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Micro Trends

Synaesthetic Selling Update

Smart brands have long used sensory stimulation to steer consumer behaviour. Now, a few are going further. Based on the principle of synaesthesia, ...

Synaesthesia : Senses : Experience

Markets

Eco-Home

In an effort to save money and reduce their environmental impact, the families and homes of the future will be highly attuned to managing and conse...

Eco-home : China : Panasonic

Big Ideas

Village life in store for Ted Baker consumers

Store Design : Visual Merchandising : Retail Concept

Viewpoints

Vivian Rosenthal : The virtual pop-up store

Tronic co-founder Vivian Rosenthal talks about the virtual pop-up.

Tronic : Vivian Rosenthal : Augmented Reality

Viewpoints

Ron Pompei : Culture, community, and then commerce

Pompei AD founder Ron Pompei talks about culture, community and commerce.

Ron Pompei : Pompei AD : Experiential Branding

Design Directions

Fendi

How should an established company known for its handmade leather goods update its offering for the 21st century and appeal to a new generation of c...

Craft : Gibson Guitars : Moritz Waldemeyer

Big Ideas

Chinese demand for luxury in London soars

London : Russian : Gifting

Design Directions

Femininity Rebranded

Creative practitioners are abandoning tired gendered design cues to redefine modern female identity, and embracing a bold, vibrant aesthetic to com...

Branding : Packaging : Design

Design Directions

Fluid Capital

The move towards a cashless society is inspiring a new visual language around financial values, transactions and the appearance of money.

Finance : Cashless Futures : Snask

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

Markets

Tech futures

As excited as consumers in the UK are about technology in the far future, new research suggests that exciting, enabling technologies are likely to ...

3D Printing : Home Robotics : Technology

Daily Signals

Modern Affluence Summit 2023 recap: The Great Wealth Transfer

Held at 180 The Strand, London, in September 2023, the fourth Modern Affluence Summit concentrated on The Great Wealth Transfer and the possible im...

Luxury : Finance : Events

Podcasts

Podcast: NASA Harvest's Dr. Catherine Nakalembe

The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond speaks with Dr Catherine Nakalembe, Africa programme director at NASA Harvest, scientist, remote se...

Podcast : Society : Back To The F**kture

Daily Signals

Dayuse repositions downtime on demand

The daytime hotel booking site is reframing associations with its services, through a vibrant redesign that posits pleasure and hedonism over funct...

Travel & Hospitality : Design : Advertising & Branding

Daily Signals

Serena Williams spotlights her apprentices for Nike

US – In her inaugural partnership with sportswear giant Nike, the tennis player is championing the diverse design apprentices who worked on the col...

Fashion : Design : Diversity & Inclusion

Viewpoints

Hoteliers must embrace the rise of non-monogamy

Retreats for more than two will emerge as people begin to take up multiple relationships or seek connections with various partners.

Travel : Hospitality : Luxury

Viewpoints

Behavioural science will boost your business

Rupinder Mann, founder of UnNamed Ventures, on the role of neuroscience, psychology, behavioural economics and creativity on the future of work.

Workplace : Technology : Behavioural Science

Viewpoints

Should coffee chains ask teens for ID?

With a major UK brand refusing to serve coffee to some teens, could the high street welcome a forward-looking café for young people?

Drinks : Youth : Leisure

Viewpoints

Nicola Temple on changing the narrative around processed food

The author of Best Before: The Evolution and Future of Processed Food explains why vilifying processed foods could be detrimental to consumers and ...

Food : Technology : Processed Foods

Big Ideas

How technology is transforming national identity

The blockchain, space travel and offshore development are enabling those dissatisfied with the concept of fixed national identity to create new f...

Technology : Identity : Digital

Micro Trends

Immersive Interfaces

New phygital interfaces are reshaping branded spaces and our personal environments.

Technology : Design : Retail

Viewpoints

Why sustainability is the jewellery industry’s next frontier

Jewellery brands face an uphill battle to attract a new generation of sustainably minded luxury consumers.

Luxury : Jewellery : Sustainability

Daily Signals

Retail Futures Forum 2017

London – Yesterday LS:N Global hosted our Retail Futures Forum, which introduced rising retail trends, case studies of some of the industry’s most ...

Retail Futures Forum : Brand Transparency : Retail

Daily Signals

Luxury Futures Forum 2016

London – This week The Future Laboratory opened its doors to host a series of guest speakers and examine emerging luxury trends.

Luxury Futures Forum : Luxury Market : Anti-choice Architecture

Viewpoints

New-Age Obsolescence

Why smart devices pose a risk to the relationship between retailers and customers.

John Lewis : Revolv : Nest

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