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Viewpoints

Future Airport Commerce

A new report by Kinetic Consultancy explores how digital enhancements and new concept developments can improve the airport customer journey.

Airports : Commerce : Retail

Viewpoints

Philip Handford : Reinterpreting heritage

Campaign founder and creative director Philip Handford talks about reinterpreting heritage.

Heritage : Philip Handford : Storytelling

Micro Trends

Run Stations

Tokyo’s running stations are evolving beyond basic shower and locker rooms as brands respond to the Body Temples desire for convivial fitness.

Tokyo : Body Temples : Community Retail

Micro Trends

Ancient Appetites

Brands and consumers are re-adopting our ancestral eating habits – from the thousand-year-old recipes of Hindu India to the primal diets of our Pa...

Ancient Appetites : Ayurveda : Paleo

Micro Trends

Chivsters

In the UK, both ‘chav’ and ‘hipster’ are pejorative terms. Now a new hybrid youth aesthetic and lifestyle are emerging from the tail end of these m...

UK : Hipster : Just Nots

Daily Signals

Natural flair: Toogood bursts into beauty world

London – London-based furniture and interior designer Faye Toogood has turned her hand to make-up, creating a New Medieval collection for MAKE.

Beauty : Nature : Studio Toogood

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

Viewpoints

Could porn make tv less sex-phobic?

An extraordinary new kind of television, merging porn and fiction, could change how we perceive sex on tv.

Media : Culture : Digital

Daily Signals

Stat: Gen Z are being priced out of the nightlife economy

Rising costs and safety concerns are keeping young people out of the UK’s nightlife scene, according to a new report from the Night Time Industries...

Nightlife : Youth : Finance

Daily Signals

Foresight Friday: Simar Deol, foresight analyst

Every Friday, The Future Laboratory team offers an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, ...

Society : US Elections : The Power Of Precision Micro-Influencing

Daily Signals

Louis Vuitton unveils Paris hotel and HQ development plans

French luxury brand Louis Vuitton’s chairman and CEO Michael Burke has unveiled plans for further development of its Parisian headquarters, includi...

Luxury : Travel & Hospitality : Fashion

Daily Signals

This supermarket sells creativity as a daily essential

The Design Museum has opened an artist-led supermarket to address the importance of creativity, while mitigating the impact of Covid-19 restrictions.

Food : Design : Museums

Daily Signals

Dutch Design Week 2019: Augmenting museum tours with emojis

An augmented museum tour is layering emojis over historical objects to expose our contradictory methods of communication.

Design : Technology : Culture

Big Ideas

How co-living is confronting urban challenges

New co-living developments are tackling loneliness, sustainability and cultural issues in a bid to alleviate the pressures of modern living.

Co-living : Society : Future Home

Daily Signals

Thinx tackles the taboo around period sex

New York – Thinx, the brand behind period-proof pants, has launched a new campaign to destigmatise the conversation around period sex.

Wellness : Female Futures : Intuitive Pleasure

Daily Signals

Food waste redefined

New York – Restaurant Blue Hill has opened wastED, a pop-up eatery devoted to the theme of food waste and re-use.

Blue Hill : WastED : Restaurant

Big Ideas

Lidl’s Chef Love

London – Discount supermarket chain Lidl has announced a partnership with a Michelin-starred chef.

Lidl : Affordable Luxury : #LidlSurprises

Big Ideas

Gucci takes a stand for women’s rights campaign

Gucci : Equality : Chime For Change

Big Ideas

UK retailer gets in training on denim sales

Selfridges : Denim : Nudie

Design Directions

Modern Mythology

As previously explored in our Revivalism macro trend, in economically uncertain times, consumers increasingly seek products that revitalise traditi...

Craft : Mysticism : Folklore

Daily Signals

Bags of fun: Shoppers experience Kelly’s life

Hermès : Augmented Reality : Selfridges

Daily Signals

Play time in Toronto: Festivals have fun with design

Miami : FriendsWithYou : Happiness

Daily Signals

Upmarket vending: Automatic sales machine gets makeover

Design : Interface : Accessories

Daily Signals

Happynomics: Boutique sells more of the good stuff

Boutique L.U.I.S : Concept Store : Happiness

Big Ideas

Selfridges asks ‘what does beauty mean?’

Selfridges is asking consumers what beauty means with a store-wide campaign.

Selfridges : Department Stores : The Beauty Project

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