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Macro Trends

Dreamtelligence

There’s a sense of possibility in the air. US president Barack Obama describes it as the audacity of hope, but innovators, planners, academics and ...

Big Ideas

Web Summit Lisbon 2023: AI Futures

As the world’s biggest tech conference, Web Summit Lisbon 2023 had no choice but to dedicate much of its schedule to artificial intelligence – incl...

AI : Technology : Football

Markets

Rewilding Retail Market

The retail industry is implementing greener infrastructural strategies that benefit, shoppers, workers and the environment on a wide scale.

Retail : Nature : Health & Wellness

Design Directions

Vibrant Veganism

Plant-based products are being boldly redefined by creative practitioners who are pushing for a visceral approach that shows desire without comprom...

Advertising : Design : Macro

Daily Signals

A retrospective on the stand-out projects at London Design Festival

Following the London Design Festival 2017, LS:N Global reflects on five of the most thought-provoking works.

Product Design : Food & Drink : Culture

Design Directions

Good Hotel

A pop-up hotel on water, Good Hotel in Amsterdam trains the unemployed in the art of hospitality.

Good Hotel : Good Hospitality Group : Bricolage

Design Directions

Kopiaste

It is not often that the worlds of design and global economics collide, but with the Eurozone at the centre of the latest chapter in the financial ...

Design : Financial Trouble : Greek Culture

Big Ideas

The Download: Fashion Month A/W 2025–2026

From Y2K nostalgia to scripted drama and robots – everything new and notable from the autumn/winter 2025–2026 fashion month in one easy download.

Fashion : Fashion Month AW25-26 : Fashion Month

Markets

Third Space Retail

Brands are reshaping stores into branded third-space hubs, providing sanctuaries for creativity, community and culture.

Retail : Third Spaces : Community

Macro Trends

Futuretainment

As audiences flock to immersive, convivial experiences, entertainers are blurring the distinctions between spectator and performer, digital and phy...

Gaming : Third Rail Projects : Immersive Theatre

Big Ideas

Destination Debrief: Perth

As Western Australia’s coastal city of Perth becomes a top destination for international and domestic tourists, growth is being fuelled by a revita...

Travel : Hospitality : Australia

Big Ideas

The patriotic future of Chinese travel

Closed to tourists until 2022, domestic travel is an important engine of growth for China, where travellers are raring to rediscover their vast hom...

Travel : China : Tourism

Big Ideas

Bread & Butter autumn/winter 2012/2013

Berlin – Streetwear trade fair Bread & Butter showcased smarter, more tailored denim collections and saw a resurgence in technical fabrics across m...

Denim : Workwear : Bread & Butter

Micro Trends

Tokyo Safari

In Japan's ever-changing capital, young creators experiment with the old and the new.

Aoyama : Revivalism : The Tomorrow Store

Design Directions

Design Miami/ 2013

Classic natural and earthly forms were re-interpreted at Design Miami/ this month. With a combination of rich materials and textures, designers exp...

Design Miami : America : US

Macro Trends

Luxury Recrafted

The consumers – or rather the collectors – of tomorrow will expect luxury to signal status not through excess, but by acting as a guardian of craft...

Luxury : Society : Fashion

Markets

Collaboration Culture

Successful brands are evolving from authoritative voices to co-creative partners. They are collaborating with audiences, creators and peers to shap...

Fashion : Sports & Leisure : Beauty

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

Micro Trends

Decolonised Cowboy Core

From music to the catwalk and cinema screens, Black and Indigenous artists are finding inspiration in their cowboy heritage like never before, adva...

Pop Culture : Fashion : Media

Design Directions

El Kombo

Takeaway service is often minimal. The packaging is uniform and cheap, and you never know how the food has been prepared.Danish conceptual dining c...

Restaurant : Preparation : Surprise

Markets

New stages of lux

As Louis Vuitton cancels plans to open yet another department store in Tokyo and other brands follow suit, it is time to access the changing nature...

Louis Vuitton : Bain & Company : Luxury Institute

Macro Trends

The Convergence Economy

Look to retail spaces, products, hospitality and entertainment these days and, increasingly, there’s one distinctive theme: it’s difficult to tel...

The Convergence Economy : Beth Bentley : ShopperTrak

Big Ideas

The Download: Milan Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2024

Cutting through the chaos and overwhelming nature of fashion month, we distil the key insights from Milan Fashion Week.

Luxury : Fashion : Design

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: December

We reveal The Future Laboratory’s chosen innovators and change-makers that are set to disrupt the lifestyle categories in 2023 and beyond.

Futures 100 Innovators

Markets

Fashion Market

Still reeling from the effects of the recent recession, the fashion industry is set to change even more dramatically in the years to come. The turb...

E-retail : M-commerce : Fast Fashion

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