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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

News

Les Girls Les Boys offers non-binary lingerie and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Converse connects with Generation Z, Wendy’s shines a spotlight on multi-generational families, the automated future of ma...

Food : Youth : Retail

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A distraction-free retreat and other stories

In today’s daily digest: The Krane, adidas and Alexander Wang, Disney, Theory 2.0, commoditising time and the increasing price of human-to-human ...

Hospitality : Fashion : Luxury

Design Directions

Biocol Labs

Big pharma doesn’t have to mean bad pharma, according to Biocol Labs, a healthcare laboratory that develops all-natural nutraceuticals.

Biocol Labs : Studio AH-HA : Supplements

Big Ideas

Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2016: Part 1

From Halal Solutions to Good Enough To Eat product lines, the rising trends spotted at this year’s Cosmoprof will help to signpost the future of ...

Cosmoprof : Bologna : Beauty

Design Directions

Barcode

Design agency Anti has provided a new visual identity for Norway’s first city skyline, Barcode.

Barcode : Anti : Identity

Markets

Social Media Market

Social media is a bustling landscape of fads and forgotten apps, and has changed the way we communicate. Consequently, it has become more pivotal t...

Social Media : Facebook : Instagram

Design Directions

Future Food District

A digitally enhanced supermarket of the future, blending big data and community, is being showcased at Milan Expo 2015

Food Futures : Big Data : Retail Futures

Design Directions

Glasfurd & Walker: Branding and art direction

From a bold neon light designed to guide visitors from the main street in Vancouver to a monochrome sticker that neatly seals a takeaway lunch orde...

Glasfurd And Walker : Vancouver : Brand Identity

News

Polar vortex: Trend Briefing Preview Network Evening

Network Evening : The Flat Age Society : Convergence Economy

Micro Trends

Techanistas

Technology companies are targeting fashionistas and collaborating with designers to give their latest devices added gloss on and off the runway.

Apple : Techanistas : Nina Garcia

Big Ideas

The If Conference

London – Debate forum Intelligence² staged a two-day conference in November at the Royal Geographical Society that saw speakers discussing visions ...

Science : D.I.Y : Technology

Design Directions

Space 15 Twenty

Combining shop, gallery, bar and music venue, Space 15 Twenty is a new store, going beyond retail, and creating a fully immersive and cur...

Bar : Space 15 Twenty : Curated

Markets

New social media landscapes

Social media has reached a tipping point, and is growing up. If social media 2.0 was a rebellious playground complete with consumer cliques and bra...

Social Media : JupiterResearch : Digital Divide

Macro Trends

The Female Web

For anybody who has studied the ascendancy of social media over other forms of internet contact and communication, the notion of the Female Web sho...

Women : Internet : Web

Macro Trends

Certified Wellness

The once distinctly separate worlds of health and wellness are converging as consumers seek a new framework for healthy living that prioritises con...

Health : Wellbeing : Certified Wellness

Macro Trends

Subconscious Commerce

With Internet of Things technology creating newly immersive brand touchpoints and data analytics allowing businesses to anticipate every desire, co...

Retail : Automation : Technology

Macro Trends

Conscious Deceleration

Struggling to keep up with fast-paced and demanding approaches to fitness, health-conscious consumers are looking for a more measured, long-term ap...

Wellness : Health : Technology

Macro Trends

The Synthocene Era: Merging Human and Machine Intelligence

As AI redefines our understanding of intelligence, we begin to enter The Synthocene Era, an age in which the lines between what is natural and what...

Technology : Artificial Intelligence : Society

Big Ideas

Gen Z and Luxury’s Future: FT Business of Luxury 2023

The 2023 FT Business of Luxury summit held in Monaco (21–23 May) offered a deep dive into decoding Gen Z consumers and the ensuing implications for...

Luxury : Gen Z : Youth

Big Ideas

IMM Cologne

Many designers at this year’s show, set in the main Koelnmesse exhibition space, focused on how people use everyday objects. This approach often re...

Furniture : Emotional Sobriety : Form Follows Rituals

Viewpoints

Weaving Omani Heritage into Haute Parfumerie

Amouage's chief creative officer Renaud Salmon talks to LS:N Global about embarking on a global retail expansion that creates a multisensory and a...

Luxury : Perfume : Middle East

Big Ideas

How Travel Retail is Evolving

For the travel retail marketplace, Chinese shoppers are still the predominant target customers as they resume overseas trips. We round up key insig...

Retail : Travel : Beauty

Viewpoints

Demystifying Luxury with La Patiala

From caviar bumps to après-ski etiquette, Kristen Shirley’s open-source luxury encyclopaedia La Patiala unpacks the elite’s unspoken codes, rules a...

Luxury : Food & Drink : Society

Big Ideas

Four Takeaways from Cannes Lions 2022

After a two-year hiatus, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity returned in 2022. Here we round up the key talks, moments and take-outs.

Design : Advertising & Branding : Cannes Lions

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