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The latest global consumer trends that we’re tracking across sectors, substantiated by expert opinions and the latest industry statistics.

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Micro Trends

Deep Sea Wellness

Beauty and wellness brands are tapping into powerful deep sea ingredients with the potential to redefine skincare, hydration and sun protection.

Micro Trends

Remixing the Country Club

Old money, new values; brands are re-imagining country clubs as inclusive, community-centric spaces, using nostalgia, sports fandom and wellness to meet Gen Z’s desire for connection and authenticity.

Micro Trends

Coffee Shop Raves

Boosted by a new generation of sober-conscious consumers seeking real-life connection and fun, coffee shops are taking over the party scene as the new destination for daylight raves.

Design Directions

Biofabricated Futures

A revolutionary sustainability breakthrough, biofabrication is the engineering of biological products. This report explores its market evolution and future potential in transforming materials to drive commercial success.

Micro Trends

Scholarly scents

The fragrance industry may be well-versed in celebrity endorsements, designer collaborations and romanticised visions of femininity, but intellectu...

Perfume : Perfumery : Palette

Design Directions

Intersect

Car showrooms usually feel as if they are designed for machines rather than people. Chilly rooms and clinical design make visitors feel as welcome ...

Luxury Retail : Community : Car

Design Directions

London Fashion Week S/S 14

Expressive prints and innovative textiles dominated this year’s London Fashion Week with silhouettes drawing inspiration from origami.By Thomas Rees

Fashion East : Claire Barrow : Expressive

Micro Trends

Rail is the New Road

As Americans’ interest in rail travel grows, brands are harnessing the romance of cross-country trains to foster innovation and tell new stories.

Transport : Perfromance : Station To Station

Micro Trends

Hybrid Snacks

A wave of no-boundaries fusion foods has hit the market as producers blend unlikely combinations and consumers want more fun with their food.

Kyoto : Foodpairing : La Pâtisserie Des Rèves

Design Directions

Box

No matter what age you are, there is always a sense of awe when you see a magic trick performed for the first time. Short film Box – by San Francis...

Robotics : Magic Trick : Bot And Dolly

Design Directions

Bio Botanica

Branding : Codage : Michelle Wang

Design Directions

London Design Festival 2013

A lively and experimental mood was in evidence at the 2013 London Design Festival, which explored vibrant colour applications, visions of science a...

London Design Festival : Magnetism : Vibrant Colour

Micro Trends

She comes first

From porn to promiscuity, a new era of thinking on women’s sexuality is here.

Sensory : She Comes First : Lelo

Micro Trends

Mix Masters

Historically, the world of scent has been a secretive one, with mystery enshrouding both ingredients and the noses that create them. As consumers d...

Fragrance : Julia Zangrlli : School Of Scent

Design Directions

The Conductor

Light switches are going the way of sundials and typewriters. Soon, apps and sensors will have rendered them obsolete.

Interactive : Switch : The Conductor

Design Directions

Philippe Malouin: Designer

Swarovski : Digital Crystal : LED Light

Design Directions

New York Fashion Week S/S 14

Colour : Kitsch : Layering

Micro Trends

Designer Pharmacies

Beauty and medicine exist in different worlds, but we are beginning to see the two spheres borrowing inspiration from each other. Beauty brands are...

London Beauty Queen : De Los Austrias : VŒrdapoteket

Micro Trends

New Foodscapes

In a culture of over-indulgence, food is no longer seen merely as sustenance, but also as a source of sensory pleasure. This has been raised to the...

AVM Curiosities : Confections : Sense

Design Directions

Moment Factory

Airports are undergoing an unexpected renaissance, turning from stressful no-man’s lands into attractive destinations in their own right.

Installations : Videos : Airports

Design Directions

Eruptia

Designers are relinquishing control over the final look of their work by adopting experimental production processes that result in a broken, cracke...

Cracked : James Shaw : Still Life

Micro Trends

City Surf

Urbanites are embracing surfing not just as a seasonal fashion fad, but also as a source of creative inspiration and as the ultimate connoisseur sp...

Barcelona : Newport Beach : Michael Quinones

Design Directions

Odd Matter Studio: Product Designers

Under the arches of a railway line in darkest East London you will find a duo of designers debating the voltage necessary to charge their tub of su...

Netherlands : Overnight : Vessel Gallery Lighting Editions

Design Directions

The Commune Social

Fine dining can feel a bit staid. Even in the most achingly hip restaurant, inhaling gin and tonic through a vaporizer and cutting into a black pud...

Restaurant : Neri&Hu : The Commune Social

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