LS:N Global

Design Directions

Uni-forms

For millennial men luxury no longer has to mean hand-crafted and rough-hewn. Instead they are seeking the functional and simplified, and rejecting ...

Luxury : Masculinity : Utility

Big Ideas

Web Summit Lisbon 2023: AI Futures

As the world’s biggest tech conference, Web Summit Lisbon 2023 had no choice but to dedicate much of its schedule to artificial intelligence – incl...

AI : Technology : Football

Big Ideas

Five Innovators Empowering Football Activism

With the 2022 FIFA World Cup under way, change-makers are using football as a platform for protest and progress.

Youth : Sports & Leisure : Society

Markets

Sneaker Hubs Market

A new wave of online sneaker hubs is gaining traction by providing community, trust and independent perspectives beyond the original hype platforms.

Fashion : Footwear : Resell

Design Directions

Spring/summer 2017 Fashion Week: Part 2

In the second part of our fashion week coverage, LS:N Global examines the continuing influence of Athleisure on many designers, as well as more exp...

Fashion Week : Chanel : Digital Luxury

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress 2013: Overview part 1 - omni-channel 2.0, agnostic retail personalisation and Mega-Systems enablers

Paris – Now in its seventh year, the World Retail Congress in Paris, which brought together more than 1,400 retail industry delegates from 56 count...

Paris : Peter Fitzgerald : Jeff Bezos

Design Directions

DIY.Org

The merit badges include Forester and Forager, but also Rocketeer, Open Sourcerer and Circuit Bender. The campfire is a website onto which members ...

Open Source : Childing : Silicon Valley

Communities

Rest of World NEA

From the slums of Mumbai to the affluent Mexican city of San Luis Potosí, the New Emerging Affluents (NEAs) are aspiring consumers eager ...

China : Unilver : Billion

Design Directions

Yayoi Kusama for Louis Vuitton

Brand collaborations are two a penny these days, but Louis Vuitton is taking a fresh approach to the idea. In a partnership with Japanese artist Ya...

Louis Vuitton : Video Game : Storytelling

Big Ideas

Clerkenwell Design Week Review

Clerkenwell Design Week celebrated its third anniversary this month, marking the occasion by adding a venue. Process, showcased through intentional...

Restaurant : Familoe Building : Dare Studio

Design Directions

MiN Rituals

In a series of workshops, MiN apothecary in New York is creating new sensory experiences by combining niche fragrances with spirits and appetisers....

Perfume : Mindy Yang : Pairing Scents

Big Ideas

Euroshop Review part 2

The trade show for retail design and construction is held every three years, and retail designers, architects and store fittings manufacturers save...

Interactive : Education : Gesture Recognition

Big Ideas

Tokyo Motor Show 2009 preview

With almost all the European and American automakers staying away, the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show will rely on the major Japanese brands to make headlin...

Nissan : Motor : 2009

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: May

The fifth instalment of our Futures 100 Innovators spotlights people ungendering beauty, addressing ADHD through design and diversifying Web3 spaces.

Futures 100 Innovators : F100 : Health & Wellness

Macro Trends

Hyperphysical Stores

In a post-Covid landscape, changing consumer needs are driving retailers to rethink bricks-and-mortar stores to be more engaging, sensorial and mem...

Retail : Bricks-and-mortar : Stores

Big Ideas

Clerkenwell Design Week: Top 10 products

Now in its fourth year, Clerkenwell Design Week’s momentum is increasing, with more brands and designers filling the festival’s imaginative locatio...

Design : Geo Luxe : Hauntology

Design Directions

Industrial Futurism

As storytelling and fantasy emerge as increasingly important ways to engage consumers, designers are seeking inspiration from science fiction.

Sci-fi : Storytelling : Metropolis

Big Ideas

IAM 2021: The Future of Community is Inter-Citizenship

Solutions were not enough at this year’s IAM Weekend, as thinkers gathered to imagine better internet(s), care systems and inter-species perspectives.

Digital : Technology : Media

Markets

Augmenting Automotive Retail

In the pandemic age, luxury car retail is driving in a new direction, turning to virtual experiences and anti-sales showrooms to win customers' spend.

Luxury : Retail : Automotive

Big Ideas

Exploring future scenarios powered by 5G

As we enter a new decade, LS:N Global speculates about the impact and transformative use cases of 5G across sectors including retail, healthcare an...

Technology : 5G : Far Futures

Markets

Fashion Futures 2017: Strategies for change

From collaborating with innovators outside the industry to addressing the growing digital skills gap, innovative fashion brands are driving real ch...

Fashion : Digital : Sustainability

Trend Tracker

Revelation Brands

Revelation Brands, identified by LS:N Global in 2015, explores how companies are helping consumers to escape the confines of their filter bubbles ...

Revelation Brands : Serendipity : Filter Bubble

Big Ideas

Guardian Media Summit 2016: Review

The publishing industry is championing creative intuition and long-term brand-building to connect with consumers on a deeper level.

Guardian Media Summit : Ad-blocking : Audiences

Design Directions

Wellness

Madrid-based fashion label Wellness has created Dubai, a water brand and dedicated website with eco-conscious, fitness and educational credentials.

Wellness : Dubai : Fashion

Big Ideas

RCA and CSM Show Review

Graduate shows at the Royal College of Art (RCA) and Central Saint Martins (CSM) tackled some weighty issues this year with work that challenged ...

Royal College Of Art : Critical Design : Whole-system Thinking

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