LS:N Global

Communities

Neo-collectivists

As we move from an individually minded society to a collective one, we meet the community championing new ways of sharing, caring and collaborating.

Community : Neo-collectivism : Network

Big Ideas

London Design Festival Review: Part 1

The London Design Festival (LDF) 2012 featured new exhibition spaces that offered a refreshing change in how design work is shown in the city.

Steven Philips : Hot Tools : Simon Woodroffe

Design Directions

Human by Design

As flawless, AI-generated aesthetics spread across industries, human-made content is gaining value. Meet the creatives embracing messy, nostalgic a...

Design : Branding : Advertising

Macro Trends

Millennials Now and Next: From Pink to Prime

After a stuttering start to their adult lives, the first generation to use the internet as children are hitting their prime earning years while reb...

Generations : Millennials : Demographics

Macro Trends

The New Value Economy

Ownership is receding as an ideal and a way to mark value. We share, rent and borrow products now, creating new systems of value and worth in the...

Collaborative Economy : Conspicuous Access : Reputation

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 ...

Dreaming : Blue Sky : Future

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: Shortlist

We present the shortlist for our Futures 100 Innovators Awards, featuring the 10 leading innovators, disruptors and change-makers across 10 industr...

Futures100 Innovators

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

Sensorial Sustainability

What a brand feels like matters as much as, if not more than, what it says. It isn’t messaging but experiences and spaces that drive trust. In a po...

Sustainability

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

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

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

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

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