Communication

Welcome to the post-social era

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Welcome to the post-social era

With the advent of Web 3.0, scrolling through major social media platforms will be usurped by small-scale decentralised social networks where priva...

Social Media : Web 0.3 : Influencers

Stat: Expectations accelerate for customer service online

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Stat: Expectations accelerate for customer service online

With more people having relied on e-commerce solutions as a result of the pandemic, a study by OpenText finds that there is now an even greater exp...

Technology : Retail : Society

Amazon’s Alexa is easing small talk anxiety

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Amazon’s Alexa is easing small talk anxiety

Stepping in to support consumers emerging back into real life social engagements, Amazon is introducing small talk tips to its voice assistant Alexa.

Society : Social Anxiety : Communication

Fashion Meta-networks

Micro Trends

Fashion Meta-networks

Breaking away from oversaturated social media platforms, fashion communities are finding connection and inspiration in alternative online spaces.

Fashion : Technology : Metaverse

Glorious creates stylish content for women in sport

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Glorious creates stylish content for women in sport

Digital members club Glorious showcases women in sport through an editorial lens, looking to differentiate from the statistical nature of athletic ...

Health : Wellness : Fitness

Optus donates internet access to Australian children

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Optus donates internet access to Australian children

The telecoms firm has created an animated ad to promote its data donation initiative.

Media : Technology : Generation Alpha

Dove celebrates self-love with its Girls Room series

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Dove celebrates self-love with its Girls Room series

Dove has launched a five-part scripted series to draw attention to issues commonly faced by young women.

Beauty : Self Esteem : Dove

Google Lens brings NYT Magazine’s music issue to life

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Google Lens brings NYT Magazine’s music issue to life

The New York Times Magazine's annual music issue featured interactive multimedia content for print readers, enabled by Google Lens.

Google Lens : Technology : Multimedia

5G enables the world’s first multi-location music lesson

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5G enables the world’s first multi-location music lesson

Jazz musician Jamie Cullum leads the low-latency lesson connecting musicians in London, Birmingham and Bristol.

Technology : Communication : Media

Post-digital Communication

Micro Trends

Post-digital Communication

Designers are swapping fiddly haptic interfaces for basic material props in order to enhance the poetry and meaning of virtual experiences.

Virtual Reality : Communication : Technology

Corinne van Grevenbroek on a post-verbal future

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Corinne van Grevenbroek on a post-verbal future

The concept designer discusses how augmented reality has the potential to create new forms of emotive interaction.

Communication : Augmented Reality : Media

Ikea’s Space 10 wants to democratise AI

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Ikea’s Space 10 wants to democratise AI

Copenhagen – Do You Speak Human?, a project designed and developed by Ikea’s external future living lab Space10, is a worldwide survey of how ...

Ikea : AI : Neo-kinship

Sideways Dictionary

Design Directions

Sideways Dictionary

Sideways Dictionary is a new dictionary that simplifies digital jargon.

Google : The Dislocated World : Technology

Landline reborn

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Landline reborn

New York – Hardware start-up Insensi is launching the Ily, a smart landline phone.

Future Family : Ily Phone : The Flat Age Society

Big Ideas

Sextual health

Global – Durex is petitioning the Unicode Consortium to create a condom emoji to raise awareness about safe sex.

Durex : Volker Sydow : Unicode

Disembodied voices

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Disembodied voices

London – This is a Voice, the latest exhibition at the Wellcome Collection, explores the role of vocalisation in communication.

Wellcome Collection : This Is A Voice : Exhibition

Big Ideas

Hello Alexa

New York – Triby is the first third-party connected home hub that uses Amazon’s Alexa Voice System as its user interface.

Triby : Amazon : Alexa

Snapchat sessions

Big Ideas

Snapchat sessions

India – Lovedoctor.in is a Snapchat channel that provides support for young victims of domestic abuse.

Lovedoctordotin : Snapchat : Domestic Abuse

Gen Viz : An introduction

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Gen Viz : An introduction

London – LS:N Global journalist Maks Fus-Mickiewicz introduces Gen Viz, the second of three macrotrends from our Spring/Summer 2016 Trend Briefing.

Gen Viz : Visual-first Culture : Communication

Preview: Post-language Typography

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Preview: Post-language Typography

Global – The design world is drawing inspiration from bilingual environments to propose alphabets that transcend traditional type.

Typograhy : Graphics : Language

LDF 2015: Hot issue

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LDF 2015: Hot issue

London Design Festival 2015 – Biannual magazine Disegno has opened 2°C, an exhibition designed to breathe new life into the climate change debate.

Disegno : Universal : The Aram Gallery

Anti-authenticity Marketing: Beyond Borders Network Evening

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Anti-authenticity Marketing: Beyond Borders Network Evening

London – Last night LS:N Global welcomed multidisciplinary creatives to Elder Street for our Design in the Age of Anti-authenticity Network Evening.

Anti-authenticity Marketing : Communication : Beyond Borders

Insta-ready meals

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Insta-ready meals

Global – Tin foil manufacturer Reynolds Kitchens is inviting social media users to dinner in its latest Instagram campaign.

Reynolds Kitchen : Havas Chicago : Instagram

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Mail order

London – Fashion house Marques’Almeida has launched its autumn/winter 2015 collection exclusively via email.

Marques'Almeida : Autumn/ Winter 2015 : Email

Getting to know you

Big Ideas

Getting to know you

Chicago – Choice Cuts is a service that helps subscribers discover new music via SMS.

Choice Cuts : Text-only : Discovery

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