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Romance Travel Reignited

Romantic escapes are undergoing a systemic shift to cater for more fluid relationships, a modern desire for intimacy and heightened levels of self-...

Travel : Hospitality : Society

Big Ideas

Four key themes from Milan Design Week 2019

At this year’s Milan Salone Internazionale del Mobile, designers showed how societies’ physical and emotional needs are changing, and that positive...

Sustainability : Milan Salone : Technology

Daily Signals

Today’s headlines including a Mars-like city to be built in the UAE

In today’s daily digest: Google’s in-ear translation, alcoholic Kombrewcha, an environmentally themed national holiday and other stories.

Technology : Sustainability : Food & Drink

Macro Trends

Alternet Economies

A technological counter-culture is decentralising capitalism, reforming the internet and powering new value frontiers for creators, consumers and b...

Technology : FinTech : Internet

Big Ideas

Covid-19 Contingency Planning

Learn the immediate impacts of Covid-19 across key sectors, and discover best-in-class case studies and future considerations for your organisation.

Covid-19 : Society : Health

Macro Trends

Generation I

You type, they swipe. You click, they tap. You customise the template, they code their own. Born after 2002, today’s digital natives are demanding ...

Gen I : Kids : Digital Natives

Markets

Myanmar market report

After five decades of virtual isolation under the ruling military dictatorship, the opening up of Myanmar has led to a flood of interest from forei...

Myanmar : UN : United Nations

Markets

Downturn Sport & Leisure

This is a time of unprecedented upheaval for the global tourism industry, according to The Future Laboratory’s Leisure and Hospitality Futures Repo...

TripAdvisor : Ecotourism : Design Hotels

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

Gen Z in Australia

Amid fractious global politics, national housing shortages and looming recession, Australia’s youth are connecting via grassroots activism and new ...

Australia : Gen Z : Loneliness

Design Directions

Synthesised Beauty

The visual language of conscious beauty is being redefined as the rise of biotechnology and digital innovation inspires creatives to re-imagine wha...

Beauty : Biotechnology : Digital

Viewpoints

How Plant-based Meat is taking hold in LATAM

Mariana Tunis, marketing director at Fazenda Futuro, discusses changing attitudes to plant-based ‘meat’ in Latin America.

Sustainability : Food & Drink : Society

Big Ideas

Vibrant branding is elevating global cuisine

Using bold visual language, a new wave of food brands are challenging outdated notions to position Asian food as healthy, diverse and accessible.

Food : Drink : Branding

Design Directions

Frivolous Foods

The visual definition of nourishment is evolving to celebrate a less sterile approach that combines nostalgia, escapism and pleasure.

Food : Drink : Wellness

Big Ideas

Luxe Pack 2012- Top five Branding & Packaging trends

Monaco — Hyper-reality, noir perfumes, back-to-front packaging, night lighting and thoughtful sustainability were all key trends at Luxe Pack 2012.

Transparency : Trends : Maison Martin Margiela

Daily Signals

Beautiful People: Industry experts discuss the future of beauty

Grow Your Own : Davina Peace : Elder Street

Big Ideas

Techtextil 2011

Inspired by nature, nanotechnology and concern for the environment, manufacturers revealed some very exciting innovations at Techtextil 2011.

Nanotechnology : Hot : Volume

Markets

Utility Apps

Brands are using mobile apps as practical tools to assist, educate and serve consumers in and out of stores.

Utility Apps : Mobile Apps : Apps

Communities

InPatients

Looking after your health used to mean sporadic trips to the doctor, then taking medicine if you became ill. Now a more sophisticated approach to w...

Tracking : MedMinder : Outpatient

Big Ideas

Trust as the Ultimate Currency: World Retail Congress 2025

As the retail industry navigates economic uncertainty and cultural transformation, trust, technology and adaptability transpire as key drivers of s...

Retail : Global Event : Luxury

Micro Trends

Resilience Branding

As the Trump administration rolls back nationwide government DEI initiatives, progressive businesses are choosing to re-affirm their commitment to ...

Design : Advertising : Retail

Viewpoints

Gen Z’s New Value System

Between self-optimisation, mischief and activism, Gen Z are rewriting the rules of value. Bulletproof’s chief growth officer Andi Davids tells LS:N...

Gen Z : Finance : Value

Micro Trends

Digital Detox Destinations

With the aim of finding a solution to the incessant bombardment from our digital devices, people are swapping their screens for bucolic scenes, see...

Travel : Analogue : Mindfulness

Big Ideas

X-tended Retail

Virtual stores and Web3 brand experiences have matured since the post-pandemic metaverse boom. Now, they offer more integrated e-commerce opportuni...

Retail : Pop-culture & Media : Technology

Markets

Is Cocoa Past Its Sell-By Date?

Cocoa-free chocolate brands are in the spotlight as soaring cocoa prices and shortages lead to mounting challenges for the mainstream industry.

Chocolate : Cocoa : Chocolate Market

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