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Big Ideas

Football Innovation Debrief

As the World Cup approaches its climax, we look at the innovators defining football’s future, from stadium design to the wearables transforming tra...

Sports : Wellness : Entertainment

Markets

Luxury Sports Fan Market

Long overlooked by the luxury market, premium brands are slowly recognising that there is a significant minority of wealthy mainstream sports fans.

Sport : Luxury : Travel

Design Directions

Neo-nutrition

Food branding and packaging is rejecting the popular visual cues of ‘organic’ and ‘artisanal’, and instead embracing a more clinical, synthetic-loo...

Food Packaging : Anti-Authenticity Marketing : GMO

Micro Trends

Airbnb Backlash

The peer-to-peer home rental service's growth is causing friction with both local communities and the hotel industry.

Airbnb : The Sharing Economy : Hospitality

Design Directions

Map: Industrial Design

Map presents a new format for the design industry, where each creative decision is backed by strategic insight.

Map Project Office : Internet Of Things : SAM Labs

Markets

Muslim consumer market

The global Muslim population – which comprises 1.6bn people, according to the Pew Research Center – is enjoying greater wealth than ever before.

Pew Research Center : Middle East : South East Asia

Viewpoints

Josh Ackerman : How touch affects spending

MIT research professor Joshua Ackerman talks about how touch affects spending.

Sensory Shopping : Tactile Shopping : Josh Ackerman

Viewpoints

Jamie Zigelbaum and Marcelo Coelho : Bringing computing out of the box Jamie Zigelbaum and Marcelo Coelho see pixels

Zigelbaum + Coelho’s Jamie Zigelbaum and Marcelo Coelho talk about bringing computing out of the box.

Zigelbaum + Coelho : Jamie Zigelbaum : Marcelo Coelho

Viewpoints

Neil Gershenfeld : A new industrial revolution is on the way

Professor Neil Gershenfeld, MIT, talks about a new industrial revolution that is on the way.

Brandtocracies : Neil Gershenfeld : Center For Bits And Atoms

Micro Trends

Experiential spaces

Stores : Workshops : Community

Micro Trends

Spiritual Retreats

Hotel : Spa : Retreat

Design Directions

Neuro-graphic

Designers are drawing on patterns created by brain waves, movement tracking and biometrics to create a visual lexicon for communicating emotions.

Emotional Analytics : Biometrics : Neuro-marketing

Design Directions

Graduate Fashion Week 2016: Design Directions

During Graduate Fashion Week 2016 designers presented collections that explored new aesthetics, experimental materials and unexpected textures ...

Graduate Fashion Week : Material Experimentation : Neutral Culture

Design Directions

Sensory Assault

Artists and image-makers have often found beauty in the grotesque. Now they are honing in on strange, slimy textures, coloured liquids and imperf...

Gen Viz : Sensory : Maisie Cousins

Markets

State of Luxury: Australia

Australia’s luxury market is growing, with global brands scaling up and local labels making their mark in a competitive landscape.

Australia : Sustainability : Premiumisation

Daily Signals

Xydrobe to open a VR luxury shopping universe

London-based Xydrobe is rolling out what it bills as the ‘first immersive virtual reality luxury shopping experience’.

Luxury : Fashion : E-commerce

Podcasts

Podcast: Victoria Stoyanova on Community, Collaboration and Creating Connections

The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond spoke to super-connector Victoria Stoyanova about rebooting everything from innovation to how we gr...

Podcast : Society : Back To The F**kture

Design Directions

Pliable Playscapes

Inspired by Generation Zalpha’s productivity, an energetic and assertive visual language is emerging that reflects their can-do attitude and capaci...

Youth : Branding : Media

Daily Signals

Tagg is a social branding app for Gen Z workers

The platform is responding to the online behaviours of Generation Z, offering young people a social media app with in-built career opportunities.

Messaging : Gen Zalpha : Messaging App

Daily Signals

Mastercard’s tactile update improves card accessibility

In a bid to expand its inclusivity efforts, the financial services company is introducing an accessible card standard to support blind and partiall...

Design : Health & Wellness : Finance

Daily Signals

Whiskas tunes into feline frequencies with aural ad

As more people become devoted pet parents, the cat food brand has introduced an advert that directly markets to cats themselves.

Advertising & Branding : Society : Media & Entertainment

Viewpoints

Réduit is revolutionising skincare application

Paul Peros, founder of Réduit, discusses the beauty industry’s need to move away from hand-applied products to smart delivery devices for enhanced ...

Beauty : Wellness : Technology

Viewpoints

Have Instagram influencers lost their sway?

As consumers become acutely aware of sponsored Instagram posts, will a new form of authentic brand promotion come to the fore?

Youth : Digital : Retail

Big Ideas

How brands can use augmented reality to drive engagement

With the mainstream adoption of AR on the horizon, we examine four brands that are setting a precedent for how to use the medium.

Retail : Digital : Advertising

Viewpoints

Will their own airlines engage Millennial travellers?

With youth-focused airlines taking off this year, brands need to avoid surrendering to stereotypes when marketing to Millennials.

Travel : Branding : Mobility

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