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Micro Trends

Digi-tactile

As music becomes increasingly digitised, consumers are beginning to miss the tactile experiences associated with buying it in its physical form.

Music : Experience : Albums

Micro Trends

Food and Beverage Pairings

Move over wine: today’s chefs are pairing food with beer, coffee and even soda.

Menu : Restaurant : Beer

Design Directions

Vandasye

To the uninitiated, ‘selective laser sintering’ sounds like some kind of laser-based elimination game – one played out, perhaps, between the strong...

Furniture : Self-Engineered : Prototyping

Macro Trends

Millennials Now and Next: From Pink to Prime

After a stuttering start to their adult lives, the first generation to use the internet as children are hitting their prime earning years while reb...

Generations : Millennials : Demographics

Design Directions

Cartoon Ornamentation

LS:N Global has detailed the rise of Faction Marketing, in which consumers suspend their disbelief and engage with the fantastical, the surreal and...

Cosmetics : Sibling : Comic Strip

Markets

Online shopping

Now the novelty of online shopping is over, consumers are expecting an ever more compelling digital retail experience. A new report by Future:Poll ...

Online Shopping : Digital Retail : Highlands

Big Ideas

Six Pet Market Trends to Watch in 2025

From AI-powered devices to cultivated protein and microbiome health, the humanisation of pet care is reaching new heights of personalisation and op...

Pet : Pet Market Trends 2025 : AI-powered Pet Accessories

Behaviours

State of Retail: Australia

From the burgeoning billion-dollar activewear sector to the rise of retail media, the opportunities for growth in Australia’s retail market are pre...

Retail : Australia : Fashion

Macro Trends

Embedded Marketing

As consumers have more opportunity to avoid advertising, brands are reinventing product placement, enriching media content by embedding their brand...

Marketing : Branding : Branded Entertainment

Markets

The New Normal Update

The New Normal Briton has two children and thinks of himself as working or lower middle class. He goes on a foreign holiday at least once a year, e...

Mondeo Man : Fiesta Folk : Womenomics

Viewpoints

Immersive Living Spaces

Design innovation consultant Matthew Cockerill talks to LS:N Global about how augmented and mixed reality will be at the core of the future of the ...

Mixed Reality : Smart Homes : Augmented Reality

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

Micro Trends

Psychophysical Identities

A new wave of designers are exploring how familiar physical feelings can be translated into visual sensations and mood-lifting branding.

Design : Culture : Branding

Markets

Money Market: Baby Boomers

Turning their backs on the term ‘elderly’, Baby Boomers are working until later in life than previous generations and re-inventing retirement on th...

FinTech : Global : Baby Boomers

News

Prada weaves a futuristic vision and the NHS's new AI doctors

Prada’s Nylon Farm celebrates its heritage, UCLH partners with the Alan Turing Institute to bring AI to hospitals, Porter magazine dedicates whole ...

Technology

Micro Trends

Room Service Revitalised

To win over today’s travellers and compete with Airbnb, hotels are re-assessing the functionality, flavours and frills of their room se...

Hospitality : Travel : Food

Markets

Instagram Beauty Market

By providing a place for consumers to discover new under-the-radar products, Instagram has become a thriving environment for cult beauty brands.

Beauty : Digital : Social Media

News

Le Labo launches essential skincare range and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Jigsaw confronts immigration issue, Dubai launches cryptocurrency, the growing wellness homes sector and other stories.

Beauty : Fashion : Finance

News

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

Big Ideas

RCA and CSM Work in Progress Shows 2017

At the Work in Progress shows at the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins, design graduates examined post-truth politics, filter bubbles ...

Material Futures MA : The Dislocated World : Royal College Of Art

Big Ideas

Lisbon Web Summit

Moving to the Portuguese capital from Dublin this year, the event had nearly doubled in size to host more than 53,000 attendees and focused on far-...

Web Summit 2016 : Lisbon : Digital Media

Design Directions

DVTK: Interactive Design

Kim Boutin and David Broner are DVTK, a London-based design studio known for creating experimental and playful online brand experiences.

DVTK : Kenzo : Interactivity

Markets

Connected Cars

The technology in cars and computers is merging, but driverless vehicles, remain some way off.

BMW : Driverless Cars : Audi

Big Ideas

Bread & Butter and Seek Berlin spring/summer 2015 review

The Berlin streetwear shows were notable for the presence of heritage brands keen to elevate themselves into the premium category.

Bread & Butter : Seek : Berlin

Big Ideas

Tokyo Motor Show 2013 Review

Electric unicycles, steerable wheel-less pods controlled by driver body movement and interiors upholstered in Japanese selvedge denim were just som...

Cars : Gordon Murray Design : Daihatsu

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