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Six Luxury Brands Building Loyalty with NFTs

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Six Luxury Brands Building Loyalty with NFTs

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are catching their second wind, as fashion and luxury brands start to harness digital tokens as tools to build brand loy...
Luxury : Fashion : NFTs
Automotive Advertising Futures

Markets

Automotive Advertising Futures

From standard grey to mint green, cars and commercials are turning colourful as brands explore vibrant hues, nostalgia and future-forward designs t...
Automotive : Electric Vehicle : Advertising
Futures 100 Innovators: May

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: May

In the sixth longlist of our 2023 Futures 100 Innovators, we reveal The Future Laboratory’s chosen innovators and change-makers who are set to disr...
Design : Food & Drink : Retail
Milan Salone 2015: Part 1

Design Directions

Milan Salone 2015: Part 1

Designers at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile explored the potential of haptic interaction with new surfaces and textures, and challe...
Milan Salone 2015 : Haptic Experiences : Storytelling
Maiko Gubler: Visual artist and digital sculptor

Design Directions

Maiko Gubler: Visual artist and digital sculptor

Switzerland-born Maiko Gubler studied visual communication and digital media at The Berlin University of the Arts. Based in Berlin, she worked as...
Maiko Gubler : Visual Artist : Digital Sculptor
Hauntology

Design Directions

Hauntology

People are fleeing the storm clouds of recession, concerned about wasted resources and environmental catastrophe. In response, they are remembering...
Folk : Nostalgia : Ritual
New Designers

Big Ideas

New Designers

Textile innovations reigned at the New Designers show in Islington, London, this year, while product and industrial design solutions paled into the...
London : Homemade : Experiemental
Awakening Tech

Macro Trends

Awakening Tech

Our digital and offline worlds are converging. We have become bedfellows with robots, we take advice from gadgets, we ask mega-systems ...
Sensor Technology : Data Surge : Internet Of Things
Freesumerism

Macro Trends

Freesumerism

As the cost of everything tends towards zero, the growing trend for Freesumerism is seeing the notion of value undergoing a major shift. Smart bran...
Free : Consumerism : Buying
Future Forecast 2017

Markets

Future Forecast 2017

LS:N Global’s Future Forecast highlights the key trends set to make your business more profitable, innovative and attuned to consumers’ needs in 20...
Trend Predictions : Beauty : Wellness
Detroit Auto Show: Concepts

Big Ideas

Detroit Auto Show: Concepts

With the auto industry making hybrid, fully electric and smaller, better packaged cars, design cues and materials are being developed to signify gr...
Car : BYD E6 : Mercedes Concept BlueZERO
Future Forecast 2025: Luxury

Micro Trends

Future Forecast 2025: Luxury

Luxury brands are using cultural heritage, craftsmanship and entertainment to foster strong relationships with their consumers, while the rising du...
Luxury : Sustainability : Technology
Matrescence

Micro Trends

Matrescence

The concept of matrescence highlights the profound physical, emotional and neurological shifts experienced by new mothers, presenting brands with a...
Health : Wellness : Parenting
Global Fashion Summit 2024: Fashion’s Tipping Point?

Big Ideas

Global Fashion Summit 2024: Fashion’s Tipping Point?

Despite 15 years of discussions on sustainability since the Global Fashion Summit’s inception in 2009, the event deplored the lack of real progress...
Fashion : Sustainability : Global Fashion Summit
Travel with Purpose: TTG Luxury Travel Summit

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Travel with Purpose: TTG Luxury Travel Summit

Sustainable corporate culture, slow travel and luxury traveller experiences were key topics on the agenda at 2023’s TTG Luxury Travel Summit.
Travel : Hospitality : Luxury
Women’s Health: India

Markets

Women’s Health: India

India’s women’s wellness and femtech industry is coming of age, giving rise to activist brands and new opportunities for women’s health.
Health & Wellness : Society : Womens Futures
Five Apps Introducing the Next Generation of Dating

Big Ideas

Five Apps Introducing the Next Generation of Dating

Dating apps are evolving beyond the swipe, with new entries looking to align more closely with Gen Z’s relationship priorities and digital behaviou...
Youth : Media & Entertainment : Technology
IAM 2021: The Future of Community is Inter-Citizenship

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
Radio Market

Markets

Radio Market

The humble medium of radio is finding a new purpose, audience and role as a connector and facilitator as global nations move through the pandemic.
Media : Radio : Society
Metaverse Market

Markets

Metaverse Market

Expanding far beyond its gaming roots, the metaverse is becoming a youth hub in which the future of socialising, entertainment and creativity is al...
Entertainment : Gaming : Gen Alpha
Emerging Youth: Canada

Markets

Emerging Youth: Canada

With little desire to return to normality, Canadian youth are seizing their own futures through upskilling, community healing and support of indige...
Canada : Youth : Society
The essential NYCxDESIGN 2018 debrief

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The essential NYCxDESIGN 2018 debrief

NYCxDesign, which ended last week, showcased designers tackling issues as varied as the environmental impact of food to the trouble with loneliness.
Design : NYCxDesign : Politics
Wellness Tourism

Markets

Wellness Tourism

Hotels are offering new ways of supporting guests’ wellbeing beyond the traditional spa treatment.
Wellness : Travel : Hospitality
M-commerce goes bricks-and-mortar, interactive typography made for AR

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M-commerce goes bricks-and-mortar, interactive typography made for AR

Depop helps users grow their brand, Sensei prioritises nutrition over yield of crops, Nike creates a retail destination for women.
Retail
Pollution Market

Markets

Pollution Market

Brands are creating new product categories and transforming their retail spaces in a bid to offer protection from airborne pollution.
Air Pollution : Whole-System Thinking : Whole-system Thinking
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