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Big Ideas

Five Future Paths for Metaverse Beauty

Shifting focus from e-commerce to experience marketing, beauty firms are seizing upon the metaverse to educate, experiment and boost interaction.

Beauty : Wellness : Metaverse

Markets

Consumer Surveillance Market

Originally created as a means for retailers to generate targeted ads, consumer surveillance has evolved into a lucrative eco-system to analyse beha...

Retail : Data : Surveillance

Markets

Sustainability Market

Business is adopting a Whole-system Thinking approach that replaces the ruthless pursuit of profit with a tripartite system that gives equal weight...

Whole System Thinking : Sustainability Futures : The Immortal Brand

Design Directions

High Anarchy

Luxury retailers are embracing the idea of backlash by using analogue and anarchic visual techniques to deconstruct branded imagery.

Backlash Culture : Marketing : Collage

Big Ideas

London Design Festival 2015: Review

This year’s London Design Festival saw many exhibitors scaling down. Yet, despite its smaller scope, the festival succeeded in highlighting new a...

V&A Museum : Faye Toogood : Sustainable Design

Big Ideas

Stockholm Furniture Fair and Design Week 2015

Guest of honour Ilse Crawford opened the 2015 Stockholm Furniture Fair in front of a display of questions, such as what is design? and what is valu...

Furniture : Colour : Textiles

Design Directions

Soft Psychedelic

Designers are channelling the cues of the 1970s into a new aesthetic that is dream-like, joyful and poetically erotic

Graphic Design : Missoni : Futurist Montage

Design Directions

Möbius Design Studio: Visual Communication

As part of a new wave of design talent across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the all-female Möbius Design Studio is paving the w...

Dubai : MENA : Graphic Design

Design Directions

Secret Cinema

Secret Cinema is not much of a secret these days. For its latest show, Back to the Future, the company ramped up its pre-event offer, immersin...

Secret Cinema : Back To The Future : London

Big Ideas

Luxe Pack Monaco 2013: Overview

The show, in its 26th year, attracted about 400 exhibitors from a wide range of sectors, including fragrances, cosmetics, wines and spirits, and fi...

Sustainable : Beverages : Sensory Splurge

Markets

Ageless Tech

As Baby Boomers reach retirement, the technology industry is racing to accommodate their needs. From medication sensors to brain training apps, new...

Apps : Audicus : AARP

Markets

Brand register 09/10

Despite the talk of ethics in brands, the recession has pushed an overwhelming number of consumers back to thinking about their wallet first, accor...

Brand Personality Register : Value For Money : Conscious Shopping

Viewpoints

Noshtalgia: why classic tastes are driving food innovation

From alternative ingredients to monthly delivery drops, the quest for comfort, childhood flavours and convenience is bringing new products to diner...

Food : Customer Experience : Mood

Micro Trends

Peer Platforms

A trust deficit between shoppers and brands is driving the rise of community-led platforms where purchasing tips and style advice are openly shared.

Retail : E-commerce : Peer To Peer

Micro Trends

Inclusive Nomadism

Remote and co-working is becoming more inclusive, driven by initiatives focused on community, access and career development.

Technology : Workplace : Travel

Micro Trends

Accessible Gaming

While the mainstream gaming industry has long ignored disabled people, a host of new technologies are enabling brands to adapt to their every need.

Gaming : Entertainment : Accessibility

Viewpoints

Lyne Zein on luxury for the gender-fluid consumer

The founder and creative director of Paris-based, non-binary store L’Insane on the future luxury consumer, new communities and why the physical sto...

Luxury : Youth : Retail

Viewpoints

Why mid-air haptics will transform how we interact

Anders Hakfelt, vice-president of product and marketing at Ultrahaptics, explains how digital touch will revolutionise our interaction with product...

Technology : Augmented Reality : Virtual Reality

Micro Trends

Climate-positive Foods

Restaurants and food brands are turning their carbon-offsetting efforts into educational and marketing campaigns that flaunt their sustainability c...

Food : Uprooted Diets : Sustainability

Big Ideas

Four ways Generation Z are transforming Instagram

From finstas to meme therapy, Generation Z are turning away from selfies and using Instagram to learn, debate, support and forge new friendships.

Youth : Social Media : Instagram

Big Ideas

A modelling agency that champions people with disabilities

Laura Johnson and Zoe Proctor, co-founders of Zebedee Management, on their mission to increase the representation of people with disabilities in th...

Fashion : Retail : Inclusivity

Big Ideas

Wearables of the future could be made of biosmart materials

Puma’s global director of innovation Charles Johnson on the brand’s recent collaboration with MIT Design Lab and how biodesign could be used to upg...

Puma : Wellbeing : Biodesign

Big Ideas

The material revolution at Milan's Salone 2018

From sound-emitting glass to food as an interface, Salone del Mobile 2018 showcased a host of new material innovations that could shape the future ...

Material : Biotechnology : Packaging

Big Ideas

How new media platforms are creating content that speaks to Generation Z

Now the largest media audience segment, according to Nielsen, Generation Z are looking for socially conscious, interactive media platforms to engag...

Youth : Media : Digital

Big Ideas

Why fashion magazines need to change

Katy Lassen and Simone Konu, founders of London-based digital platform Also Journal, on challenging current beauty ideals and their ambition to be ...

Fashion : Apparel : Female Futures

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