : Technology
Soft Sports

Micro Trends

Soft Sports

Brands are leaning into a softer approach to sports that prioritises ritual, community and holistic wellbeing over performance culture.
Sports & Leisure : Society : Health & Wellness
Bougie Basics

Markets

Bougie Basics

Household activities and hygiene routines are being transformed into moments of everyday opulence driven by self-care rituals and social hangouts i...
Beauty : Luxury : Design
Homely Hospitality

Markets

Homely Hospitality

Gen Z are increasingly embracing homely soirées and intimate events that prioritise connection over consumption – creating a movement to combat urb...
Hospitality : Gen Z : Supper Club
James Paul Gee: Schoolcraft

Viewpoints

James Paul Gee: Schoolcraft

The Arizona State University professor reflects on the rise of the gaming for education movement.
Minecraft: Education Edition : Microsoft : Video Games
Designing a feminist board game for Mexico

News

Designing a feminist board game for Mexico

The traditional family board game Lotería has been given a female-focused rebrand for 2018.
Design : Branding : Culture
Stat: Playing video games increases empathy

News

Stat: Playing video games increases empathy

The National Literacy Trust and the Association of UK Interactive Entertainment find that playing video games can increase empathy in children.
Technology : Media And Entertainment : Stat
Sophia George : Video games as art

Viewpoints

Sophia George : Video games as art

Victoria & Albert Museum Designer-in-Residence Sophia George talks about why video games can be considered art.
Games Imitate Art : Video Games As Art : Video Games
TikTok is testing in-app mini games

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TikTok is testing in-app mini games

The social media platform is testing six HTML5 mini-games that can be played within its mobile app and discovered via creators’ videos, as it ...
Youth : Media & Entertainment : Technology
Back to virtual reality: A fantasy game built for the Samsung Gear VR

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Back to virtual reality: A fantasy game built for the Samsung Gear VR

London – Land’s End, a surreal trip through an archipelago of forgotten worlds, is the latest gaming experience from digital production studio...
Samsung Gear VR : Monument Valley : Ustwo Studio
Patience pays: Taco Bell plays the waiting game

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Patience pays: Taco Bell plays the waiting game

Toronto – Canadians have been waiting patiently since 2012 for the Taco Bell Dos Locos Taco, a taco made with a Doritos taco shell, to make its way...
Taco Bell : Frustration Marketing : Toronto
The Campaign: Disney’s ESPN joins Fortnite with football island activation

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The Campaign: Disney’s ESPN joins Fortnite with football island activation

Following Disney’s £1.1bn ($1.5bn, €1.4bn) investment in Epic Games, ESPN and Fortnite are teaming up with a new in-game experience, ESPN Football ...
Pop-culture & Media : Youth : Sports & Leisure
The LA28 Olympics’ branding is for everybody

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The LA28 Olympics’ branding is for everybody

Diversity, inclusion and self-expression are honoured in the branding for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Advertising & Branding : Design : Diversity
Motion-control and connective devices rule at E3 conference

Big Ideas

Motion-control and connective devices rule at E3 conference

Motion-control and connective devices rule at E3 conference
E3 : Project Natal : Nintendo
Why avatars make the perfect brand partners

Viewpoints

Why avatars make the perfect brand partners

Tapping into gaming culture for campaigns blends real and virtual worlds in an authentic way that is beneficial to brands and audiences.
Identity : Advertising : Media
Stat: Nearly all British and American children consider themselves gamers

News

Stat: Nearly all British and American children consider themselves gamers

Digital marketing company Super Awesome has released its Retail, Gaming & the Next Generation report.
Youth : Media & Entertainment : Society
Alternate universe: Google launches Ingress game

News

Alternate universe: Google launches Ingress game

Alternate universe: Google launches Ingress game
Google : Ingress : Foursquare
Louis Vuitton brings luxury touch to eSports

News

Louis Vuitton brings luxury touch to eSports

The French luxury house has become the first to collaborate with a major eSports organisation.
Luxury : ESports : Entertainment
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