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The Trend: Quiet Mode

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The Trend: Quiet Mode

In our microtrend report Quiet Mode, we discuss consumers looking to turn down the volume on post-Covid expectations from family, friends, work, so...

Youth : Technology : Society

Guerlain reveals the sound of craft in new content series

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Guerlain reveals the sound of craft in new content series

Luxury beauty brand Guerlain is introducing a series of videos using ASMR, placing its long-standing sensory savoir faire in the spotlight.

Luxury : ASMR : Guerlain

Sony’s portable theatre system brings cinematic sound home

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Sony’s portable theatre system brings cinematic sound home

In July 2023, Japanese tech behemoth Sony introduced the HT-AX7, a new portable speaker system that can surround users with an immersive cinema-lik...

Technology : Sound : Sony

The Standard Hotel immerses guests in sound

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The Standard Hotel immerses guests in sound

The Standard Hotel, London, is inviting its first guests of the new year to experience a unique immersive sound installation, The Retiring Room.

Travel & Hospitality : Health And Wellness : Soundscapes

Synesthesia X1 elevates the musical experience

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Synesthesia X1 elevates the musical experience

Japan – Synesthesia X1 is an experiential and holistic device created to make listeners feel fully absorbed in sound.

Sensory Experience : Multi-Sensorial : Sensorial Stimuli

Virtual sonic worlds are the next branded experiences

Big Ideas

Virtual sonic worlds are the next branded experiences

The Spatial Sound Institute is a research centre created by technology platform and artistic collective 4DSOUND. John Connell, researcher in reside...

Media : Digital : Retail

Design Museum Holon explores the role of sound in design

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Design Museum Holon explores the role of sound in design

Holon, Israel – The Sound and Matter in Design exhibition uses sound to re-evaluate the museum experience.

Design : Audio : Technology

Brands are exploring creative applications of safety sound technology

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Brands are exploring creative applications of safety sound technology

Global – From installing safety sound capabilities in electric cars to detecting anomalies in heavy machinery, brands are exploring the potential o...

Auto : Product Design : Technology

Safety in Sound

Micro Trends

Safety in Sound

From installing safety sound capabilities in electric cars to detecting anomalies in heavy machinery, brands are exploring the potential of sound t...

Auto : Product Design : Technology

Design Directions

Delete

Interactive exhibition Delete asked children to consider the boundary between the digital and physical worlds.

DELETE : The Sharded Self : Awakening Tech

Micro Trends

Seeing Sound

Podcasts are adapting to a visual-first culture.

Podcasts : Transmedia Futures : Audio

Sound and vision

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Sound and vision

Brno, Czech Republic – An exhibition at the Fait Gallery explored how sound can be used as a visual medium.

Soundscapes : Audiovisual : Audio Installation

Playing with music

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Playing with music

US – Panoramical is a video game that’s also an album, that’s also in some way a musical instrument.

Panoramical : Music : Adam Harper

Interactive haikus

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Interactive haikus

Canada – A collection of interactive haikus brings poetry to short-form content.

Interactive Haikus : National Film Board Of Canada : ARTE

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Sonic appetite

London – Experiential designers Bompas & Parr collaborated with Sony on a dining experience where sound was the secret ingredient.

Bompass & Parr : Sony : Multi-room Sonic Wonderland

Sounds of the city

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Sounds of the city

Paris – Visitors can explore some of Europe’s most famous destinations through sound thanks to innovative maps from advertising agency Ro...

RosaPark : Thalys : Maps

The Principals: Immersive Architecture

Design Directions

The Principals: Immersive Architecture

New York-based cross-disciplinary studio The Principals creates immersive projects that generate additional experiences beyond the physical.

Responsive Architecture : Installation : Soundscapes

Instrument of clarity

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Instrument of clarity

Amsterdam – A new advert for smartwatch brand Vector is pitch perfect when it comes to wearables.

Vector : Lernert & Sander : Smartwatch

Synaesthetic lens

Big Ideas

Synaesthetic lens

New York – Rekindle a childlike sense of wonder at the world using Bug, a simple tool to unlock your inner synaesthete.

Linked By Air : Bug : Bug App

Musical architecture

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Musical architecture

China – Creative architecture studio Penda has created The Soundwave, an interactive space celebrating architecture, music and lighting.

Penda : The Soundwave : Soundscapes

Design Directions

Ephemera

In an exploration of the compelling relationship between smell and sound, festival platform Unsound teamed up with perfume designer Geza Schoen to...

Ephemera : Smell : Sound

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Synaesthetic selling: Fragrance brand makes scents of sound

Krakow, Poland – In an exploration of the compelling relationship between smell and sound, Unsound has unveiled Ephemera, a range of perf...

Unsound : Ephemera : Soundscapes

Sensing success: Melbourne store explores the five senses

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Sensing success: Melbourne store explores the five senses

Melbourne – Australian multi-sensory concept label Dust has created a retail experience that explores the five senses.

Dust Redux : Multisensory Retail : Soundscapes

Headset creates urban soundscapes for the blind and partially sighted

Big Ideas

Headset creates urban soundscapes for the blind and partially sighted

Microsoft, charity Guide Dogs and the UK government’s Future Cities Catapult programme have collaborated on the creation of a discreet headset desi...

Assistive Technology : Sight Loss : Awakening Tech

Need for speed: Visualising the speed and sound of the Maserati Trofeo

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Need for speed: Visualising the speed and sound of the Maserati Trofeo

London – FIELD, a team of digital artists, have visualised the sensation of racing in a piece celebrating the Maserati Trofeo, the iconic annual ra...

FIELD : Maserati Trofeo : Digital Art

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