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Design Directions

The Handburger

At a fast food chain in Singapore, greasy burgers and fatty fries are off the menu. At The Handburger, diners take gourmet burgers and duck bu...

Micro Trends

Infosthetics

In today’s Information Age, we can access and transfer data more freely than ever. This sounds ideal, but there is a problem. While computers and t...

Data : Cloud : Storage

Behaviours

Gen Z in India

India’s Gen Z are redefining tradition. Blending cultural heritage with global influences, their evolving values of sustainability, inclusivity and...

India : Gen Z : Identity

Markets

Cruise Retail’s Mega-Opportunity

Cruise retail is growing in line with the latest class of mega-ships. Brands are now exploring more seamless experiences for guests where culture a...

Retail : Travel : Hospitality

Micro Trends

In (Birth) Control

The birth control landscape in the US will change when male-based methods hit the market, bringing with them a potentially profound social impact.

Health : Wellness : Contraception

Micro Trends

Accredited Advice

Emerging intelligent analysis and review tools are supporting underserved beauty consumers with more accurate haircare recommendations.

Beauty : Health & Wellness : Technology

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Snap’s Retail Play

Facing stiff competition in the social media market, Snapchat’s developer is bringing its expertise in augmented reality to advertisers, online sto...

Media : Entertainment : Retail

Big Ideas

Bleisure Redefined

Initially capturing work and leisure fusions for business travellers, the Bleisure concept is now rapidly changing the travel industry.

Travel : Work States : Bleisure

Markets

Chinese Outdoor Fashion Market

Propelled by Covid, China's surging interest in local outdoor sports hints at new opportunities worth billions of yuan for the fashion industry.

China : Global Fashion And Style : Moncler

Markets

Alternative Seafood Market

As concerns about marine consumption grow, alternative seafood companies are attempting to meet environmental demands while delivering on taste.

Food : Sustainability : Seafood

Big Ideas

Future Forecast 2023: Youth

From youth culture’s flat age future to wise-beyond-their-years Zalphas, we select five key directions in youth culture for 2023.

Youth : Media & Entertainment : Society

Viewpoints

Is this the Future of Fragrance?

Genderless, carbon-neutral, synthetic: luxury veterans Enrico Pietra and Rodrigo Caula are building the future of fragrance – with a little help fr...

Luxury : Beauty : Technology

Markets

Interspecies Architecture

Working in symbiosis with nature, creatives are forgoing human-centric design practices in favour of resilient and sustainable urban environments t...

Design : Architecture : Sustainability

Micro Trends

Data-driven Escapes

Designing expertly tailored experiences for travellers, media and technology brands are harnessing their consumer insights to power the tourism sec...

Travel : Travel And Hospitality : Technology

Micro Trends

Eco-motional Fashion

As climate anxieties abound, a new wave of change-makers are paving the way for a more positive, human-centric approach to sustainable and ethical ...

Fashion : Sustainability : Sustainability Futures

Markets

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

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

New Emerging Affluents

When they were unbanked, uncredited and unregulated, brands were uninterested. But as billions from Guangzhou to Kolkata, Lagos and Santos earn mor...

Emering Affluents : Middle-class : Urban Migration

Big Ideas

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

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

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

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

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