Polarity Paradox

The post-Covid consumer: hedonistic or minimalist?

Viewpoints

The post-Covid consumer: hedonistic or minimalist?

Brands and businesses must prepare for polarised responses to the pandemic as established consumer paradigms are either accelerated or abandoned.
Retail : Covid-19 : Coronavirus
Preview: Mission media

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Preview: Mission media

London – In this week's microtrend, we examine how media brands are becoming empowered by Brandstanding and taking up causes that may alienate some...
Brandstanding : Polarity Paradox : Cosmopolitan
Game show

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Game show

China – They often receive a bad press, but gamers are only doing what they love. Now online game developer Changyou has defended its customers aga...
Changyou : Saatchi & Saatchi : Polarity Paradox
Digital paint swatch

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Digital paint swatch

UK – Dulux’s latest advert is a digital upgrade of the paint swatch, brought to life in a cinematic telling of a dystopian future devoid of colour.
Dulux : BBH : Shoppable Video
Smart Philanthropy

Micro Trends

Smart Philanthropy

Forget charity galas and fundraisers – brands are using smart crowdsourcing strategies to convert unused consumer resources such as mobile data a...
Humanitarian Campaigns : Unused Resources : Crowd-sourcing
Eruption of taste: Bompas & Parr create extreme cooking experience

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Eruption of taste: Bompas & Parr create extreme cooking experience

London-based design duo Bompas & Parr have collaborated with a team of artists and scientists to stage events where the food was cooked with man-...
Distrubia Dining : Bompas & Parr : Cooking With Lava
A hell of a show: Delirium I exhibition is a sinister experience

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A hell of a show: Delirium I exhibition is a sinister experience

Copenhagen – American artist Alex Da Corte’s latest work, Delirium I, is an intense and visceral, deep red space showing a polarised exhibition ins...
Alex Da Corte : Exhibition : The David Risely Gallery
Graphic art: Instagrammer takes scissors to fashion ads

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Graphic art: Instagrammer takes scissors to fashion ads

New York – Doug Abraham, aka @bessnyc4, has taken Instagram by storm with his dark, sometimes grotesque collage work – splicing fashion ad campaign...
Chasm Culture : Instagram : Iconoclash
Beautiful contradiction: Material showcase by Peugeot Design Lab

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Beautiful contradiction: Material showcase by Peugeot Design Lab

Milan – Alongside its ONYX sofa, made from a combination of carbon fibre and volcanic stone, Peugeot Design Lab presented a series of seven ot...
Auto Design : Cars : Peugeot
Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan 2014 Part 1: Top 5 Spaces

Big Ideas

Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan 2014 Part 1: Top 5 Spaces

The sun was shining and the pavilions were resplendent as thousands of design industry moguls explored the many districts that comprised Salone I...
Milan : Salone Internazionale Del Mobile : Convergence
DISown

Design Directions

DISown

In some respects, fine art is like designer fashion: many appreciate and desire it, but few possess it. In response, fast fashion retailers are t...
Dis Magazine : Art : Exhibtion
The Polarity Paradox: The new age of extremes

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The Polarity Paradox: The new age of extremes

London – Delegates converged yesterday (19 March) on Milton Court, the Barbican’s latest concert venue, to face The Polarity Paradox, an examinat...
The Flat Age Society : Extremes : Convergence
Trending now: The Convergence Economy preview

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Trending now: The Convergence Economy preview

In its upcoming Trend Briefing this March, LS:N Global will be considering The Polarity Paradox, an examination of global demographic shifts, the r...
Trend Briefing : Polarity Paradox : Trends
Jungle fresh: Website takes new approach to travel

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Jungle fresh: Website takes new approach to travel

New York – If you combined Monocle magazine with National Geographic and added a pinch of dark mystique, you might come up with Jungles in Paris, a...
Jungles In Paris : Website : Travel
Study: $30k per capita maximises national happiness

Big Ideas

Study: $30k per capita maximises national happiness

Study: $30k per capita maximises national happiness.
Happiness : University Of Minnesota : Aldo Rustichini
Imagined Utopias: Candles invoke a better world

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Imagined Utopias: Candles invoke a better world

London – A Utopian world evokes different images for different people. Throughout history, philosophers, artists and daydreamers have imagined thei...
The School Of Life : New Sublimity : Utopia
Travelling luxury: A Utopian home is re-imagined

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Travelling luxury: A Utopian home is re-imagined

Miami – Louis Vuitton has continued its love affair with fine art and design for Design Miami/ 2013 – this time celebrating iconic modernist design...
Louis Vuitton : La Maison Au Bord De L'Eau : Polarity Paradox
Art park: Contemporary design in ancient forest

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Art park: Contemporary design in ancient forest

Nanjing, China – More than 10 years in the making, the Sifang Project in Laoshan National Forest Park is an open-air museum featuring architecture ...
China : Nature : Localism
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