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The friendship game

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The friendship game

Paris – A new exhibition at Cité de la Mode et du Design examines the friendship- and community-building power of play.

Serendipity : The Flat Age Society : Play

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

Senior service

US – Flat Agers are the fastest growing age group of Airbnb hosts in the US, and use the platform as a second income stream.

Airbnb : The Flat Age Society : Sharing Economy

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Boy wonders

London – A new exhibition at London Fashion Space Gallery explores fashion designers’ fixation with male youth.

Mad About The Boy : Menswear : Fashion

Stay-at-home Millennials

Big Ideas

Stay-at-home Millennials

US – The number of Millennials choosing to live at the family home post-recession is rising, according to a report from the Pew Research Center.

Millennials : Recession : The Flat Age Society

The Flat Age Society

Trend Tracker

The Flat Age Society

In 2014, we identified The Flat Age Society, a group of optimistic and entrepreneurial consumers aged 60 and over who are creating a world in which...

The Flat Age Society : Boomers : Aging

Ethnographic vanity room

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Ethnographic vanity room

As part of this year’s Beauty Forum, The Future Laboratory has developed a new way of experiencing consumer insights.

Ethnographic Vanity Room : Beauty Futures Forum : The Future Laboratory

The Optimised Self

Macro Trends

The Optimised Self

Humanity is on a quest. It is not a quest for perfection, but for optimisation – to be the optimal versions of ourselves, the most effective and th...

Optimisation : Health : Wellbeing

Generation gap: Designers inspired by elderly counterparts

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Generation gap: Designers inspired by elderly counterparts

Stockholm – Designers at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts are showing what happens when design crosses generational boundaries.

Stockholm Design Week 2015 : 75+ : The Flat Age Society

Stockholm Furniture Fair and Design Week 2015

Design Directions

Stockholm Furniture Fair and Design Week 2015

This year at Stockholm Furniture Fair and Design Week functionality was combined with experimentation. A series of design directions emerged that c...

Furniture : Lighting : Scandinavian Design

Vishnu Singh: 10 hot consumer trends for 2015

Viewpoints

Vishnu Singh: 10 hot consumer trends for 2015

Vishnu Singh, director of Ericsson ConsumerLab, reveals the latest digital consumer trends.

Ericsson ConsumerLab : CES 2015 : Digital Purse

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Second life: Baby Boomers show their creative side for Selfridges

London – Selfridges has launched the Bright Old Things campaign, which reveals the creative efforts of a select group that were invited to col...

Bright Old Things : Selfridges : The Flat Age Society

Independent thinking: Designing beautiful objects for the visually impaired

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Independent thinking: Designing beautiful objects for the visually impaired

London – At The Flat Age Network Evening on 4 December, LS:N Global senior journalist Rowland Manthorpe spoke to Simon Kinneir, research associate ...

The Future Laboratory : LS:N Global : Simon Kinneir

The real picture: The changing image of the Boomers

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The real picture: The changing image of the Boomers

London – At The Flat Age Society Network Evening at The Future Laboratory’s HQ on 4 December, senior journalist Rowland Manthorpe spoke to Guy Merr...

The Flat Age Society : Guy Merrill : Getty Images

Old tricks: How the Baby Boomer market will take the innovation lead

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Old tricks: How the Baby Boomer market will take the innovation lead

London – During our Flat Age Network Evening on 4 December, Anna James, founder and CEO of Spring Chicken, spoke to LS:N Global senior journalist R...

The Flat Age Society : Spring Chicken : Anna James

Age-old question: Network Evening ponders The Flat Age Society

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Age-old question: Network Evening ponders The Flat Age Society

London – LS:N Global members gathered at The Future Laboratory HQ on 4 December to find out why age really is just a number.

Boomers : The Flat Age Society : Flat Agers

Silent Generation reaps the wealth rewards of history

Big Ideas

Silent Generation reaps the wealth rewards of history

Americans in retirement are wealthier than ever, but this may not translate into consumer spending, according to a Bloomberg analysis of US Federa...

Silent Generation : Wealth : Alpha-Amortals

Selfridges to unveil project celebrating born-again creatives

Big Ideas

Selfridges to unveil project celebrating born-again creatives

Selfridges is launching the Bright Old Things initiative, celebrating 40–80-year-old creative thinkers and showing that it’s never too late to try ...

Selfridges : Bright Old Things : The Flat Age Society

Window-shopping: Consumer Futures Forum explores shape of things to come

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Window-shopping: Consumer Futures Forum explores shape of things to come

London – Leading figures from the retail, food, banking and automotive industries joined LS:N Global for a day of consumer insights and to explore ...

Consumer Futures Forum 2014 : Retail : Retail Experience

UK Flat Agers favour internet for travel research

Big Ideas

UK Flat Agers favour internet for travel research

London – Older consumers in the UK are as likely to research their travel online as their younger counterparts, according to a new study.

The Flat Age Society : Travel : Digital Adoption

Design Directions

Vessyl

The ubiquitous, everyday cup has been turned into an ingenious smart device.

The Flat Age Society : Self-Quants : Internet Of Things

Flat Age accessories: Garments encourage over-60s to exercise

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Flat Age accessories: Garments encourage over-60s to exercise

London – Central Saint Martins graduate design student Hyun Kyung Lee has presented a collection of fashion accessories and garments for consumers...

The Flat Age Society : MA Material Futures : Graduate Design Week 2014

Luxury Travel Consumers

Markets

Luxury Travel Consumers

What do different demographic groups want from luxury travel?

FABs : The Flat Age Society : Bleisure

The Polarity Paradox Webinar

Viewpoints

The Polarity Paradox Webinar

The Polarity Paradox webinar explored LS:N Global’s latest macrotrends.

The Polarity Paradox : The Convergence Economy : The Flat Age Society

Micro Trends

Downsizing 2.0

For their later years, Flat Agers are often in search of culturally-rich urban environments. Meanwhile, architects are envisioning innovative alte...

Retirement : The Flat Age Society : Vital Tech

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