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Virtual sanctuaries

Big Ideas

Virtual sanctuaries

From phygital spas to virtual hot springs, traditional wellness spaces are being rethought to combine ancient wellbeing practices with dig...
Virtual Reality : Luxury Beauty : Beauty
Georgia Travel Market

Markets

Georgia Travel Market

Award-winning hotels, a liberal youth population and sommelier-approved wine tourism are luring culturally curious travellers to the former Soviet ...
Travel : Tourism : Hospitality
Listening to Londoners and imagining young luxury

News

Listening to Londoners and imagining young luxury

Off The Block pushes for social good, Tiffany & Co releases a music video, Yahoo protects user's data in new private messaging app.
Luxury : Drinks : Food
Celebrating identity over products, luxury hospitality goes underwater

News

Celebrating identity over products, luxury hospitality goes underwater

Ace & Tate reflects individual identity through eyewear, Four Seasons offers personal submarine journeys, Pinterest considers beauty inclusivity.
Fashion : Travel : Drinks
Shanghai theatre casts the audience as protagonists and other stories

News

Shanghai theatre casts the audience as protagonists and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Muji ventures into perishables, introducing slow-melting ice lollies, how employees are thriving under female leadership a...
Food : Retail : Technology
Small World

Design Directions

Small World

The Small World pop-up restaurant by m ss ng p eces for Google was designed to appeal to culinary adventurers.
Google : Real-time Translation : Augmented Reality
Soylent 2.0

Design Directions

Soylent 2.0

Soylent is a radical meal replacement in liquid form for time-short Millennials.
Soylent 2.0 : Rob Rhinehart : The Optimised Self
Emerging Youth: The Philippines

Behaviours

Emerging Youth: The Philippines

A locally aware and globally minded Filipino youth culture is emerging and ready to lead the country into the future.
Youth : Technology : Web3
Future Archaic

Design Directions

Future Archaic

Designers are exploring concepts of time and materiality with processes that mimic archaeological practices and excavational undertakings. Taking...
Snohetta : Excavations : Archaeology
Shanghai Singles

Communities

Shanghai Singles

Unmarried women in their late twenties or older are often derogatorily called sheng nu or ‘leftover women’ in Chinese society, implying that they’v...
The Girly Girl : Dafang Chai : The Multi-Tasker
Amortals

Communities

Amortals

As they approach, or even sail past the traditional age for retirement, some Boomer and Generation Jones men are refusing to slow down. I...
Bleisure : Catherine Mayer : Anti-Aging
Future Forecast 2024: Travel & Hospitality

Micro Trends

Future Forecast 2024: Travel & Hospitality

2023 was a remarkable year for travel. The post-pandemic ‘revenge travel’ phenomenon shot to new heights as global travellers spent unprecedented a...
Travel : Hospitality : Luxury
Work States Futures

Macro Trends

Work States Futures

With CEOs conflicted about luring teams back to the office with socials, wellness hubs and hybrid fit-outs, early adopter businesses and organisati...
Workplace : Society : Technology
DIY Foodies

Communities

DIY Foodies

Raised on a healthy diet of openness, experimentation and information-sharing on the internet, DIY Foodies are bringing home the bacon.
Food : Cookery School : Trucks
Spirits Innovations

Markets

Spirits Innovations

From glassless packaging to raicilla, sotol and aquavit, we are likely to see a variety of innovations in the spirits market in 2024 as it weathers...
Sustainability : Food & Drink : Technology
Generation D

Communities

Generation D

The successors to the New Millennials, Generation Ds are the first true ‘digital natives’. Born between 1994 and 2002, Generation Ds cannot remembe...
Content : Spotify : Social Networks
Authentic Avatars

Markets

Authentic Avatars

Meet the innovators adopting an intersectional approach to make digital avatars more authentic.
Gaming : Pop-culture & Media : Technology
Unrefined Intimacy

Design Directions

Unrefined Intimacy

The visual narrative of sex and pleasure is being reset for a new era of raw, confrontational and inclusive advertising, communications and experie...
Design : Health And Wellness : Advertising & Branding
NRF 2025: Escapism Retail

Big Ideas

NRF 2025: Escapism Retail

Escapism retail invites shoppers to step into another world, offering immersive experiences that provide a welcome escape from everyday life.
Retail : Luxury : Fashion
Five beauty disruptors on the rise

Big Ideas

Five beauty disruptors on the rise

From empowerment glitter to egg-cloned vegan skincare, discover the new innovators driving a revolution in the beauty industry.
Beauty : Health : Wellness
Chocolate Market

Markets

Chocolate Market

Despite climate change threatening supply chains, the chocolate sector is thriving, with product innovation fuelling regional flavours and free-fro...
Food : Sustainability : Supply Chains
Glossier offers experiential retail and other stories

News

Glossier offers experiential retail and other stories

In today’s daily digest: Roman addresses Millennial men’s medical needs, Eaton Hotel fosters community spirit, Chinese flock to Singapore, and othe...
Hospitality : Beauty : Retail
Sennep: Interactive design

Design Directions

Sennep: Interactive design

Sennep aims to bring a human touch to interactive design through creative coding experimentation and self-initiated interactive projects, often wi...
Sennep : Seven Seeds : Interactive Design
Cannes Lions 2013 Report: Part 1

Big Ideas

Cannes Lions 2013 Report: Part 1

Cannes – When rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs appeared at the world’s most prestigious advertising festival last week to discuss his new music platf...
Advertising : Dove : IBM
Ikea: Space 10

Design Directions

Ikea: Space 10

Space 10 is a future-living lab designed to engage the public in a debate about innovation.
Ikea : Space 10 : Lab
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