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Bottle sand bank

New Zealand – DB Export Beer is building awareness of finite materials with a scheme that enables consumers to recycle its bottles into sand substi...

Big Ideas

Sun salutation

UK – New research shows that solar panels generated more electricity than coal in Britain over a six-month period.

Solar Panels : Renewable Energy : Tesla

Daily Signals

Sustainable footprints

US – Adidas has released a new range of sustainable trainers made from plastic bottles.

Whole-system Thinking : Adidas : Parley For The Oceans

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Brew fuel

Auckland – Drinks brand DB Export has created a biofuel made from a by-product of beer. DB Export Brewtroleum is world’s first beer-derived ...

Brewtroleum : DB Export : Whole System Thinking

Daily Signals

Digital nature

London – Digital magazine POSTmatter has collaborated with the exhibition series Fig-2 to examine the relationship between nature and the digital ...

POSTmatter : Fig-2 : ICA

Daily Signals

The Disappearing Billboards

Germany – Audi has created ephemeral and memorable moments with its ad campaign, The Disappearing Billboards.

Audi : Thjnk : Disappearing Billboard

Design Directions

Loop.pH: Designing with science

Working across the fields of biotechnology and energy and temporary architecture, Loop.pH translates cutting-edge research into ephemeral environ...

Whole System Thinking : Energy : Architecture

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Urban jungle

Singapore – Oasia Hotel Downtown is a new hotel designed to act as a vertical garden.

Hospitality : Singapore : Whole-system Thinking

Design Directions

The Living Machine

What we once knew as nature continues to change under the impact of industrialisation. Drawing on the tensions shaping this new landscape, artist...

Whole-system Thinking : Anthropocene : Environment

Daily Signals

Material innovation

Global – H&M Foundation has announced the shortlist for its annual Global Change Award.

H&M : Whole-System Thinking : Material Futures

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Climate crisis

Dubai – A new exhibit at the Museum of the Future explores potential solutions to climate change.

Museum Of The Future : Climate Change : Whole-System Thinking

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Milan Salone 2017 Preview: Life cycles

Milan – Age of Man explores humanity’s destructive impact on the earth as a new geological era.

Milan Salone 2017 : Whole-system Thinking : Product Design

Daily Signals

Workplace F-abric

Zürich – Freitag has developed its own clothing line made from specially developed sustainable fabric.

Freitag : Whole-system Thinking : F-abric Apparel

Macro Trends

The Immortal Brand

Brands and consumers are no longer satisfied by instantaneous gratification. Can we really plan in years, decades – even centuries?

The Age Of The Long Near : Evernote : Long Now Foundation

Daily Signals

Milan Salone 2017: Mining stardust

Milan – Designers Kirstie van Noort and Xandra van der Eijk consider the potential of collecting extraterrestrial dust as a new resource.

Milan Salone 2017 : Sustainability : Whole-system Thinking

Daily Signals

Clothes for Everybody

Los Angeles – Everybody is a new online clothing and lifestyle brand that focuses on ethical production methods.

Whole-system Thinking : Everybody : Sustainable Clothing

Daily Signals

Long-term thinking: The Age of the Long Near Preview Network Evening

London – LS:N Global members gathered at The Future Laboratory last night for a sneak preview of our forthcoming Trend Briefing topic, The Age of t...

Network Evening : LS:N Global Event : The Future Laboratory

Micro Trends

Power Provenance

More dependent on technology than ever before and used to exercising freedom of choice, people are demanding more say on where their energy comes...

Solar : Sunplug : Whole-system Thinking

Big Ideas

Clerkenwell Design Week 2015 Review

In its sixth year, Clerkenwell Design Week featured a range of site-specific projects, street spectacles and pop-up workshops.

Clerkenwell Design Week : London : Furniture

Daily Signals

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Unsafe space

Venice – The Fair Building exhibition examines the notion of fair trade in architecture.

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 : Whole-system Thinking : Fairtrade Foundation

Daily Signals

Mutual exchange

Ethiopia – Camper has teamed up with the Ethical Fashion Initiative to create a range of shoes made entirely by local artisans.

Camper : Ethical Fashion Initiative : Whole System Thinking

Big Ideas

Luxe Pack Monaco 2016: Overview

Changing definitions of luxury and new emerging digital applications have forced manufacturers to re-assess what is important to consumers.

Luxe Pack : Packaging : Whole-system Thinking

Big Ideas

Stockholm Furniture Fair 2017: Review

This year’s event showed that Scandinavian design is ready to move beyond craft and an aesthetics-orientated approach to focus on concept and rese...

Stockholm Furniture Fair 2017 : E-motional Economy : Product Design

Markets

Luxury Index 2015

LS:N Global plots the shifts in luxury in 2015 and identifies a market that is abandoning traditional signifiers such as wealth, permanence and sta...

The Luxury Index : New Luxury Millennials : Five Stages Of Luxury

Daily Signals

Fluff Stuff creates regenerative textiles from plant fibres

Consciously farmed, plant-based textile innovations could become viable alternatives for the fashion industry, helping to reduce carbon footpri...

Fashion : Sustainability : Regenerative

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