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Design Directions

New Consciousness

Responsibility is being rebranded. As businesses apply long-term thinking, a vibrant visual landscape is emerging that inspires action and optimism.

Sustainability : Long Term Thinking : Visual Communication

Viewpoints

Multisensory food packaging

Considering the noise around synaesthesia, food packaging could experiment with stimulating senses other than sight.

Packaging Design : Charles Spence : Synaesthetic Selling

Daily Signals

Creative remedy: Design treatment for repair shop

Valencia – Smartphone and tablet repair shop Doctor Manzana has made a clear departure from the untidy aesthetic of a gadget workshop, and instead ...

Hospital : Doctor Manzana : A Better A&E

Daily Signals

The F-word: Network Evening explores Womenomics

London – Porn or romance? Is feminism a dirty word? These were just some of the questions posed at LS:N Global’s Womenomics Network Evening la...

Luxury : Age : Boomer

Big Ideas

Shazam steps towards multiscreen future

Shazam : Multiscreening : Social Media

Daily Signals

Fillet up: Fish Branding & Packaging gets a sleek makeover

Design : Markets : Fish

Viewpoints

Douglas Rushkoff : Brand mythology is dead. Today it’s about the non-fiction of social currency, local economy and grassroots value creation

Words: Miriam Rayman

Douglas Rushkoff : NYU : New York University

Big Ideas

E-vouchers attract growing numbers of on-the-go consumers

Mobile Phones : Shopping : Emails

Big Ideas

Fortune’s Power 50: Top females set to change the face of global business

Work : Business : Power

Big Ideas

Kris De Decker on web design’s energy-efficient future

The founder of Low-tech Magazine on creating a solar-powered website that looks to the past for sustainable, future-facing solutions.

Media : Design : Technology

Big Ideas

Charlotte Webb on creating an equal internet

The head of content at Feminist Internet explains how the UAL Futures project has turned into a movement for a gender-equal internet.

Female Futures : Digital : Technology

Design Directions

Did you mean MailChimp?

In its first major campaign, email marketing service MailChimp is leading by example.

MailChimp : Droga5 : Omnichannel

Big Ideas

SXSW Interactive 2016 Review: Part 2

Part two of our show review looks at the key take-outs from SXSW Interactive that will continue to resonate in 2016 and beyond.

Gen Z : SXSW : SXSW Interactive

Big Ideas

1.618 Sustainable Luxury 2015 Review

The 1.618 Sustainable Luxury conference set out to challenge and prompt new conversations about sustainability as a worldwide catalyst f...

Luxury : Sustainability : 1.618 Sustainable Luxury Conference

Viewpoints

Lynne Murray : Augmented Retail

Holition brand director Lynne Murray talks about augmented retail.

Lynne Murray : Augmented Retail : Technology

Viewpoints

Blaise Bellville : Bridging the gap between brands and youth culture

Platform magazine director Blaise Bellville talks about bridging the gap between brands and youth culture.

New Millennials : Blaise Bellville : Platform

Micro Trends

Lunar Landers

With multiple countries now aiming for the moon, automotive companies are throwing their hat in the ring to develop new lunar transport technologies.

Mobility : Technology : Design

Markets

Synthetic Leather Market

Synthetic leather is evolving from low-quality, environmentally damaging pleather to a luxury staple for eco-conscious fashion brands.

Fashion : Apparel : Sustainability

Big Ideas

RCA and CSM 2016 Graduate Shows Review

Graduates at the Royal College of Art (RCA) and Central Saint Martins (CSM) focused on new definitions of identity emerging in response to changes ...

Optimised Self : Artificial Intellligence : Graduate Shows

Big Ideas

Cannes Lions Review Part 1

During the nine-day exchange of ideas and inspiration, the advertising and creative industries grappled with the power of Brandstanding and techno...

Cannes Lions 2015 : Brandstanding : Droga5

Viewpoints

Why sound is the next frontier for branding

Steve Milton, co-founder of sensory experience company Listen, on why previously generic sounds will soon be branded – and tailored to our ears.

Branding : Technology : FinTech

Markets

Singles Rising

An increasing variety of lifestyle options is making living alone more attractive to people. Instead of feeling lonely or isolated, new singles are...

Eurostat : Government Office For Science : Singles

Big Ideas

Social networking is changing how brands engage with consumers

Social Networks : Blogs : Marketing

Daily Signals

Stat: Consumers reject corporate storytelling as scepticism and fatigue mount

Consumers are growing increasingly sceptical of corporate storytelling, with 56% believing brands spend too much time talking about their values – ...

Brand Purpose : Citizen Brands : Conran Design Group

Daily Signals

Stat: US consumers halt spending as political boycotts reshape retail

A February 2025 Harris Poll reveals that four in 10 Americans are altering their spending habits based on moral and political beliefs, with 24% aba...

Retail : New Codes Of Value : US Market

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