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Making pollution visible and advocating for fair labour

News

Making pollution visible and advocating for fair labour

Clean Air Now visualises the negative effects of pollution, a new campaign pushes fairness in the fashion supply chain, Harrods reorganises drinks ...
Fashion : Technology : Drinks
RCA and CSM 2016 Graduate Shows Review

Big Ideas

RCA and CSM 2016 Graduate Shows Review

Graduates at the Royal College of Art (RCA) and Central Saint Martins (CSM) focused on new definitions of identity emerging in response to changes ...
Optimised Self : Artificial Intellligence : Graduate Shows
Autumn/Winter 2016 Beauty Trends Overview

Big Ideas

Autumn/Winter 2016 Beauty Trends Overview

LS:N Global reveals the defining moments in beauty for autumn/winter 2016 from New York, Milan, London and Paris.
Beauty : Makeup : Hairstyle
Ready for anything

News

Ready for anything

London – Sportswear brand Vollebak’s clothing prepares and trains the body to deal with high pressure and potentially life-threatening situations.
Vollebak : Sportswear : Parasympathetic Nervous System
Space-vertising

Micro Trends

Space-vertising

Brands and marketers are embracing the current surge of interest in space travel to sell their products and services, and better connect with consu...
Space : Advertising : Marketing
Thursday’s headlines including Netflix’s self-mocking ad

News

Thursday’s headlines including Netflix’s self-mocking ad

In today’s daily digest: Smart box offers essentials to gym-goers, the Flippy robot threatens low-skilled jobs and recapturing attention through re...
Media : Retail : Design
Design Miami/ 2013

Design Directions

Design Miami/ 2013

Classic natural and earthly forms were re-interpreted at Design Miami/ this month. With a combination of rich materials and textures, designers exp...
Design Miami : America : US
Noko Jeans

Design Directions

Noko Jeans

Stitch one piece of curiosity, one Betapreneurial mindset, one internet connection, three Swedish lads and a sense of adventure together and what d...
Denim : Tor Rauden Källstigen : Jakob Ohlsson
New York Design Week 2014: Top 10

Big Ideas

New York Design Week 2014: Top 10

There was a resurgence of avant-garde design on show at New York Design Week 2014. Sight Unseen OFFSITE, curated by Monica Khemsurov and Jill Sin...
New York Design Week : Sight Unseen: OFFSITE : Monia Khemsurov
Design Miami/ 2014

Design Directions

Design Miami/ 2014

Environmental references and surreal landscapes were explored at Design Miami/ this month 
Design Miami/ : Synthetic Surfaces : Natural Formations
Australia Market

Markets

Australia Market

Australians are shopping more online, and welcoming the Chinese and their need for the country’s resources and luxury goods.
Australia : China : Economy Watch
Foolscap Studio: Interior Design

Design Directions

Foolscap Studio: Interior Design

With a multidisciplinary team comprising industrial designers, strategists, architects and interior designers, projects by Foolscap Studio are root...
Foolscap Studio : Multidisciplinary : Architecture
Andro-Hip-Hop

Micro Trends

Andro-Hip-Hop

As homosexuality continues to gain acceptance in mainstream culture, hip-hop is becoming more open to androgynous influences as both gay and straig...
Music : Hood By Air : Homophobia
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
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
Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan 2014 Part 2: Top 5 products

Big Ideas

Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan 2014 Part 2: Top 5 products

Another year, another fresh wave of new designs, products and prototypes for the design world to sit up and take notice of.
Surface Design : Geology : Futurist Montage
Brandtocracies

Macro Trends

Brandtocracies

As we move into the 10s, the widespread proliferation of social media networks means that consumers increasingly expect brand relationships to be b...
Brand : Conversation : Democratic Brands
Milan 2014: Part 2

Design Directions

Milan 2014: Part 2

In the second part of our report on the key design directions from last month’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, LS:N Global reveals ho...
Milan : Salone Del Mobile : Furniture
Eruptia

Design Directions

Eruptia

Designers are relinquishing control over the final look of their work by adopting experimental production processes that result in a broken, cracke...
Cracked : James Shaw : Still Life
Design Miami/ 2012

Design Directions

Design Miami/ 2012

Surrealism redux was apparent at Design Miami/ in December. LS:N Global noted an other-worldly take on flora and fauna, fluid strokes and material ...
Surrealism : New Sublimity : Lab
Spring/summer 2017 Fashion Week: Part 1

Design Directions

Spring/summer 2017 Fashion Week: Part 1

Messages of female empowerment and irreverent DIY embellishments were among the themes and treatments presented by designers this season. LS:N Glob...
Fashion Week : Feminism : Gucci
Lola Lely: Product Designer

Design Directions

Lola Lely: Product Designer

Lola Lely: Product Designer
Wallpaper : Potluck : Bronze Age
Market report: China

Markets

Market report: China

For a decade the world has watched China in awe. Some did so from a distance, others leapt right in. Today, however, involvement with the country n...
China : Jigsaw International : Hong Kong
Gen Neutral

Design Directions

Gen Neutral

The rise of Neutral Culture is informing new visual typologies across the lifestyle sectors. Creatives are rejecting the traditional dichotomy of ...
Neutral Culture : Agender Retail : Beauty
Design Miami/ 2013 Overview Part 1

Big Ideas

Design Miami/ 2013 Overview Part 1

The daybeds were prepped, the sunshine was out, the champagne poured and the runways cleared, as buyers and celebrities alike flocked to Miami for ...
Wallpaper : Design District : Galerie BSL
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