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The Conscious Lounge

London – Visitors to H&M’s flagship store were recently invited on a journey through the retailer’s closed-loop supply chain.

H&M : Conscious Lounge : Production Cycle

Daily Signals

Soft steps

Eindhoven – Art gallery MU is set to hold Soft Breaths & Soft Beats, a one-off event that blends art, technology and mindfulness.

Zoned-out Spaces : Eindhoven : Mindfulness

Daily Signals

Village life: Country club-style complex offers focus on good living

France – Philippe Starck has re-invented the country club with a five-storey health and wellbeing complex.

Viewpoints

Melissa Atkins Wardy: Redefine Girly, Please

Author Melissa Atkins Wardy on why brands need to rethink their messages to young girls.

Tiny Tot Feminism : Feminism : Girls

Big Ideas

Cable television show becomes shoppable video

US – The most recent episode of US sitcom Cougar Town turned into 30 minutes of product placement, when the series collaborated with Target to cr...

Shoppable Videos : WireWAX : Convergence Retail

Daily Signals

Rooftop camping: Mini launches on-car tent

Cowley, England – Iconic car brand Mini wants consumers to know that you do not need a big car to have an adventure. The Mini Camp is a pop-up tent...

Cars : Cyclists : Active

Big Ideas

Queen of Punk calls on young poets for eco-support

Vivienne Westwood : Poetry : Competition

Micro Trends

The Irony of Fashion

The days of lofty art collaborations have gone. The latest branded fashion films have a much more humorous, playful and self-aware tone.

Fashion Film : Humour : Spoof

Daily Signals

Boxed up: Temporary bar brings light on a budget

Bar : Pop-ups : Portugal

Design Directions

Snapbac

Sports brand Snapbac has created a Precovery clothing category designed for those who wish to pursue professional levels of fitness.

Snapbac : The Optimised Self : Precovery

Micro Trends

New Sublimity Tourism

Since one in three people feel overwhelmed by communications technology, more consumers are looking for ways to disconnect from their digital lives...

Switch Off : Contemplation : Quiet

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Ssense

Amid a challenging landscape for multi-brand luxury e-tailers, Ssense is playing its cards right by seamlessly merging new talents, legacy brands, ...

Fashion : Media : Luxury

Viewpoints

The future of hospitality is contemplative spaces

Design Hotels founder Claus Sendlinger on how physical spaces can alter urban consumers’ sense of being in times of haste and acceleration.

Hospitality : Hotels : Travel

Big Ideas

Atolla Skin Lab on scaling personalisation in skincare products

The co-founders of the MIT-based start-up Atolla Skin Lab explain why data-led products are the future of skincare.

Beauty : Technology : Customisation

Daily Signals

Bruno Mars and Versace collaborate on new song and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Sephora’s social platform, air pollution affects nutritional value of food, how banks can encourage sustainability and oth...

Beauty : Luxury : Fashion

Markets

India

India, the second most populous country in the world, is a booming trillion-dollar economy. Its secret weapon is its young workforce. The median ag...

India : Euromonitor : Vertebrand

Big Ideas

Dutch Design Week 2015 Review

True to form, the participants of Dutch Design Week 2015 set out to shake up the status quo. Bold exhibitions by the Design Academy Eindhoven gradu...

Dutch Design Week 2015 : Design Academy Eindhoven : New Bricolage Living

Design Directions

Digital Surrealism

A new style of design is emerging that takes its inspiration from the early days of the internet, as first explored in LS:N Global’s macrotrend, Ne...

Internet Art : Netstalgic : Web Art

Big Ideas

World Retail Conference overview

At the World Retail Congress (WRC) in Berlin last month, more than 100 global retail CEOs gathered to discuss strategy in the post-recession enviro...

China : Emerging Markets : V-Wallet

Viewpoints

Ballroom’s Renaissance

Once an anti-capitalist LGBTQ+ space, ballroom culture has thrived commercially – but, says The Future Laboratory’s deputy foresight editor Dan Has...

LGBTQ+ : Pop Culture : Identities

Daily Signals

Cannes Lions 2025: Unshittifying the customer experience and the future of Duolingo

The 72nd edition of Cannes Lions marks a return to the French Riviera with a programme featuring major names in marketing and branding. LS:N Global...

Pop Culture & Media : Global Events : Cannes Lion 2025

Daily Signals

Design Miami/ 2015: Chalk art

Miami – American artist Daniel Arsham has turned the gallery model on its head with his new interactive exhibition at the National YoungArts Foun...

Daniel Arsham : The Chalk Room : YoungArts Foundation

Viewpoints

The Undesirables: Why do we have a problem with sustainable products?

Marks & Spencer has launched a range of sustainable footwear – but does it have the high-street look?

Sustainability Futures : Marks & Spencer : Blue Marine Foundation

Big Ideas

Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan 2014 Part 1: Top 5 Spaces

The sun was shining and the pavilions were resplendent as thousands of design industry moguls explored the many districts that comprised Salone I...

Milan : Salone Internazionale Del Mobile : Convergence

Micro Trends

Cocktail Futures

The fast-moving cocktail market continues to grow. In the UK alone, the number of pubs, restaurants and hotels now serving cocktails has increased ...

Bars : Mixology : Alcohol

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