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Big Ideas

African cuisine is gaining popularity outside of the continent

From kitchen pantries to new restaurant formats, African entrepreneurs are bringing the flavours of their homeland to Western consumers.

Food : Flavours : Culinary Diplomacy

Micro Trends

Body-positive Men

With men still portrayed by advertisers as overwhelmingly slim, tall and muscular, there is an increasing desire to see new representations...

New Masculinity : Wellness : Branding

Micro Trends

Automated Commerce

In the age of convenience, Automated Commerce is re-inventing grocery shopping.

Food : Retail : 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

Macro Trends

Paradox Personas

Unlike Millennials, Generation Z are swapping self-promotion for self-awareness, using the digital world to enrich but not define their offline sel...

Youth : Digital : Identity

Markets

Global Luxury Market: Part 1

The sector is re-envisaging and redefining what luxury will mean in the 21st century.

Global Luxury : Market Overview : New Luxury Millennials

Design Directions

Droog

The innovation: designing a longer product lifecycle The instigators: Renny Ramakers, Agata Jaworska The brand: Droog

Longevity : Product : Production

Behaviours

Gen Z in India

India’s Gen Z are redefining tradition. Blending cultural heritage with global influences, their evolving values of sustainability, inclusivity and...

India : Gen Z : Identity

Design Directions

Arabeschi di Latte : Food Interaction Design

Arabeschi di Latte’s goal is to ‘activate a space’. It’s not an unusual goal for four trained architects – but what is slightly unusual is the mean...

Design : Food Design : DIY

Viewpoints

David Rockwell on turning constraints into dramatic retail opportunities

Following the publication of his new book Drama, the architect discusses why limitations and impermanence will underpin a more human future for ret...

Retail : Architecture : Placemaking

Daily Signals

Just right: Network evening lauds family values

Network Evenings : Recession : Austerity

Design Directions

Kitchen Monument

Pop-up culture, from temporary shops to swap shops, has changed how brands do business. Add to this the rise of niche, local and micro-sized events...

Local : Transform : Kitchen Monument

Daily Signals

Saw film addresses incongruity in blood donor rules and other top stories

In today’s daily digest: Canon VR offers 360-degree viewing, Visit Oslo promotes tranquil tourism, the value in gin and other stories.

Media : Retail : Wellness

Design Directions

Glossier

Glossier is a cosmetics line designed for the networked Millennial who is bored by perfection and wants a product line that complements her, rathe...

Glossier : Emily Weiss : Cosmetics

Micro Trends

Future Forecast 2024: Food & Drink

The food and beverage industry has witnessed significant developments in the past year, marked by notable influences such as the rising cost of liv...

Food & Drink

Markets

Beauty retail: counter culture

‘More premium services are being offered at the counter in the beauty retail sector as retailers explore new ways of enticing customers into stores...

Euromonitor : Shiseido : The Ginza

Big Ideas

Design Miami/ 2016: Part 2

In Part 2 of our Design Miami/ overview we explore off-site and satellite events that made a strong impression during the week.

Design Miami/ : 2016 : Explorium Retail

Daily Signals

Super tonic

London – A new wellness brand, Jamu Kitchen, has launched its first product, a London-brewed health drink that contains turmeric and curcumin.

Ancient Appetites : Tumeric : Indonesia

Big Ideas

FT Business of Luxury conference overview

Vienna – The Financial Times held its 2013 Business of Luxury Summit on 2–4 June in the suitably opulent setting of the Palais Liechtenstein in Vie...

China : Milennials : Russian

Big Ideas

Milan 2013: Top 10 experiences

A hotbed for experiential and traditional exhibition design, Milan Design Week is a fantastic place to take in the latest in spatial and stand desi...

Design : COS : Installations

Viewpoints

Rachel Armstrong : Grow your own city

Writer, researcher and medical doctor, Dr Rachel Armstrong talks about growing your own city.

Future Cities : Rachel Armstrong : University College London

Markets

Brewing Coffee Futures

The wellbeing and carbon footprint concerns of Conscious Consumers are pushing innovative coffee brands to shift their focus on quality, sustainabi...

Coffee : Coffee Plus : Coffee Shop

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: April

This month, we uncover the next 10 innovators to watch as part of our Futures 100 Innovators Awards, highlighting the brands, businesses and people...

Technology : Retail : Beauty

Big Ideas

Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2016: Part 2

Industry leaders came together to discuss how brands can create campaigns that pierce the consciousness of consumers.

Advertising : Creativity : Digital

Big Ideas

Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: Top five not to be missed

This year’s Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) will focus on textiles, flooring and ceramics. LS:N Global profiles our top five destinations not to be m...

Furniture : Clerkenwell Design Week : Interiors

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