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Design Directions

Maison & Objet 2016

In a vibrant show, brands from across the globe presented contemporary products and interiors at Maison & Objet spring/summer 2016 that celebrated ...

M&O : Luxury Design : Maison & Objet

Communities

Hijabistas

A new breed of fashion innovators is blazing a trail for modesty, creative flair and business sense. Dubbed ‘hijabistas’, these women are homing in...

Chanel : Muslim : Feminism

Big Ideas

Milan matters

Milan Design Week reflects consumer thinking, showcases innovative ideas and agenda-setting philosophies, and is an exhibition about the direction ...

Lifecycle : Kiki Van Eijk : Lights

Macro Trends

The Dawn of the Mega-systems

Apple, Amazon, Alibaba, Google, Facebook and Weibo are no longer simply trading platforms. They are the mega-systems of tomorrow, within which most...

Apple : Amazon : Google

Big Ideas

CES 2024: Smart Living Futures

The 100th edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) peeled back the curtain on life in the 2030s, where flying electric vehicles, intelligent ...

Technology : CES 2024 : Automotive

Markets

Global Beauty Market: Part 1

Global beauty is exploring unorthodox opportunities for growth in new consumer segments and niche categories – and watching the good times roll o...

Global : China : Korea

Markets

The Future Workplace

A new report by The Future Laboratory for financial protection provider Unum explores the future of the workplace, touching on themes of agelessnes...

The Future Laboratory : Mindfulness : Workplace

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress: Overview Part 2 – Community retail, grocery futures, wellness and emerging markets to watch

Boris Planer : Dorothy Perkins : Ian Cheshire

Communities

No-Mos, Mo-Mos and Fu-Mos

From women who are hands-off parents and those who use science to delay motherhood, to those who decide they never want to have kids at all, women’...

Motherhood : Mo-Mo : No-Mo

Markets

The Rise of Inclusive Travel 

From inclusive cultural learning to accessible work and play, successful travel design must have people with disabilities at the forefront. 

Travel : Hospitality : Accessibility

Macro Trends

The Great Wealth Transfer

Wealth ownership, distribution and the politics that influence cross-generational spending are all in flux, according to the latest findings of The...

Luxury : Gen Z : HNWI

Viewpoints

The Great Concert Comeback

Between silver chrome cowboy hats and a supercharged local economy, foresight analyst Simar Deol unveils how live concerts are serving much more th...

Entertainment : Music : Media

Micro Trends

Subversive Sustainability Ads

Consumers are inundated with misleading sustainability claims. Opting out of binary messages of climate doom and hope, brands are using rebellious ...

Sustainability : Advertising : Design

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: January

This month, we uncover the next 10 innovators to watch as part of our Futures 100 Awards, which highlight those brands, businesses and people innov...

Beauty : Design : Drink

Big Ideas

How Learning Spaces are Evolving for Gen Zalpha

Aligning with changing youth ideals and shifting global forces, educational spaces are evolving to inspire young people to take charge of their fut...

Youth : Society : Education

Big Ideas

Five fintech innovations for young home-buyers

As younger people strive to break away from being Generation Rent, a wave of fintech services are taking them from temporary tenants to first-time ...

FinTech : Mobile Money : Mortgages

Design Directions

Neuro-graphic

Designers are drawing on patterns created by brain waves, movement tracking and biometrics to create a visual lexicon for communicating emotions.

Emotional Analytics : Biometrics : Neuro-marketing

Markets

Future Forecast 2016

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...

2016 Predictions : Social Commerce : Fresh Batch Beauty

Design Directions

Occult Enchantment

As fantastical fables and tales of escapism continue to dominate popular culture, designers are harnessing the power of magic and myth in 21st-cent...

Fantasy : Folklore : Magic

Macro Trends

Pleasure Revolution

With every second of our free time colonised by the cult of busyness, future consumers will turn away from a life of relentless productivity and sh...

Leisure : Workplace : Wellness

Macro Trends

Resilience Culture

We have been living in an age of self-censorship, hyper-safe spaces and social comfort zones. But as global anxieties abound, a countermovement of ...

Wellness : Health : Travel

Design Directions

Stockholm Furniture Fair 2012

Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair hosted a diversity of new design this year, with prevalent themes being functionality and notions of nostalgia.

Hauntology : Folk : Gotland University

Big Ideas

CES: Gadgets to watch

Las Vegas – Marred by the unfavorable consumer climate, this year’s Consumer Electronics Show naturally featured many low-cost devices and gizmos. ...

Internet TV : Notebooks : 3-D Display

Macro Trends

Neo-collectivism

Society is facing a mass re-organisation. United by values of empathy and community, consumers are shunning individualism in favour of alliances th...

Society : Retail : Workplace

Micro Trends

Seoul Safari

Seoul boasts a world-leading tech community while celebrating traditional values and national identity.

Tesco : Shin Yeon : Bean Table

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