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The IM Crowd

Communities

The IM Crowd

Email and phone calls are outdated forms of communication in the eyes of the IM Crowd, which prefers to keep in touch through instant messaging (...
Teenagers : Instant Messaging : Consumer Tribe
Mirrored Realms

Design Directions

Mirrored Realms

As reality becomes more programmable, a visual aesthetic is being defined that reflects the artificiality of the virtual world alongside our everyd...
Programmable Realities : Immaterial Fashion : Virtual
Future Forecast: Food in 2018

News

Future Forecast: Food in 2018

The dominant narrative in the next year will not be about new flavours or aromas, but about finding security in what we eat.
Food : Hospitality : Packaging
Sneakerboy

Design Directions

Sneakerboy

The crowds in Paris gasped this week as the models for Chanel’s summer 2014 couture collection strode down the catwalk in, of all things,...
Sneakers : Australia : Sneakerboy
CES Review: Smart tv

Big Ideas

CES Review: Smart tv

At the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month, tv manufacturers launched new television devices that connect to the internet. These...
Television : Slingbox : Review
Foresight Friday: Darian Nugent, senior strategic foresight writer

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Foresight Friday: Darian Nugent, senior strategic foresight writer

The Future Laboratory team offers an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, The Future Lab...
Society
We must act collectively in times of conflict

Viewpoints

We must act collectively in times of conflict

The war in Ukraine is spotlighting humans’ innate collective behaviour and care in action – an approach that will be vital in a future when war, pa...
Neo-collectivism : Civic Brands : Society
Tiger Beer Coaster

Design Directions

Tiger Beer Coaster

Many people believe that a few cold beers can aid creativity. In 2015, LS:N Global reported on packaging that attests to this. Tiger Beer decided t...
Tiger Beer : Coaster : Film Making
Jibo

Design Directions

Jibo

Ask someone to name the most obvious sci-fi clichés and they’ll probably talk about flying cars, food in capsule form and teleportation. But the co...
Jibo : Social Robotics : MIT Media Lab
Body Temples

Macro Trends

Body Temples

Bodies are back. You can’t buy the new status symbol at a store, you’ll have to sweat for it. Today’s model of fitness is no longer an unattainable...
MGM Grand Hotel : CrossFit : Zumba
Beauty Mavericks

Communities

Beauty Mavericks

The Beauty Mavericks have gone their own way, creating their own products and services to cater for their specific beauty needs.
Inclusive Beauty : Neutral Culture : Curl Power
Re-con Man

Communities

Re-con Man

Being a man used to be simple. You put food on the table, a roof over your head, and clothes on your children’s backs. Now at the start of the ‘fem...
Retail : Terroll Lewis : Luigi Lunihank
Personal Information Economy

Macro Trends

Personal Information Economy

Online, there are few places we can hide. From Facebook to Google+, Tesco, Wal-Mart, American Express, Foursquare and Bing, brands are recording ou...
PIE : Data : Commodity
Cloud Gaming

Micro Trends

Cloud Gaming

A new era of gaming is on the horizon, fuelled by big brand data centres, digital communities and on-demand services.
Media : Gaming : Leisure
Celebrating Scandinavian modernism and how macaroni cheese affects soil health

News

Celebrating Scandinavian modernism and how macaroni cheese affects soil health

Oh My Eyes challenges Scandinavian minimalism, Universal Everything explores human-machine collaboration, packaged goods company Annie’s celebrates...
Luxury : Food & Drink : Hospitality
Saw film addresses incongruity in blood donor rules and other top stories

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Saw film addresses incongruity in blood donor rules and other top stories

In today’s daily digest: Canon VR offers 360-degree viewing, Visit Oslo promotes tranquil tourism, the value in gin and other stories.
Media : Retail : Wellness
Educated Eating

Big Ideas

Educated Eating

Consumers increasingly want to know more about the products they buy, from their provenance to their impact on the planet.
Food : Drink : Sustainability
Chinese Outdoor Fashion Market

Markets

Chinese Outdoor Fashion Market

Propelled by Covid, China's surging interest in local outdoor sports hints at new opportunities worth billions of yuan for the fashion industry.
China : Global Fashion And Style : Moncler
Generation D

Macro Trends

Generation D

They can’t imagine a world without computers, mobile phones and the internet. They skitter, haul, mod and hack. Natural born multi-taskers, they pa...
Gen D : Teenagers : Youth
The razor redesigned for Millennials, vitamins tailored to your DNA

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The razor redesigned for Millennials, vitamins tailored to your DNA

Nutrigene uses personal genome data to foster good gut health, Morrama creates a razor for Millennials, OOF magazine inspires new conversation on f...
Wellness : Beauty : Artifical Intelligence
Sense Familiar augments printed media with scent and other stories

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Sense Familiar augments printed media with scent and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Bulk Market eliminates packaging waste, KFC provides a service with a smile, gender fluidity in the sex toy market and oth...
Fashion : Food : Finance
American Apparel is relaunched with price segmentation and other stories

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American Apparel is relaunched with price segmentation and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Lush adopts Bitcoin, Mazda revolutionises the petrol engine, how airlines are engaging Millennials and other top stories.
Retail : FinTech : VR
The Unseen Emporium

Design Directions

The Unseen Emporium

Design studio The Unseen brings its unique synthesis of science and the occult to a showroom in London.
The Unseen : Emporium : Neo-Tolkienism
Dreamtelligence

Macro Trends

Dreamtelligence

There’s a sense of possibility in the air. US president Barack Obama describes it as the audacity of hope, but innovators, planners, academics and ...
Dreaming : Blue Sky : Future
Future Airport Commerce

Viewpoints

Future Airport Commerce

A new report by Kinetic Consultancy explores how digital enhancements and new concept developments can improve the airport customer journey.
Airports : Commerce : Retail
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