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Big Ideas

Central Saint Martins Material Futures Work in Progress Show 2016

This year's stand-out projects from the MA Material Futures course proposed turning our bodies into complex interfaces.

Design Directions

L’Isolé

Parisian bar due to open in time for Paris Fashion Week is taking steps to make its space more social and less social media.

L'isole : Nightclub : Social Media

Big Ideas

South by Southwest Interactive 2013- Part 2

Austin – South by Southwest Interactive 2013 saw entrepreneurs move away from app design and towards embedding tech into objects that interface wit...

Luxury : SXSW : Software

Design Directions

The People's Supermarket

Designing the packaging and brand identity for The People’s Supermarket was one of the biggest challenges that branding and advertising a...

Branding : Anti-brand : Low Budget

Design Directions

Nokia Craft Exhibition

The project: Nokia Craft Exhibition The instigators: Lianne Mallett and Laura Perryman The innovation: Experimenting with craft for future produc...

Design : Lianne Mallett : Experimenting

Markets

Bleisure Update

If you talk about the pressures of work, you are probably a Generation Joneser. And if you still believe in the work/life balance, you are one of o...

Bleisure : The Body Shop : Flexistentialists

Micro Trends

Scenario-based Airport Beauty

Beauty brands are targeting Chinese travellers in Asia with services and products that provide effective solutions which are based on an individual...

Retail : Beauty : Health & Wellness

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

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