LS:N Global

Big Ideas

Milan 2013: Top 10 products

At this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile, designers experimented with artful lighting technology and considered a more human approach to tec...

Design : Poetic Lab : Aiko Telgen

Communities

Women Who Play

As gaming continues its advance as a key tool for consumer engagement, women gamers are now demanding their share of the spotlight.

Future Of Gaming : Avatar Customisation : Women Empowerment

Macro Trends

The New Sublimity

Consumers are turning away from their busy, hyper-connected, digital lifestyles and prioritising personal fulfillment and wellbeing.

Stuffocation : Spiritualism : Sublime

Macro Trends

Anti-authenticity Marketing

Tales of authenticity and heritage are leaving a bad taste in consumers’ mouths as brands mercilessly misappropriate these values and divest them...

Beyond Borders : Authenticity : Heritage

Communities

Yama girls

Seeking solace and a spiritual break from their always-on city lives, a new generation of Japanese women are hitching up their high-fashion mountai...

Nike : Marmot : Hunter

Markets

Luxury Matrix 2014

LS:N Global plots the shifts in luxury in 2014 and identifies where key luxury brands sit in the five stages that define the luxury market.

The Luxury Matrix : DKNY : Moschino

Macro Trends

Accredited Beauty

As consumers seek proof points on product quality, efficacy and sustainability, scientific evidence will drive the healthification of the beauty in...

Beauty : Health : Wellness

Markets

Luxury market

As the bling bubble bursts and the dust settles on the recession, the luxury market is waking up to a new world order in the Turbulent Teens.

LVMH : Luxury Lifestyle Matrix : Bain & Company

Big Ideas

SHOW RCA 2009 highlights

The Royal College of Art in London on Friday opened its SHOW 2 as part of the school’s annual showcase of graduate work. With more than 200 new gra...

Royal College Of Art : Nitipak Samsen : Thomas Thwaites

Markets

Sports Tourism Market

There’s an increasing demand for performance-enhancing and remedial holidays catering for fitness and sport enthusiasts who want professional, best...

Sports : Wellness : Entertainment

Big Ideas

Five Future Paths for Metaverse Beauty

Shifting focus from e-commerce to experience marketing, beauty firms are seizing upon the metaverse to educate, experiment and boost interaction.

Beauty : Wellness : Metaverse

Markets

Vegan Home Market

Consumers are turning to animal-free homewares and services to ensure every aspect of their plant-based lifestyles are aligned with their ethics.

Retail : Sustainability : Vegan

Design Directions

Spring/summer 2017 Fashion Week: Part 1

Messages of female empowerment and irreverent DIY embellishments were among the themes and treatments presented by designers this season. LS:N Glob...

Fashion Week : Feminism : Gucci

Big Ideas

Retail Analysis: Daikanyama T-Site caters for shoppers and loungers

Daikanyama T-Site caters for shoppers and loungers

Daikanyama T-Site : Klein Dytham : Tokyo

Communities

ThirtyfiveUps

Generation X-ers have shaken off grunge, their slacker attitudes and Boomer resentment to emerge as homeowning, child-rearing ThirtyfiveUps, who ar...

Tourism : Employment : Gadgets

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

Festival Market

Traditional music-focused festivals, dominated by Millennials, are now exploring new formats and content to connect more deeply with consumers.

Conviviality Culture : Festival : Branding

Design Directions

OUTRACE

In the dusk of a September evening in Trafalgar Square, London’s most famous public space, an enraptured public saw eight robotic arms draw picture...

Robotics : Clemens Weisshaar : Outrace

Macro Trends

The Athena Woman

Meet the modern woman. Educated. Affluent. Confident. Optimistic. She will rise to the top of her company, or start her own. She embraces community...

The Athena Women : New Adventure Seekers : Reality Check Branding

Macro Trends

Branding & Packaging Futures

As the climate changes, economies lurch, austerity bites and technology advances, consumers are expecting more from less in all things in the Turbu...

Eco : Consumption : Throw Away

Markets

Kids’ Snack Market

Functional ingredients, re-imagined childhood classics and gastro gaming innovations are shaping the future of the kids’ snack aisle.

Youth : Food&Drink : Indulgence

Design Directions

Volkshotel

Amsterdam’s Volkshotel re-imagines the hospitality space as a platform for artistic expression and creative weirdness.

Hotel : Amsterdam : Volkshotel

Big Ideas

London Design Festival 2014 Preview

Now established as the leading event in the global design calendar, London Design Festival 2014 promises once again to excite visitors with t...

Brompton Design District : Victoria And Albert Museum : Poetry In Motion

Big Ideas

Stockholm Design Week 2014: Top 10

Stockholm Design Week offered a diverse series of exhibitions and events this year. Ranging from video installations in large branded showrooms to ...

Furniutre : Nordic : Experimental

Markets

VIP retail spaces

Brands are elevating their VIP suites to more engaging, exclusive and experience-driven concepts in a bid to entice customers into physical retail ...

Bespoke : Personal Shopper : Private Order Service

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