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Micro Trends

Open-door HQs

Retailers are opening their HQs to the public, turning them into destinations for storytelling, transparency and deeper customer connections.

Retail : Transparency : Hospitality

Viewpoints

Gucci’s Robert Triefus on redefining luxury

Gucci’s executive vice-president of brand and customer engagement discusses the inter-Covid lessons for luxury – and what The Five States of Luxury...

Luxury : Retail : Fashion

Markets

China Green Retail Market

Propelled by the impact of the pandemic and shifting mindsets of Millennial and Gen Z consumers, China’s tone is changing when it comes to protecti...

Retail : China : Sustainability

Viewpoints

The youth voices of Intersectional Environmentalism

With one-size-fits-all sustainability goals excluding people of colour, Gen Z are combining social justice with environmental activism.

Youth : Sustainability : Intersectionality

Markets

Rebranding the menopause

Attitudes to the menopause are being transformed, and wellness companies, fem-tech and beauty brands are stepping up to champion this fundame...

Beauty : Wellness : Technology

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress 2015 Review: Part 1

For the ninth annual World Retail Congress, retailers gathered in Rome to ponder the wave of technological innovation disrupting every aspect of th...

World Retail Congress 2015 : Metro Group : Disney

Big Ideas

New Designers 2014

This year's New Designers show in London was a hotbed of graduate talent focusing on projects from a range of disciplines, including visual communi...

New Designers : Graduate Show : London

Communities

Social Singles

Being alone has never felt less lonely. With more ways than ever to connect online, laptops, smartphones and tablets have become the only tools you...

Last-minute : Self-employed : Living

Design Directions

One Pig

Meat is murder, according to some, but few people can identify with the unseen act of ending an animal’s life that is necessary if we want to eat m...

Project : One Pig : Musician

Podcasts

Podcast: Devon Powers on Pandemic Futures

In the first episode of Back to the F**kture, Devon Powers discusses why forecasters failed to spot Covid-19.

Society : Podcast : Covid-19

Communities

Mexican Luxurians

From supporting local designers to connecting with the region’s rich artisanal culture, this tribe of consumers approach luxury wit...

Mexican Luxurians : Mexico : Luxury

Macro Trends

The Sharded Self

Social media is changing how we interact, make decisions and form opinions. As we pin, post and preen our way to an ideal identity online, these ...

Social Media Hotel : Identity : Online

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

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

Equilibrium Cities

Citizens are demanding a more receptive and equitable built environment that will allow future urban generations, nature and businesses to thrive.

Future Cities : Health And Wellness : Intersectionality

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

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: Shortlist

We present the shortlist for our Futures 100 Innovators Awards, featuring the 10 leading innovators, disruptors and change-makers across 10 industr...

Futures100 Innovators

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: July

The seventh instalment of our Futures 100 Innovators spotlights the people making wellness accessible to everyone, creating a more inclusive tech s...

Futures 100 Innovators : F100 : Health And Wellness

Behaviours

Emerging Youth: Vietnam

With more young people living in Vietnam than ever before, this generation are using the country as a canvas on which to project creativity and sel...

Vietnam : Youth : Emerging Youth

Viewpoints

How to optimise skin longevity at a molecular level

Carolina Reis Oliveira, co-founder of One Skin, on why we should be addressing the root causes of ageing rather than the symptoms.

Beauty : Health : Wellness

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

Communities

Low-impact Eaters

Members of this community are changing their eating habits owing to increasing anxiety about the state of the environment.

Food : Drinks : Culture

Design Directions

Virtual Baroque

Digital artists are deconstructing the clichéd visual codes of luxury advertising. They are exaggerating the idealised and heavily stylised charact...

Luxury : CGI : Digital Aesthetic

Big Ideas

D&AD New Blood Awards 2014

Renowned within the global creative community as a hot bed for young talent, the annual New Blood awards organised by D&AD showcase the emerging ...

D&AD : New Blood Awards 2014 : Asos

Big Ideas

International Luxury Travel Market 2013 Overview Part 1

For the super-rich, the world is their oyster. Nowhere is this more evident than at the International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) event in Cannes, ...

Occupancy : COMO : Como Hotels And Resorts

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