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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

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

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

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

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

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

Communities

Diet Hackers

Consumers entering a post-functional relationship with food and drink are seeking to build resilience and find balance.

Communities : Food And Drink

Macro Trends

The Tomorrow Store

When everyone can get everything online, and can buy from your competitors even when they’re in your store, how can you make sure your customers ke...

Retail : Store Of Tomorrow : Future Store

Macro Trends

Ubiquitous Gaming Culture

Buying shoes? There’s a game for that. Visiting a gallery? There’s a game for that. Want to lose weight, stop smoking, learn to speak a foreign lan...

Gaming : UGC : Gamification

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

Markets

Weight Loss Market Futures

As semaglutide injections and pills become the new normal, the weight loss market is entering a new era in which appetite suppressant treatments, d...

Weight Loss : Ozempic : Wearable Tech

Big Ideas

Modern Marriage

The US wedding industry is aligning with the values of Gen Z and Millennials in relation to key issues of affordability, mental health advocacy, su...

Marriage : Sustainability : Youth

Design Directions

Uni-forms

For millennial men luxury no longer has to mean hand-crafted and rough-hewn. Instead they are seeking the functional and simplified, and rejecting ...

Luxury : Masculinity : Utility

Macro Trends

Boomers Now and Next: From Ageing to Becoming

There is an upcoming milestone in the Boomers’ generational journey. By 2030 they will all have reached the average Western retirement age of 65, s...

Generations : Boomers : Demographics

Macro Trends

Future Family

In these turbulent times, the idea of family is becoming more important, as the nuclear family unit gives way to multi-generational clans and singl...

Family : Households : William Higham

Big Ideas

FT Business of Luxury 2025: The New Shape of Global Luxury

Luxury is evolving through post-purchase care, storytelling in resale and digital product passports, all in service of building deeper connections ...

Luxury : Retail : Fashion

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

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

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

Big Ideas

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

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

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

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

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

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

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