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Dutch Design Week 2023: Designing for Wellbeing

Dutch Design Week 2023 showcased projects highlighting the collective power of humanity and creativity, while considering society's role in care.

Design : Sustainability : Health And Wellness

Viewpoints

Hybri’s AI models hint at phygital intimacy

Richard Donczi, president of Realic, on blurring the boundaries between real-world experiences, human desire and virtual relationships.

Technology : Neo-Kinship : AI

Big Ideas

The digital studio driving fashion’s open-source future

Jimmy Herdberg, co-founder of Swedish fashion studio Atacac, on how digitising the design and manufacturing process can foster more meaningful rela...

Fashion : Retail : Technology

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: January

Welcome to the Futures 100 Innovators, our annual longlist of global innovators and disruptors creating the future across 10 sectors.

Futures 100 Innovators : Beauty : Food

Communities

Deprogrammers

Rejecting traditional education, this global youth community are using digital platforms, virtual tools and DIY content to educate, teach and liber...

Youth. : Youth : Media

Viewpoints

Unpacking luxury’s NFT and metaverse opportunity

Daniella Loftus, a member of Red DAO, describes how non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and digital goods can open new revenue streams and enhance audience ...

Luxury : Technology : NFTs

Micro Trends

Post-digital Communication

Designers are swapping fiddly haptic interfaces for basic material props in order to enhance the poetry and meaning of virtual experiences.

Virtual Reality : Communication : Technology

Markets

Emerging Youth: South Korea

In a patriarchal society dominated by tradition, young South Koreans are choosing to forge their own paths rather than conform to antiquated a...

Youth : South Korea : Beauty

Daily Signals

Sound-generating glass at Milan Salone and teaching kids about blockchain

AGC develops a new form of glass, Pigzbe educates kids on cryptocurrency, The Student Hotel expands to student accommodation.

Hospitality : Finance : Milan Salone 2018

Markets

Racquet Culture Redefined

From social padel clubs to the rise of tenniscore, racquet sports are being repositioned for new generations.

Sport & Leisure : Wellness : Youth

Macro Trends

Subconscious Commerce

With Internet of Things technology creating newly immersive brand touchpoints and data analytics allowing businesses to anticipate every desire, co...

Retail : Automation : Technology

Daily Signals

SXSW 2025: The Continuum of Experience

At SXSW, the concept of world-building extended far beyond the realms of entertainment and into the future of brand-consumer relationships.

Design : Experiences

Big Ideas

X-tended Retail

Virtual stores and Web3 brand experiences have matured since the post-pandemic metaverse boom. Now, they offer more integrated e-commerce opportuni...

Retail : Pop-culture & Media : Technology

Daily Signals

NRF 2024 Retail’s Big Show daily recap: Emerging luxury consumers and the Claire’s Zalpha expertise

On the third and final day of the NRF 2024 Retail’s Big Show, insights ranged from the resilience of luxury stores to Crocs’ commitment to being a ...

Retail : Fashion : Beauty

Daily Signals

CES 2024 daily recap: Construction site futures, AI-powered cars and Will.i.am

Day two of the Consumer Electronics Show started with HD Hyundai's keynote address delivered by CEO Kisun Chung who emphasised the slow tech adopti...

Technology : Pop-culture & Media : Mobility

Daily Signals

Jangle makes online house-hunting a playful experience

Online property portals often rhyme with lacklustre graphic design and poor user experience. Enter Jangle, a platform shaking up the sector with a ...

Property : Advertising & Branding : Society

Daily Signals

LS:N Global celebrates its European launch

At LS:N Global, we understand the importance of localising trends, foresights and insights to enable businesses to make a better future.

Event : LS:N Global : Europe

Daily Signals

A deodorant brand hosts a marathon in the Betterverse

With inequalities becoming increasingly apparent in virtual worlds, the deodorant brand is partnering with gaming platform Decentraland to host a m...

Health And Wellness : Media And Entertainment : Technology

Daily Signals

Stat: Gen Z are going big on digital networking

In a small study by Handshake, American members of Generation Z have been identified as feeling more optimistic about building a career network tha...

Society : Youth : Gen Z

Big Ideas

Fashion 2030: Hacked, tracked and rationed

As fashion counts the cost of its planetary impact, we future-gaze to 2030 and posit an era when fast fashion is not only traced – it’s rationed.

Fashion : Technology : Sustainability

Viewpoints

What we can learn from the creation of digital supermodel Shudu

To create avatars that resonate with consumers, brands need to first champion diversity in their workforce.

Technology : Beauty : Fashion

Viewpoints

Is disconnecting your customers the best way to grab their attention?

Why offering consumers an easy way out of their click holes will make them take notice of your brand.

Digital : Marketing : Media

Viewpoints

Generation Z entrepreneurs: Faster, better, stronger

Why brands need to swap prescription for playfulness if they want to attract the best Generation Z employees.

Recruitment : Gen Viz : The Future Of Work

Daily Signals

Will the first sentient AI awaken in 2065?

UK – In his new project, Geomancer, Lawrence Lek imagines artificial intelligence taking on the role of an artist.

Technology : Digital : Culture

Daily Signals

The new old

London – New Old at The Design Museum examines the potential for design to enhance later life.

The Design Museum : The Flat Age Society : The Optimised Self

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