Design Directions

Translating consumer trends into actionable designs, colour palettes and materials.

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

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Wolvesmouth

Craig Thornton calls himself a chef, but in reality he is a social engineer. For his dining experience, Wolvesmouth, Thornton invites 16 guests i...

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Milan Men's Fashion Week A/W 14

The institutional support system was explored during this year’s Milan Fashion Week, and a new, sombre take on an LS:N Global trend was also on show.

Dsquared2 : Vivienne Westwood : Z Zegna

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Andrew Stellitano: Designer and Art Director

Synaesthetic Selling : Convergence Culture : Sensory

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MakerBot

Will 2014 be the year 3D printing fulfills its promise? The manufacturing process that turns digital models into solid objects has been the subject...

3D Printing : MakerBot : Toys

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London Collections: Men AW14

Boundaries were pushed this year during London Collections: Men as designers waved goodbye to the dandy and metrosexual. Some collections embraced...

Menswear : Kitsch : Neo Kitsch

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Ace Hotel London

Ace Hotel opened its first branch outside of the Americas, in east London, in September. Like other ventures from Ace Hotel Group, it is the epitom...

Ace Hotel : London : Seattle

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Precious Precision

LS:N Global recently featured Craft in The Anthropocene, a graduate project by Yesenia Thibault-Picazo that imagines what sedimentary-level mater...

Geology : Marble : Stone

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Elixir

Russell Crowe’s portrayal of Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator brought us closer to what life may have been like during the Roman Empire. But w...

Design Miami : America : US

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La Maison Au Bord de L'eau

In its race to climb to the top of the luxury tree, Louis Vuitton has taken inspiration from a second-placed finish.

Architecture : Luxury : Revivalism

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Design Miami/ 2013

Classic natural and earthly forms were re-interpreted at Design Miami/ this month. With a combination of rich materials and textures, designers exp...

Design Miami : America : US

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A Better A&E

Britain’s struggling Accident & Emergency (A&E) departments are being subtly re-invented through a series of cost-effective design solutions.

Design : Department Of Health : A&E

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Afro-pastiche

Creatives across a range of disciplines are discovering the richness and potential of the continent’s visual culture.

Luxury : Architecture : Digital

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GoldieBlox

An advertisement reaches across the great toy gender divide, lighting up discussion around how we shape the interests of society’s youngest membe...

GoldieBlox : Tiny Tot Feminism : Feminism

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Sports Illustrated

The language of fitness and health is changing, and LS:N Global reported on these changing consumer shifts in its Body Temples macrotrend.

Health : Sports : Surfing

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Cheeky

Secret entrances, keys exchanged in a discreet handshake, exorbitant fees – private members’ clubs are a different world. Everyone knows about them...

Social Media : On/Off Retail : Cowshed

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Charlotte Audrey: Designer and Art Director

MTV : Tumblr Art : Inforgraphics

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Bilder & de Clercq

In the De Baarsjes neighbourhood of Amsterdam, where hipster bars, shops and restaurants abound, a new food retailer is changing the way locals shop.

Amsterdam : Supermarket : Grocery

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Ephemeral Foam

In an era of austerity, designers are moving away from the long-lasting to the here and now, leading to a new desire for the ephemeral.

Furniture : Prada : Rem Koolhaas

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Tactile Hardware

Designers are exploring the softer side of technology by using tactile, raw and primitive materials and finishes to produce electronics items.

Tactile : Sensorial : Alberto Fabbian

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Fairphone

The principle of transparency has spread to clothing, beauty and even jewellery, with companies disclosing where their products come from and how t...

Transparency : Bas Van Abel : Worker Conditions

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