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Big Ideas

Are we too selfish to be sustainable?

Dr Daniel Benkendorf, professor of psychology at the Fashion Institute of Technology, on turning our moral values into sustainable purchasing behav...

Fashion : Sustainability : Retail

Big Ideas

Why retailers and marketers need to take VR seriously

Anita Fontaine and Geoffrey Lillemon, creative directors of Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam's Department of New Realities, blend speculative fiction wit...

Retail : Technology : VR

Big Ideas

Toby Triebel on how to build a human-centric investment platform

Wealthsimple’s CEO in Europe on making investing appealing to a new generation.

Finance : FinTech : Branding

Micro Trends

Fresh Frozen

With the rise of plant-based eating, new brands are rethinking frozen food to appeal to more health-conscious consumers.

Food : Convenience : Packaging

Big Ideas

The best of phygital retail in 2017

Retail operating systems, transportable stores and Instagram-powered inventory are some of the most inventive phygital concepts of 2017.

Retail : Automation : Phygital

Micro Trends

Streamlined Shopping

Despite the speed and ease of online shopping, consumers are unwilling to completely relinquish physical stores.

Retail Experience : Online Shopping : Endless Aisles

Design Directions

Samara

Airbnb’s new design studio will draw on the company’s experiences to develop new services for connection, commerce and social change.

House Vision 2016 : Airbnb : Community

Micro Trends

Male Positivity

New cultural initiatives are re-examining masculinity by focusing on mental health, body image and depression.

Re-con Man : Masculinity : Mental Health

Big Ideas

Retail Week Live 2015 Review

In the era of the empowered, mobile-savvy consumer, retailers are fighting for customer loyalty in a competitive landscape of brand pull versus p...

Retail Experience : Branding : Mass Customisation

Big Ideas

Web Summit 2014 Review

Technology experts and innovators gathered in Dublin in November to assess the future of technology.

Facebook : Guardian : PayPal

Big Ideas

Cannes Lions 2014 Preview

From 15 to 21 June, the advertising industry will gather on the French Riviera for the 61st Cannes Lions International Festival of Creati...

Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity : Cannes Lions : Cannes Lions 2014

Micro Trends

The Hacked Home

In future, families will modify, hack and download to create customised interiors to suit the changing needs of their multi-generational households.

Hacking : Homedulgence : Interiors

Markets

Geo-marketing

As location becomes more important in social networking, a window is opening for brands to engage with consumers based on where they are. Prepare t...

Geo-fencing : Geo-tagging : LBS

Design Directions

TCHO social chocolate

Chocolate maker TCHO is harnessing the power of social media to provide a level of transparency that goes beyond simply assuring its cust...

Chocolate : Social Media : Transparency

Micro Trends

Civic Branding

Brands are beginning to shrug off their multinational status and look, instead, at local communities.

Urban : Planning : Branding

Big Ideas

LuxePack Monaco 2025: Luxury Packaging’s Era of Accountability

Evolving beyond its functional and desirable roles, packaging now stands as a marker of environmental credibility, material intelligence and ethica...

Packaging : Luxury : Innovation

Viewpoints

It’s time to tackle gender tropes in typography

Designer Beatrice Caciotti and LS:N Global’s creative foresight analyst Savannah Scott discuss how to tackle the prevalence of gendering in the des...

Design : Society : Typefaces

Design Directions

TwoPoints: Graphic Design

Lupi Asensio and Martin Lorenz are TwoPoints, a Barcelona-based design studio known for its editorial projects and flexible visual identities.

Two Points : Barcelona : Visual Identity

Markets

Affirmative Avatars Market

As the line blurs between people’s real-life personas and online avatars, socially conscious netizens are seeking digital fashion that reflects the...

Gaming : Avatars : Web3

Viewpoints

The future according to: Sam Moyo

From launching a sober rave movement to coaching businesses on mysticism, the wellbeing expert offers a holistic insight into the future of work.

Health And Wellness : Workplace : Society

Big Ideas

Four ways social media is reshaping shopping

Social networks and gaming environments are opening up as shopping platforms, prompting retailers to take their strategies into new, interactive te...

Retail : Ecommerce : Online Retail

Big Ideas

Trans-positive beauty and wellness campaigns

Historically entrenched in cisgender heteronormative ideals, health and beauty brands are beginning to lead conversations about Trans+ inclusion.

Health And Wellness : Transgender : Non-binary

Big Ideas

How technology is transforming workplace wellbeing

Parneet Pal, chief science officer at Wisdom Labs, says preventative medicine must begin in the workplace – with leadership driving fundamental cha...

Workplace : Health And Wellness : Technology

Daily Signals

The most thought-provoking projects from Central Saint Martins Material Futures graduate show 2018

At the CSM Material Futures graduate show, designers combined the worlds of craft, science and technology to anticipate our future needs, desires a...

Material Futures : Central Saint Martins : Technology

Daily Signals

The key innovations at MoneyConf 2018

At Web Summit’s MoneyConf 2018, discussions focused on the importance of blockchain technology, whether cryptocurrency has a future and how the ban...

Finance : FinTech : Chatbots

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