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Viewpoints

Adding emotion: Multi-layered social media

A new social network shows the power of combining visual and audio content to create emotion.

Big Ideas

Ikea profiles morning habits of global consumers

Ikea delves into the homes of global consumers to uncover polarised morning habits.

Ikea : London : New York

Big Ideas

Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan 2014 Part 1: Top 5 Spaces

The sun was shining and the pavilions were resplendent as thousands of design industry moguls explored the many districts that comprised Salone I...

Milan : Salone Internazionale Del Mobile : Convergence

Viewpoints

Charlie Dark : The Run Dem Crew

DJ, poet and writer Charlie Dark talks about The Run Dem Crew.

The Run Dem Crew : Charlie Dark : Exercise

Micro Trends

You, the editor

Media is no longer about bottom-down communication, but about bottom-up collaborations. Smart brands are handing over creative control to their aud...

Social Media : Publications : Media

Daily Signals

Objet of desire: Designer redefines the chair

Seoul – Designer Seung-Yong Song has created the Objet collection of chairs that challenges people’s relationship to furniture and how they use it.

Furniture : Chair : Korean

Viewpoints

Sarah Lewington : Empathic design through self-quantification

Lecturer Sarah Lewington talks about empathic design through self-quantification.

Self Quant : Sarah Lewington : Empathetic Design

Daily Signals

Hard currency: Turning information into insight

Future Poll : Truth : Authenticity

Big Ideas

World Retail Conference overview

At the World Retail Congress (WRC) in Berlin last month, more than 100 global retail CEOs gathered to discuss strategy in the post-recession enviro...

China : Emerging Markets : V-Wallet

Micro Trends

Local social networking

Social Media : Apps : Community

Viewpoints

Warren Berger : Innovation through design thinking

Writer Warren Berger talks about innovation through design thinking.

Warren Berger : Glimmer : Design

Design Directions

Le Comptoir Général

Away from the purposeful anonymity and fluorescent lighting of the average conference room, le Comptoir Général in Paris offers a place i...

Fifth Scenario : Community : Ecological

Design Directions

Graduate Fashion Week 2016: Design Directions

During Graduate Fashion Week 2016 designers presented collections that explored new aesthetics, experimental materials and unexpected textures ...

Graduate Fashion Week : Material Experimentation : Neutral Culture

Design Directions

Sensory Assault

Artists and image-makers have often found beauty in the grotesque. Now they are honing in on strange, slimy textures, coloured liquids and imperf...

Gen Viz : Sensory : Maisie Cousins

Macro Trends

Programmable Realities

The rise of reactive new materials and technologies means that future physical consumer touchpoints will no longer be set in stone… or any other so...

Media : Futuretainment : Technology

Markets

Technology update

Internet tv, 3D programming, downloaded content, gesture motion gaming and the arrival of first-generation smartbooks are among the many technologi...

Internet TV : 3d Programming : NPD Group

Macro Trends

Transmedia Futures

New platforms and behaviours are replacing linear media – these shifts are creating a networked system where the consumer, rather than the publishe...

Future Media : New Media Landscapes : Always-on

Macro Trends

Future Media Landscapes

In the land of the brand and the media, there have always been kings, ever since media magnate Sumner Redstone declared ‘Content is king!’ way back...

Media : Technology : Transmedia

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

Big Ideas

TFWA Asia Pacific 2024: Ritualising Beauty Retail

As the biggest driver for global travel retail sales, the Asia-Pacific region dictates how skincare and fragrance brands behave in the rest of the ...

Beauty : Retail : Travel

Micro Trends

Gen Z Activism

As polarisation deepens in the US, Gen Z are using their voice online, and in office, to create change.

Society : Youth : US

Markets

The State of Luxury: Brazil

Recovery looks promising in Brazil’s luxury market but long-term success will lie in brands’ ability to embrace e-commerce and personalise customer...

Luxury : Retail : Technology

Big Ideas

IAM Weekend 2020 Show Report

This year’s symposium offered new perspectives on youth activism, remote connection in the Covid-19 age, and the downfall of human-centred design.

Sustainability : Media : Technology

Big Ideas

Exploring future scenarios powered by 5G

As we enter a new decade, LS:N Global speculates about the impact and transformative use cases of 5G across sectors including retail, healthcare an...

Technology : 5G : Far Futures

Markets

Accessible Retail Market

Retailers are investing in the accessibility of their physical and digital channels to support the needs of disabled and neurodiverse shoppers.

Retail : Inclusivity : Implicit Inclusivity

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