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Communities

DIY Foodies

Raised on a healthy diet of openness, experimentation and information-sharing on the internet, DIY Foodies are bringing home the bacon.

Big Ideas

Global Wellness Summit 2023: Wellness’ Growing Influence

Expected to reach a market value of £6.89 trillion ($8.47 trillion, €7.90 trillion) by 2027, the wellness industry is increasingly prioritising nea...

Health : Wellness : Technology

Micro Trends

Auckland Safari

Auckland is a city experiencing an exciting period of transformation driven by a rising population, an optimistic business climate and a growing ...

Auckland Safari 2015 : New Bricolage Living : Whole-system Thinking

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

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

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

Big Ideas

VivaTech 2024: Accessibility, Climate Tech and AI in Healthcare

AI took centre stage once again at the ever-growing Parisian start-up and tech summit VivaTech with ground-breaking advances in climate, health and...

Technology : Artificial Intelligence : VivaTech

Big Ideas

Future Forecast 2023: Beauty

In 2023, the beauty sector will simultaneously embrace hyperphysical experiences and the growing potential of digital and dual-reality identities.

Beauty : Wellness : Technology

Viewpoints

How material science is transforming beauty ingredients

Lauren Bowker, designer and founder of The Unseen, perceives beauty as a material that sits in between our inside and outside worlds.

Beauty : Materials : Technology

Markets

Accelerating African Fashion

Cross-cultural collaborations and digital innovations are helping to advance African fashion on the global stage, while preserving local heritage a...

Africa : Fashion : Retail

Big Ideas

Branded Cities

With private enterprise increasingly usurping government as architects of the future metropolis, can we create a branded city that works for everyo...

Placemaking : Architecture : Urbanism

Design Directions

Dutch Design Week 2016: Design Directions

At this year’s event, bold aesthetic treatments weredictated by challenging visions of the future, from technological utopias to alternativerealities.

Dutch Design Week 2016

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

Communities

Lagonistas

The trendsetters most likely to influence people and brands around the world are the fashionistas in Lagos. Or, as we call them, the Lagonistas.

Louis Vuitton : ARISE : Victoria Island

Trend Tracker

The Personal Information Economy

The Personal Information Economy (PIE), first identified by LS:N Global in 2011, refers to the increasing awareness among consumers of how valu...

PIE : Data : Commodity

Micro Trends

Paris Safari

Paris is home to a new generation re-inventing the French way of life.

Paris : Le Carmen : Brunch Bazar

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

Markets

Bougie Basics

Household activities and hygiene routines are being transformed into moments of everyday opulence driven by self-care rituals and social hangouts i...

Beauty : Luxury : Design

Markets

Homely Hospitality

Gen Z are increasingly embracing homely soirées and intimate events that prioritise connection over consumption – creating a movement to combat urb...

Hospitality : Gen Z : Supper Club

Micro Trends

Future Forecast 2024: Design

From elastic agencies responding to changing B2B requirements to designers creating adaptable furniture suited to our post-pandemic lifestyles, des...

Design : Architecture : Branding

Markets

Fertility Market: The New Cycle

Calling time on body clock stigma, a candid new conversation is taking place about fertility.

Health : Wellness : Fertility

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