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Grief Rebranded

How individuals process and cope with loss is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by technology, painmoons and the power of community.

Society : Death : Technology

Design Directions

Fragrance Lab

In a corner of Selfridges, an experiment was carried out to uncover the future of retail. The Fragrance Lab, which happened in the department st...

Fragrance Lab : Selfridges : The Future Laboratory

Design Directions

Technology Will Save Us

When it comes to technology, most of us only know how to buy it. We may be surrounded by a digital world, but for the most part we are only consume...

Sustainable : Educate : Components

Design Directions

Still in Llove

Living in Japan in the 80s was an inspiring time for Suzanne Oxenaar, artistic director of Dutch hotelier Lloyd Hotel. The traditional houses,...

Netherlands : Fun : Lloyd Hotel

Macro Trends

Game-Changers: The Future of Sports Fandom

By embracing new technologies, geographies and audiences, sport is becoming bigger than ever and offering valuable lessons on nurturing a new era o...

Sports & Leisure : Fashion : Pop-culture & Media

Markets

Premium Desserts

Not just for after dinner, desserts and sweet treats are becoming cultural markers that are reshaping rituals, redefining indulgence and influencin...

Dessert : Food & Drink : Hospitality

Markets

The Future Workplace

A new report by The Future Laboratory for financial protection provider Unum explores the future of the workplace, touching on themes of agelessnes...

The Future Laboratory : Mindfulness : Workplace

Markets

Convergence Retail

As consumers dictate new rules of retail engagement, the lines are blurring between the retail, hospitality, entertainment and lifestyle sectors.

Beth Bentley : Wieden + Kennedy : Virgin Group

Macro Trends

Rurban Revolution

City dwellers are rejecting the impersonal ‘bigness’ of globalisation and corporations, and reconnecting with their communities. They are living hy...

Rural : Urban : Local

Communities

Re-con Man

Being a man used to be simple. You put food on the table, a roof over your head, and clothes on your children’s backs. Now at the start of the ‘fem...

Retail : Terroll Lewis : Luigi Lunihank

Design Directions

Paris Fashion Week spring/summer 2015

A heady and moody mix of alchemy and magic were on show this season during Paris Fashion Week as designers played with fiction to create escap...

Communities

Regenizens

Meet the community-focused citizens who are reframing their relationship with consumption to be not just more sustainable, but also regenerative an...

Sustainabillity : Beauty : Society

Big Ideas

Localise to Survive

The third report in our Rebranding Sustainability series looks at how localisation can become a powerful marketing tool and a meaningful sustainabi...

Retail : Sustainability : Luxury

Micro Trends

Shanghai Safari

As one of China’s Tier 1 cities, Shanghai holds a special place in the story of the country’s extraordinary rise.

Lujiazui : Huangpu River : The Bund

Design Directions

Sinistry

Designers are drawing inspiration from myths, theatre motifs and fables to explore the juxtaposition of darkness and light across a variety of di...

Dystopia : Theatre : Experience Deisgn

Big Ideas

Milan Design Week preview

Milan – Despite economic downturn, the show will go on at next week’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. Now in its 48th year, the global f...

Furniture : Piet Hein Eek : Preview

Markets

Gen Z’s Mall Revival

For Gen Z, malls are more than places to shop – they have become social playgrounds where retail, food and entertainment collide to create energy, ...

Retail : Youth : Gen Z

Markets

Digital Afterlife Market

From NFTs to AI holograms, the intersection of technology and the funeral industry is changing how we grieve and how we’ll be remembered.

Digital : Technology : Media

Design Directions

Nowness

Luxury brands have been slow to embrace the internet, often fearing it would devalue their exclusivity. But now, with online luxury growing, brands...

Internet : Magtail : Nowness

Macro Trends

Functional Feasting

As we move past the ‘free from’ era, consumers are increasingly favouring products that do more with less, bringing flavour and fun back into funct...

Food & Drink : Indulgence : Health & Wellness

Big Ideas

London Design Festival: 10 of the best

London Design Festival put on an eclectic show in September with exciting work presented by emerging young designers and established galleries. LS:...

Aram Gallery : Catherine Aitken : Eva Malschaert

Big Ideas

IMM Cologne

Cologne – More of a trading fair than a design festival, this year’s IMM Cologne avoided any ostentation or lavish launches. Furniture-makers and i...

Furniture : Pure Village : User-friendly

Design Directions

Graduate Fashion Week 2014

Gutsy, raw talent was prevalent this year during Graduate Fashion Week. At new location The Old Truman Brewery in London's East End, graduates and ...

Holly Jayne Smith : Rebecca Rimmer : Birmingham University

Macro Trends

Neo-collectivism

Society is facing a mass re-organisation. United by values of empathy and community, consumers are shunning individualism in favour of alliances th...

Society : Retail : Workplace

Viewpoints

Targeting Ultra-high-net-worth Individuals on Social Media

Social media specialist Lily Power argues that getting digitally social with the 1% is all about exclusivity, authenticity and tapping into women ...

Luxury : Advertising & Branding : Retail

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