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Stockholm Design Week 2014: Top 10

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
VIP retail spaces

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
Menaissance

Macro Trends

Menaissance

The New Lad and the New Man were handy motifs for their times, but today’s 24-35-year-old male is a far more advanced and more complex animal. The ...
Men : NuRo Male : Grooming
Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2014 Part 2

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Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2014 Part 2

In the second part of our coverage, LS:N Global reveals more of the latest trends and insights from the biggest beauty trade exhibition in Europe.
Beauty+ : Cosmoprof : Nature+
Inter-Covid Roadmap 2021

Big Ideas

Inter-Covid Roadmap 2021

With the Covid-19 vaccine rollout offering a chance to rebuild our societies and economies, a host of new opportunities await brands and businesses.
Covid-19 : Society : Health
Regenizens

Communities

Regenizens

Meet the community-focused citizens who are reframing their relationship with consumption to be not just more sustainable, but also regenerative an...
Sustainabillity : Beauty : Society
Luxury Futures: Index: 2017

Markets

Luxury Futures: Index: 2017

Based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, the Luxury Index tracks the luxury consumer’s development through five stages – from the acquisition-obse...
Luxury Index
Gen Z Dating Futures

Markets

Gen Z Dating Futures

As consumers experience dating app fatigue, in-person social spaces, sports, and college communities are emerging as popular alternatives, making w...
Youth : Dating : Identity
Brand Innovation Debrief: Ssense

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Ssense

Amid a challenging landscape for multi-brand luxury e-tailers, Ssense is playing its cards right by seamlessly merging new talents, legacy brands, ...
Fashion : Media : Luxury
The Living Machine

Design Directions

The Living Machine

What we once knew as nature continues to change under the impact of industrialisation. Drawing on the tensions shaping this new landscape, artist...
Whole-system Thinking : Anthropocene : Environment
Dutch Design Week 2014

Design Directions

Dutch Design Week 2014

This year’s Dutch Design Week showed a continued interest in the convergence of nature and technology
DDW14 : Fauna Fetish : Experimental Processes
London Design Festival 2014

Design Directions

London Design Festival 2014

Channelling the spirit of The Polarity Paradox, the London Design Festival 2014 embraced the extremes. Tongue-in-cheek, playful aesthetics and ex...
Anti-Materials : Neo-Kitsch : Painterly Primitive
Pedal power market

Markets

Pedal power market

In October 2013 actor Ashton Kutcher headed into a meeting wearing a t-shirt that read ‘Bike is the new car’. By broadcasting that belief the Hol...
Ashton Kutcher : Bicycles : US PIRG Education Fund
Flux Culture

Design Directions

Flux Culture

­Third-stage globalisation and hyper-connectivity are changing the way consumers construct their identities. They are using a myriad of global in...
Time : Privacy : Hyper-Connectivity
Uncoupled Living

Macro Trends

Uncoupled Living

Being in a couple is becoming a less prevalent way to structure society, as more adults embrace the single life.
Family : Culture : Lifestyle
Teen Menstrual Health

Markets

Teen Menstrual Health

The conversation around teen menstrual health is changing. Gen Alpha are coming of age in an environment where cultural stigmas and traditional vie...
Health : Wellness : Youth
Singapore: The Gateway to Asia-Pacific

Big Ideas

Singapore: The Gateway to Asia-Pacific

While Singapore may be small, it can pack a huge punch for brands looking to expand in the Asia-Pacific region
Singapore : APAC Luxury : Retail
Grandpeers Market

Markets

Grandpeers Market

In a mindset shift among older consumers, grandparents are becoming grandpeers, sharing platforms with their grandchildren and keen to collaborate.
Society : Technology : Health
Inclusive Beauty

Markets

Inclusive Beauty

A multicultural approach to beauty is on the rise as brands adjust to a changing consumer landscape.
Multi Cultural Beauty : Ethnic : Western Markets
Neo Boomers

Communities

Neo Boomers

Rather than settling for pipe and slippers, the Neo Boomers are taking up the banner, mouse and rucksack, reflecting attitudes that used to be the ...
Functionality : Mortgage-free : 50+
Music 3.0

Markets

Music 3.0

The music industry is changing at an unprecedented rate. Artists are changing the way they produce music; fans are inventing new ways to discover, ...
Music : Napster : Nielsen
Los Angeles Safari

Micro Trends

Los Angeles Safari

Beyond the sun and celebrity, Los Angeles supports a diverse creative economy.
Re-Con Man : Geo Luxe : Convivial
Beijing: Ones to watch

Big Ideas

Beijing: Ones to watch

Now in its second year, Beijing Design Week is emerging as an event to watch, showcasing local talent that fuses modern and revivalist Chinese themes.
Design : The Creators Project : Ai Weiwei
London Design Festival: 10 of the best

Big Ideas

London Design Festival: 10 of the best

London Design Festival put on an eclectic show in September with exciting work presented by emerging young designers and established galleries. LS:...
Aram Gallery : Catherine Aitken : Eva Malschaert
Nu Trekkers

Communities

Nu Trekkers

Seeking an outdoor escape from urban life, or simply re-engaging with the city through new activities, a new wave of hikers, walkers, bikers and ma...
Heritage : Trekking : Hobby
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