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Big Ideas

Consumer Twitterati on the rise

Oprah : Twitter : Starbucks

Viewpoints

Cracking the Algorithm Code

As the seemingly omnipresent power of global tech giants reaches new levels, a revaluation of individual liberty and agency is under way.  

Algorithms : Big Data : Technology

Viewpoints

Practical Paths to Planet-Positive Luxury

Diana Verde Nieto tells LS:N Global about Reimagining Luxury, her latest book on how to build a positive and sustainable future for brands.

Luxury : Advertising & Branding : Sustainability

Viewpoints

This is what real disruption looks like

Covid-19 has given the world a glimpse of what true disruption looks like. Now, it should change how businesses think about disruption for years to...

Covid-19 : Design : Society

Viewpoints

It’s time to decolonise education, say Gen Z

Galvanised by the Black Lives Matter movement, Generation Z are using social media to (un)learn behaviours and catalyse decolonised education reform.

Youth : Education : BLM

Big Ideas

Neo-food photography

Meet the four food photographers skewing ideas of perfection and health in favour of a playful and disorderly aesthetic.

Food : Design : Photography

Big Ideas

Meal kits can be a green alternative to groceries

From slashing waste to sourcing ingredients sustainably, these meal kit companies are repositioning themselves as a solution for eco-conscious shop...

Food : Drink : Meal Kits

Viewpoints

Sensory sex toys

Wan Tseng, founder of sex tech start-up Wisp, on sexual pleasure that focuses on the senses, and why the world of phallic sex toys is ripe for disr...

Health : Sex : Tehnology

Big Ideas

How AR will transform fake news into digi-tainment

Designer Clara Ormières explores how augmented reality (AR) will change the way in which we interpret and experience the news in her Unreal Plots p...

Augmented Reality : Media : Dutch Design Week

Big Ideas

The tech being developed to address Bitcoin’s failings

As Bitcoin fails to live up to many of its promises, emerging technologies aim to address the cryptocurrency’s shortcomings and usher in a new era ...

Finance : FinTech

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

Macro Trends

Neo-kinship

As the nuclear family disappears and more fluid and complex forms of kinship take its place, technology is not only helping to run the househol...

Neo-kinship : Artificial Intelligence : Family

Behaviours

Emerging Youth: Nigeria

Scarred by years of social unrest and a cost of living crisis, Nigerian Gen Z are split between hopes of creativity in local music and film and a g...

Youth : Nigeria : Nigeria

Micro Trends

Subversive Sustainability Ads

Consumers are inundated with misleading sustainability claims. Opting out of binary messages of climate doom and hope, brands are using rebellious ...

Sustainability : Advertising : Design

Design Directions

Future Foodscapes

Amid growing consumer demand for transparency in food, designers are approaching visual communication in new ways and challenging traditional notio...

Food And Drink : Packaging : Hospitality

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