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2015 International CES Review Part 2

Big Ideas

2015 International CES Review Part 2

Amid the parade of smartwatches and connected lights on display at 2015 International CES, what was truly new and revolutionary in consumer electro...
Qualcomm : Swarovski : CES 2015
Preserving Digital Legacies

Micro Trends

Preserving Digital Legacies

Meet the innovators safeguarding and cherishing precious digital memories beyond the grave.
Death : Digital Legacy : Data Storage
Shape-shifting

Design Directions

Shape-shifting

Graphic designers are injecting brand identities with the transience and fluidity of natural movement. In tune with our Awakening Tech macrotrend...
Branding : Awakening Tech : Generative Design
Japanese restaurant offers diners a memento and other stories

News

Japanese restaurant offers diners a memento and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Selfridges’ charity pop-up, blockchain retail at New York Fashion Week, libraries prove popular among Millennials and othe...
Retail : Food : Drink
Destination Retail: Part 1

Markets

Destination Retail: Part 1

The future of physical shopping is about creating a desire for destination and a location-specific brand experience.
Experiential : Destination Retail : Explorium Retail
Nike+ 45 Grand

Design Directions

Nike+ 45 Grand

Invitation-only health club 45 Grand takes the Nike+ brand into luxury territory, serving as an aspirational flagship for other Nike+ Studios and ...
Nike : 45 Grand : Nike+
Back-to-School Alphas

Behaviours

Back-to-School Alphas

Gen Alpha are earning ‘aura points’ at the start of the school season thanks to skincare smoothies, smellmaxxing, hiring glam squads and sanitising...
Youth : Culture : Gen Alpha
Futures 100 Innovators: Finalists

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: Finalists

We present the shortlist for our Futures 100 Innovators Awards, featuring the 10 leading innovators, disruptors and change-makers across 10 industr...
Futures 100 Innovators
Gen Z are shaking up the elitist art world

Viewpoints

Gen Z are shaking up the elitist art world

The art world is on the cusp of major change. Here’s how Paul Hill, the 22-year-old founder of Strada, is empowering the next generation of artists...
Youth : Luxury : Art
Anti-pollution Detox Dust and other stories

News

Anti-pollution Detox Dust and other stories

In today’s daily digest: 11 Honoré promotes the luxury plus-size market, Floyd Mayweather democratises boxing and radio lives on for Generation Z.
Fashion : Beauty : Drink
Conscious Cities

Big Ideas

Conscious Cities

Architecture is increasingly drawing on neuroscience to understand how we perceive and interact with spaces.
Architecture : Neuroscience : The E-motional Economy
The Synthocene Era: Merging Human and Machine Intelligence

Macro Trends

The Synthocene Era: Merging Human and Machine Intelligence

As AI redefines our understanding of intelligence, we begin to enter The Synthocene Era, an age in which the lines between what is natural and what...
Technology : Artificial Intelligence : Society
Five Future Job Roles for the C-Suite

Big Ideas

Five Future Job Roles for the C-Suite

New leadership roles will be realised in the next decade as businesses navigate new working paradigms and respond to evolving customer, employee an...
Workplace : Society : Technology
The Optimised Self

Macro Trends

The Optimised Self

Humanity is on a quest. It is not a quest for perfection, but for optimisation – to be the optimal versions of ourselves, the most effective and th...
Optimisation : Health : Wellbeing
The Power of Precision Micro-Influencing

Viewpoints

The Power of Precision Micro-Influencing

In the fervour of elections, micro-influencers wield significant power, showing how citizens are placing more value and trust in the voices of thei...
Media : Society : Election
Healthy kids campaigns

Big Ideas

Healthy kids campaigns

A series of new food industry initiatives aim to inspire and deliver healthier eating among children by targeting parents, schools and care-givers.
Food : Healthy Eating Design : Children
The Optimised Self

Trend Tracker

The Optimised Self

Identified by LS:N Global in 2015, The Optimised Self charts a widespread consumer quest for personal optimisation.
The Optimised Self : Wellness : Health
Revelation Brands

Macro Trends

Revelation Brands

The digital revolution promised to save us time, but instead we are busier than ever. It promised to broaden our horizons, but left us trapped in a...
Discovery : Chance : Serendipity
Live Streamers

Communities

Live Streamers

Live Streamers live their lives through the lens of Periscope, sharing their thoughts, their talents, even their daily dog walks, with thousands ...
Live Streamers : Periscope : Consumer Tribe
Targeting Ultra-high-net-worth Individuals on Social Media

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
Kitchen Futures

Markets

Kitchen Futures

The kitchen of 2040 will entertain and educate us, will help us to be more space- and energy-efficient, will be personalised to our needs, and will...
Kitchen : Ikea : Philips
Untethered Luxurians

Communities

Untethered Luxurians

Challenging what it means to be wealthy, this community has chosen a lifestyle that prioritises freedom and self-fulfilment over a settl...
Luxury : Travel : Hospitality
Futures 100 Innovators: February

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: February

We uncover the next 10 innovators to watch as part of our Futures 100 Awards, which highlight those brands, businesses and people innovating for ch...
Futures 100 Innovators
AI Edu-play-tion

Micro Trends

AI Edu-play-tion

Meet the innovators using generative artificial intelligence to re-imagine screen-free educational play time for children.
AI : Gen Alpha : Education
Privacy Hardware

Micro Trends

Privacy Hardware

As digital privacy and data breaches become pertinent issues, physical tools and devices are being designed to shield citizens’ identities.
Technology : Advertising : Surveillance
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