LS:N Global

Is an electric car future sustainable?:

18.08.2017 - Why we will have to rethink energy if we want to power an electric car revolution.

Micro Trends

Automated Commerce:

14.08.2017 - In the age of convenience, Automated Commerce is re-inventing grocery shopping.

Food : Retail : Technology

Ikea’s 25-minute ASMR ad and other stories

Ikea’s 25-minute ASMR ad and other stories:

11.08.2017 - In today’s daily digest: Ikea’s ASMR video, Google’s stand against annoying ads, small town potential...

Advertising : Digital : Branding

Shanghai theatre casts the audience as protagonists and other stories:

09.08.2017 - In today’s daily digest: Muji ventures into perishables, introducing slow-melting ice lollies, how...

Food : Retail : Technology

Markets

Emerging Youth: China:

08.08.2017 - The Chinese Dream is on the rise as the American Dream fades.

China : Youth Culture : Fashion

Why AI will wipe out the need for traditional marketing and advertising:

08.08.2017 - In a future world in which decision-making has been allocated to AI, there will be no need for...

Artificial Intelligence : Advertising : Technology

Can electric vehicles ever be sexy?:

02.08.2017 - Why brands need to consider the cultural fallout of banning the internal combustion engine.

Automotive : Technology : Mobility

How are brands tracking emotions to improve their content?:

31.07.2017 - As emotion-tracking becomes more accessible, brands are becoming hungrier to see how the content...

Digital : Technology : Media

Amazon delivers convenience and other stories

Amazon delivers convenience and other stories:

31.07.2017 - In today’s daily digest: Amazon enters the home, Vetements recycles merchandise, re-igniting creativity...

Retail : Technology : Advertising

A distraction-free retreat and other stories

A distraction-free retreat and other stories:

28.07.2017 - In today’s daily digest: The Krane, adidas and Alexander Wang, Disney, Theory 2.0, commoditising time...

Hospitality : Fashion : Luxury

Are clean air zones the future of retail?:

27.07.2017 - The Clean Air Bench is a future-facing retail concept powered by advanced technology that...

Pollution : Technology : Smog Life

Markets

Luxury Futures Special Feature: Transcendent Wealth:

26.07.2017 - Our special report examines how the definition of wealth is changing from the acquisition of physical...

Luxury : Technology : Hospitality

This wearable circuit is fully biodegradable:

21.07.2017 - US – In a bid to tackle the rise of electronic waste (e-waste), Stanford University researchers have...

Technology : Digital : Materials

The US Air Force uses VR game to drive recruitment

The US Air Force uses VR game to drive recruitment:

21.07.2017 - US – Air Force Special Ops: Nightfall aims to tap into gamers’ speedy reaction times and sense of...

Digital : Advertising : Gaming

Access is a design opportunity rather than an obligation:

21.07.2017 - Global – Designers are recognising the needs of disabled consumers, creating assistive products that...

Fashion : Technology : Product Design

Pornhub launches interactive video content category:

21.07.2017 - Global – Users will now be able to synchronise porn with sex toys in order to simulate sex.

Technology : Digital : Media

Mira’s Prism headset is making AR more accessible:

20.07.2017 - Los Angeles – The product will be powered by the iPhone and will sell for $99.

Technology : AR : Digital

Microsoft app uses machine learning to narrate the world

Microsoft app uses machine learning to narrate the world:

20.07.2017 - Global – Designed to assist those that are visually impaired, the app can describe everything from text...

Technology : Digital : Media

The US is funding brain-computer interfaces:

18.07.2017 - US – The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is investing $65m in the technology.

Technology : Digital : Health

New e-sports league set for launch in Asia and America

New e-sports league set for launch in Asia and America:

18.07.2017 - Global – Due to start later this year, the Overwatch League will mimic the structure of traditional...

Digital : Gaming : Technology

In the future will work be discernible from leisure?

In the future will work be discernible from leisure?:

18.07.2017 - London – The artist Lawrence Lek has explored the future workplace as a gamified environment.

Technology : Workplace : Recruitment

Time travel banking app is ahead of the Curve:

17.07.2017 - US -– The Curve app enables users to switch the account that payments are made from retrospectively.

Finance : Digital : Technology

Design Directions

Implicit Inclusivity:

17.07.2017 - Designers are recognising the needs of disabled consumers, creating assistive products that are reduced...

Technology : Design : Fashion

China cycles towards a cleaner future:

17.07.2017 - China – Daan Roosegaarde has worked with bicycle-sharing start-up OFO to introduce his Smog Free Bike...

Technology : Design : Pollution