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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

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

Markets

Beauty report

As the world changes after the recession and we enter the New Normal age of the topsy-turvy Turbulent Teens, thankfully some things remain the same...

Turbulent Teens : Lipstick Effect : Selfridges

Macro Trends

The Paralysis Paradox

At a time of global dissonance, shared solutions and radically disruptive innovation will emerge from science, technology and business organisation...

Society : Sustainability : Technology

Macro Trends

Conviviality Culture

People are realising that the most exciting thing they can do is not online, updating their social network page. It is offline, experiencing the un...

Convivial : Community : Live

Macro Trends

Revivalism

Seeking shelter from the unsettling storm clouds of recession, resource and environment anxiety, consumers are nostalgically remembering, reviving ...

Revival : Nostalgia : Authenticity

Markets

The future of gardens

A mirror of our home life, the garden is a space that reflects and exaggerates what we want from our homes. It is also the space where people’s beh...

Garden : Gardens : Husqvarna

Behaviours

Emerging Youth: Nigeria

Scarred by years of social unrest and a cost of living crisis, Nigerian Gen Z are split between hopes of creativity in local music and film and a g...

Youth : Nigeria : Nigeria

Big Ideas

D&AD New Blood Awards 2014

Renowned within the global creative community as a hot bed for young talent, the annual New Blood awards organised by D&AD showcase the emerging ...

D&AD : New Blood Awards 2014 : Asos

Macro Trends

Branding & Packaging Futures

As the climate changes, economies lurch, austerity bites and technology advances, consumers are expecting more from less in all things in the Turbu...

Eco : Consumption : Throw Away

Markets

Market report: The Middle East

Often overlooked because of its geopolitical instability, the Middle East now represents a consumer market that can no longer be ignored. With an a...

Copenhagen Institute For Futures Studies : UAE : Dubai

Macro Trends

Immaterial Fashion

As the fashion industry grapples with existential questions about supply chain and overconsumption, digitisation offers a new route for consumers ...

Fashion : Sustainability : Digital

Design Directions

Dutch Design Week 2015

At this year’s Dutch Design Week, designers tested and challenged perceptions of the material world.

Design Academy Eindhoven : Materials : Virtual World

Macro Trends

Luxury States: New Codes of Luxury 2024–2025

An essential tool, the Five Luxury States define people’s emotional and psychological journeys through the luxury sector, giving rise to a new set ...

Luxury : Travel & Hospitality : Fashion

Big Ideas

Milan Design Week 2023: A Future for Alternative Energy

At Milan Design Week 2023, brands and creatives tackled the global energy crisis head on, offering tangible solutions through the lenses of urban l...

Design : Architecture : Technology

Macro Trends

Home States Futures: Residential Retail

With hybrid working becoming the new normal, global retail footfall in decline and the loss of third spaces, the home is shifting from a fundamenta...

Retail : Home : Technology

Big Ideas

Milan Design Week 2025: Transformative Touchpoints

Grand marketing statements, conversational installations and archival classics took centre stage at Milan Design Week 2025.

Design : Exhibition : Technology

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