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Big Ideas

London Design Festival 2014 Preview

Now established as the leading event in the global design calendar, London Design Festival 2014 promises once again to excite visitors with t...

Design Directions

Kaleido-metric

A sugary pastel psychedelia is being explored in retail design, with furniture and visual merchandising inspired by 1980s colour palettes, sunlit c...

Memphis : 1980's : Flatforms

Design Directions

BeautyMart

It’s become a well-trodden path in fashion retail now — hiring a big-name consumer magazine editor to create magazine-style content to drive traffi...

Cosmetics : Anna-Marie Solowij : Recommendation

Big Ideas

ILTM Asia 2012 - Trends

As the economic landscape of Asia changes, it has never been more important for brands to understand consumers in the region. At this year’s Intern...

China : George Honk Kok Khiong : Last Chance Tourism

Big Ideas

Retail Analysis: Boxpark pop-up mall takes a social approach

Boxpark pop-up mall takes a social approach

Boxpark : Temporary : Shoreditch

Markets

Market report: The Middle East

Often overlooked because of its geopolitical instability, the Middle East now represents a consumer market that can no longer be ignored. With an a...

Copenhagen Institute For Futures Studies : UAE : Dubai

Micro Trends

Hype Bakes

From exclusive drops to A-lister endorsements and cult social media followings, bakeries have entered their hype bake era.

Food : Fashion : Hypebakes

Markets

Riding the Wave of Surfing Futures

A stream of women surfers and newcomers of colour are making the practice mainstream while boosting demand for surf tourism, equipment and apparel.

Travel & Hospitality : Surfing : Sport & Leisure

Markets

Clean Water Market

As clean water continues to outstrip supply and its toxicity becomes a growing concern, a new generation of innovators are stepping in to radically...

Beauty : Wellness : Health

Markets

Chinese Travel Market

With Chinese consumers keen to unleash their pent-up spending power, tourism brands are innovating to restore consumer trust in travelling.

Travel : Tourism : Hospitality

Markets

Vegan Home Market

Consumers are turning to animal-free homewares and services to ensure every aspect of their plant-based lifestyles are aligned with their ethics.

Retail : Sustainability : Vegan

Daily Signals

Asif Khan visualises a hydrogen fuel cell and Pixel Coffee hits the sustainability spot

Area15 is a new retail destination experience, Crisis uses machine learning to improve work culture, AI in retail set to grow exponentially.

Food : Drink : Technology

Markets

Athleisure Market

Athleisure is now widely stocked, from Sports Direct to Selfridges, and the pervasive sports and casual apparel trend is not going away.

Athleisure : Health & Wellbeing : Fitness

Design Directions

Philippe Malouin: Designer

Swarovski : Digital Crystal : LED Light

Design Directions

Lola Lely: Product Designer

Wallpaper : Potluck : Bronze Age

Design Directions

Toyota Prius Bicycle

Toyota has swapped four wheels for two in its newest Prius model, the PXP bicycle.

Hybrid : Efficiency : Saatchi & Saatchi

Design Directions

Essential Authentic

Consumers’ desire to return to a simple life and to reconnect with rural living drives a renewed longing for authentic, vintage and timeless packag...

Vintage : Rural : Graphics

Design Directions

Sony / BarberOsgerby

The brand: BarberOsgerby/Sony The instigators: Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby The innovation: Sound design laboratory

Installation : Technology : Exhibition

Big Ideas

Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2014 Part 2

In the second part of our coverage, LS:N Global reveals more of the latest trends and insights from the biggest beauty trade exhibition in Europe.

Beauty+ : Cosmoprof : Nature+

Big Ideas

Clerkenwell Design Week: Top 10 products

Now in its fourth year, Clerkenwell Design Week’s momentum is increasing, with more brands and designers filling the festival’s imaginative locatio...

Design : Geo Luxe : Hauntology

Macro Trends

Programmable Realities

The rise of reactive new materials and technologies means that future physical consumer touchpoints will no longer be set in stone… or any other so...

Media : Futuretainment : Technology

Macro Trends

Algorithmic Beauty

As beauty technologies gain in popularity, social media, artificial intelligence and algorithms are beginning to shape a new beauty ideal.

Beauty : Technology

Viewpoints

How resell culture will define Gen Z banking

Geri Cupi, CEO and founder of fintech disruptor Twig, discusses how the circular economy will transform young people’s perception of wealth.

Finance : Gen Z : Retail

Micro Trends

Decentralised Care

With the world facing a crisis of health, new micro-societies are emerging that infuse local communities with solidarity, trust and care.

Health : Covid-19 : Wellness

Viewpoints

Neighbourhood hotels

Liran Wizman, founder of Europe Hotels Private Collection, examines how luxury hotels can avoid exacerbating over-tourism by engaging locals.

Hospitality : Hotel : Travel

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