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Design Directions

Autumn/Winter 2017 Fashion Week: Part 2

In the second part of our autumn/winter 2017 design directions report, LS:N Global examines the changing notions of femininity and the continuing f...

Design Directions

Autumn/Winter 2017 Fashion Week: Part 1

This season, designers challenged traditional notions of luxury and collaborated with nostalgia-evoking brands. LS:N Global outlines the key design...

Autumn Winter 2017 : MM6 Maison Margiela : Subversive Luxury

Big Ideas

Dutch Design Week 2015 Review

True to form, the participants of Dutch Design Week 2015 set out to shake up the status quo. Bold exhibitions by the Design Academy Eindhoven gradu...

Dutch Design Week 2015 : Design Academy Eindhoven : New Bricolage Living

Markets

Interface Market

In the era of Awakening Tech our devices’ interfaces are set to become more human.

Interface : Interface Design : Haptics

Design Directions

Autumn/winter 2015 Fashion Week directions: Part 1

From the genderless collections of New York Fashion Week to neo-elegance on Parisian catwalks, the past month was a showcase of innovation and cr...

Post-Faith : Gareth Pugh : Anrealage

Design Directions

Maja Flink: Photography

‘Most of my portraits have a calmness and a specific atmosphere,’ says photographer Maja Flink. ‘When I receive a brief people ask specifically for...

Photography : People : Portraits

Markets

Beauty report

As the world changes after the recession and we enter the New Normal age of the topsy-turvy Turbulent Teens, thankfully some things remain the same...

Turbulent Teens : Lipstick Effect : Selfridges

Macro Trends

Leanomics

In a world of über choice and information overload, we are witnessing the emergence of brand filtering and pause culture, and the growth of ‘thick ...

Lean : Nega-choice : Mega-choice

Micro Trends

Future Forecast 2026: Beauty

From miniature, discovery-led indulgences to climate-smart skincare, the beauty industry in 2026 will focus on adaptability, accessibility and emot...

Beauty : Health & Wellness : Skincare

Micro Trends

Mood-matching Fashion

Emotionally attuned styling and shopping tools are reshaping fashion discovery, helping consumers to move away from keyword and product searches to...

Retail : Technology : Fashion

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Refy

By blending minimalist innovation, community-driven marketing and immersive brand experiences, viral beauty brand Refy is proving it’s here to stay.

Refy : Beauty : TikTok

Big Ideas

Future Five 2025: Longevity

With global spending on wellness spiralling upwards, we spotlight the need to eradicate the historic gender health gap while addressing trends such...

Health : Wellness : Science

Big Ideas

Future Five 2025: Future Spaces

We explore how wellbeing, sustainability and technology will all be key in creating adaptable, people-centric and future-proof spaces that allow co...

Design : Future Spaces : Architecture

Big Ideas

Dutch Design Week 2024: Life in The Synthocene Era

At the 2024 edition of Dutch Design Week designers addressed what life might look like in The Synthocene Era, as the boundaries between human and n...

Design : Technology : Society

Viewpoints

The Future of Women’s Health

Dr Somi Javaid, founder and chief medical officer of HerMD, tells LS:N Global how its clinics can help fix a broken healthcare system and close the...

Women's Health : HerMD : Preventative Healthcare

Micro Trends

Future Forecast 2024: Beauty

Trends in the beauty sector are being turbocharged by TikTok, creating a large pool of consumers for whom the line between their real and filtered ...

Beauty : Future Forecast : Reports

Big Ideas

Decolonising Data Privacy

To earn and retain consumers’ trust via ethical data handling strategies, businesses can learn from Indigenous cultures prioritising data consent, ...

Data Protection : Technology : Decolonisation

Micro Trends

Regenerative Luxury Jewels

Thanks to advances in materials and manufacturing, the jewellery industry is entering a new era of sustainability.

Luxury : Sustainability : Fashion

Viewpoints

Future-ready Retail

Retail designer, futurist and author of Future Ready Retail, Ibrahim Ibrahim, is on a mission to reboot physical retail in the face of a ‘cost of d...

Retail : Design : Society

Big Ideas

Future Forecast 2023: Media & Technology

From the Betterverse to the dawn of the AI revolution, we select five key directions for 2023 in the media and technology sector.

Technology : Media & Entertainment : Youth

Markets

State of Luxury: South Korea

With rising wealth and digital fluency in its younger demographics, South Korea is well positioned as one of Asia’s most exciting and innovative gr...

Luxury : Fashion : Art

Markets

Food Austerity Innovators

Global events are causing widespread disruption to the food sector, with innovators and start-ups helping to assuage rising prices and abating supp...

Food : Drink : Society

Markets

Fashion Rental Market

Fashion rental services are evolving to benefit brands and consumers, providing new revenue streams, peer-led style inspiration and convenience.

Fashion

Markets

Modern Meditation Market

Meditation is being reframed as an accessible activity, with Covid-19 having accelerated its engagement and normalised the adoption of daily rituals.

Meditation : Wellbeing : Wellness

Markets

Emerging Youth: Australia

Faced with one crisis after another, Australia’s youth are using digital platforms to reflect on their identities, educate their peers and satirise...

Youth : Australia : Covid-19

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