LS:N Global

Big Ideas

Eight in ten wealthy consumers in China under 45

Fragrance : Earnings : Gifting

Daily Signals

Too good: Memphis styles at Design Week

The Hatch : Food : Design

Design Directions

Ephemeral Foam

In an era of austerity, designers are moving away from the long-lasting to the here and now, leading to a new desire for the ephemeral.

Furniture : Prada : Rem Koolhaas

Viewpoints

Imagining the Future Nightclub

How are brands responding to the decline of the night-time economy and its effect on the cultural make-up of European cities?

Nightlife : 24-hour Economy : Europe

Viewpoints

Eoghan O’Sullivan: Making XBox Kinect work for retail

The founder of technology start-up Von Bismark on how laser-scanning technology is changing the way people shop at home.

Von Bismark : Microsoft Kinect : E-commerce

Big Ideas

Five Champagne and Wine Brands Exploring Provenance Retail

Moving away from the traditional store experience, champagne and wine brands are using authentic storytelling to disrupt how and where consumers vi...

Wine : Retail : Champagne

Markets

State of Luxury: South Korea

With rising wealth and digital fluency in its younger demographics, South Korea is well positioned as one of Asia’s most exciting and innovative gr...

Luxury : Fashion : Art

Viewpoints

Have we overdosed on CBD?

Is this cannabis compound a new miracle elixir or does its global hype mean we’ve already hit peak CBD?

CBD : Wellness : Food

Micro Trends

Tolkien Tipples

The fantasy boom in pop culture is inspiring the drinks sector, informing the tastes of consumers.

Fantasy : Storytelling : Neo-Tolkienism

Daily Signals

Top shop: If LS:N Global made… a store

London – Shopping at the LS:N Global boutique would be phygital and highly personalised, and the traditional walls of retail would blur and blend t...

Retail Experience : 2014 : If LS:N Global Made...a Store

Daily Signals

Drink and be merry: If LS:N Global made… a cocktail

London – LS:N Global’s cocktail would play with your senses, surprise with unexpected ingredients and transport the drinker to another era, but n...

Raising The Bar : Cocktails : Tolkien Tipples

Viewpoints

Coachella Fatigue

Market saturation, solo tours and an audience craving community over selfies have turned the hottest music festival lukewarm, says cultural insight...

Coachella : Festival : Entertainment

Design Directions

Keds

Always knew you should be a designer but worried you’d never make money out of it? Thanks to an innovation from US shoe manufacturer Keds now you can.

Trainers : Crowd-sourced : Keds

Behaviours

Gen Z in Canada

Amid financial struggles and climate anxiety, Canadian Gen Z are turning to activism to amplify their multicultural identity and are showing a stro...

Youth : Gen Z Canada : Gen Z

Daily Signals

Pinterest tackles self-doubt in a new brand campaign

Following brand research which found that the most common thing holding people back is a fear of failure, Pinterest’s latest campaign encourages pe...

Pinterest : Advertising : Campaign

Big Ideas

Autumn/winter 2017 Fashion Innovation

In the politically charged and consumer-facing autumn/winter 2017 season not just designers, but also the industry as a whole, are moving towards a...

Fashion Week : Dislocated World : Backlash Brands

Micro Trends

Band Brands

Once band merchandise was the preserve of kids who like heavy metal, but now it has become a booming industry that has expanded well beyond its roo...

Merchandise : Fashion : Anti-Authenticity

Big Ideas

New York Design Week Preview 2014

During the spring days of New York’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), a range of satellite events, design exhibitions and worksh...

Design : Product Futures : Neo-Kitsch

Daily Signals

Fairytale idea: The jewellery that changes shape

London – Jewellery designer Alexandra Druzhinin has designed an avant-garde jewellery collection that earned her the London College of Fashion Off-...

Playful : Avant Garde : Alexandra Druzhinin

Daily Signals

So hip it hurts: Versus relaunches for digital natives

New York – Versace has relaunched Versus, its younger, contemporary fashion line firmly targeting a hip, digitally savvy consumer.

Digital : Social Media : New York Fashion Week

Micro Trends

Brandalism

Smart brands are using the expectations of one brand to convey the values of another in acts of Brandalism. These Brandalists are crashing competit...

Branding : Vandalism : Competition

Viewpoints

Wasted Spaces : Installations in abandoned spaces

Collective, Wasted Spaces, talks about installations in abandoned spaces.

Michael Sharp : Wasted Spaces : Remo Carbone

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Elf Beauty

In 2023, Elf Beauty secured its position as Gen Z’s cosmetics brand of choice. From duping Dior to capitalising on Jennifer Coolidge’s rebounded ce...

Beauty : Gen Z : E.l.f Beauty

Daily Signals

Foresight Friday: Dan Hastings, deputy foresight editor

Every Friday, we wrap up the topics, issues, ideas and viral moments everyone’s been discussing. This week, deputy foresight editor Dan Hastings lo...

Foresight Friday

Daily Signals

MDW: Piro is a scent-diffusing robotic companion

Human-centred design studio IDEO has teamed up with interior designers Moooi to develop Piro, a scent-diffusing robotic companion for homebodies.

Design : Beauty : Wellness

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