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

Design Directions

Design Directions

Tom Sachs NikeCraft

It is common for a sports brand to collaborate with a high-profile designer. But to incorporate the work of a conceptual artist into a functional, ...

Nike : NIKECraft : Conceptual

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Minimal Harmony

Minimal Harmony brings together essential design and soft, whimsical elements to create a harmonious aesthetic that remains functional and practica...

Simplicity : Responsive : Home

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Kamppi Quiet Chapel

Everyone needs a little quiet time now and again. Smart brands and designers are giving people a break from the noise, and offering them the chance...

Architecture : Lutheran Church : Reflect

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Milan 2012: Part 2

Hauntology : Folk : Craft

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The Seagrass

Having squatters in your building is not usually good, especially if that building happens to be a restaurant. One eatery, however, is embracing a ...

Restaurant : Ruaridh Emsliem : Squatting

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Milan 2012: Part 1

Emotional Functionality : Sobriety : Craft

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Words, Words, Words

As literacy standards continue to slip in Britain and children become more accustomed to communicating in text message jargon, could a whole genera...

Interactive : Words Words Words : Window Display

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Weyland Industries

Digital marketing strategies for film releases have traditionally rested largely on a simple home page featuring release dates and biographies of t...

Fake : Ridley Scott : Fictional

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Umbro and Palace Skateboards

Brand collaborations are 10 a penny these days. Many are generic or ill-conceived, and branded viral videos have become homogenised, often losing r...

Limited Edition : Buzz : Palace Skateboards

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Williamson Curran: Creative design

The Studio of Williamson Curran is a London-based creative design consultancy founded by Geoff Williamson and Chris Curran.

London : Film Noir : Moving Image

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Vibrant Folk

Following on from the Emotional Functionality design direction, LS:N Global has identified another style of functional product design that inc...

Craft : Lean : Alonso

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Bluebrain

A lack of record sales has upturned the music industry and new technology is starting to redefine the concept of the album. Will album releases alw...

Music : Personal : Exploration

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Emotional Functionality

Designers are adding comforting design details to functional, modernist pieces to create Emotional Functionality.

Proportion : Luxury : Modernist

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Kokoro & Moi: Creative agency

Branding : Posters : Helsinki

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Bivouac NYC

Living and working in busy urban centres can leave many yearning for the tranquility of the countryside and simpler things, an escape from the torr...

Urban : Time Out : Pause

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Digital Surrealism

A new style of design is emerging that takes its inspiration from the early days of the internet, as first explored in LS:N Global’s macrotrend, Ne...

Internet Art : Netstalgic : Web Art

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The Blocks

From aroma to flavour, wine-tasting is all about the senses. But what if you could heighten the sensory experience even more? This was the brief se...

Studio Toogood : Sight : Wine-tasting

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Two Create: Product and Branding & Packaging Design

Two Create is a cross-disciplinary design studio founded by Lucy Nunn and Tobie Snowdowne in 2001. The London husband-and-wife team specialises in ...

London : Cosmetics : Luxury

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Plus One Berlin

There are city guides and there are hotel concierges, but there is no better way to experience a new city than seeing it through the eyes of a loca...

Berlin : Plus One Berlin : Hyper-Local

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Paris Womenswear A/W 12

The autumn/winter 2012 collections culminated in Paris with striking designs that offered a contemporary development of trends such as structured m...

Minimalism : Craft : D.I.Y

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