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Design Directions
Translating consumer trends into actionable designs, colour palettes and materials.
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
Design Directions
Rebranding Nature
To lure Gen Z outdoors and engage them in conservation and climate activism, nature itself is getting a rebranding
Design Directions
Synthesised Beauty
The visual language of conscious beauty is being redefined as the rise of biotechnology and digital innovation inspires creatives to re-imagine what sustainability looks like through bold, hyper-real formats and synthesised renderings
Design Directions
Seductive Opulence
As wellness takes centre stage in luxury, brands are captivating discerning consumers with a provocative twist, using seductive imagery to craft alluring experiences
Design Directions
Synth-aesthetic Evolution
From dystopia to delight, an AI-aesthetic Revolution is transforming how we perceive and embrace artificial intelligence
Design Directions
The Plant
Recycling and choosing greener products are helping to reduce our impact on the environment, but to conserve natural resources we need to find a mo...
Green
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Plant Chicago
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Bio
Design Directions
Milan Womenswear A/W 12
Designers in Milan celebrated femininity, offering a sense of fantasy and escapism. Varying from futuristic to baroque concepts, Italian fabrics an...
Baroque
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Futuristic
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Hyper-real
Design Directions
Sublime Materiality
As we enter a period which LS:N Global has described as The New Sublimity consumers are questioning what they must do in order to feel fulfilled in...
Stuffocation
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Minimal
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Luxury
Design Directions
Alt Group: Graphic Design
Alt Group is a multidisciplinary design studio based in Auckland, New Zealand. It was founded by Ben Corban and Dean Poole in 2000 and now employs ...
Restaurant
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Aukland
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Monochrome
Design Directions
Ento Box
The meat industry is notoriously unsustainable. We need alternatives to beef, pork and chicken, and, as explored in LS:N Global’s Food Futures...
London
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Sustainablity
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Aran Dasan
Design Directions
Fuseproject: industrial design and branding
Fuseproject: industrial design and branding
Design
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San Franicisco
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Yves Bahar
Design Directions
Stockholm Furniture Fair 2012
Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair hosted a diversity of new design this year, with prevalent themes being functionality and notions of nostalgia.
Hauntology
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Folk
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Gotland University
Design Directions
London Womenswear A/W 12
This season, designers in London presented dramatic looks with exaggerated silhouettes and innovative approaches to textile treatments, defying a c...
Modern Mythology
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Fairytale
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Netstalgia
Design Directions
Proof Whisky
The world of single malt Scotch whisky can seem daunting if you are not a connoisseur, but Minneapolis-based creative agency Zeus Jones has created...
Gaming
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Blind-Tasting
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Zeus Jones Creative Agency
Design Directions
New York Womenswear A/W 12
Designers at New York Fashion Week presented collections aimed at an urban lifestyle with a focus on fabric innovation.
Urban
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Wang
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Sportswear
Design Directions
VŒrdapoteket
So often, the interior design of medical spaces such as hospitals and pharmacies is stark, minimalist and overly clinical.Swedish pharmacy chain Vå...
Branding
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VŒrdapoteket
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Vardapoteket
Design Directions
Paris and Milan menswear A/W 12
This season’s collections took traditional menswear influences, such as suiting and military wear, and developed them in a contemporary fashion, wh...
Heritage
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New Gents
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Modern Mythology
Design Directions
The Proposal
It is one thing to stand in a gallery gazing at a painting or art installation, but what if you could fall asleep in the same space? Would it resul...
Experiential
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Stayover
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The Proposal
Design Directions
Maison et Objet 2012
The first Maison & Objet event of 2012 was a colourful and lively affair. Products contained hidden surprises. While appearing solid, they featured...
Super-Minimal
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Flexthetics
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Leanomics
Design Directions
Whisky Blender
Occasionally, great ideas arrive in the pub. Such was the case for whisky enthusiasts and childhood friends Andrew Nicolson and Andrew Davidson, wh...
Interactive
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Andrew Davidson
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Andrew Nicolson
Design Directions
The People's Supermarket
Designing the packaging and brand identity for The People’s Supermarket was one of the biggest challenges that branding and advertising a...
Branding
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Anti-brand
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Low Budget
Design Directions
Mima house
In densely populated cities with high property prices, finding affordable housing can be difficult, which is why Portugal-based architecture collec...
Design
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Mima House
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Living
Design Directions
Charred and Stained
Charred and Stained
Distress
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Cracking
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Staining
Design Directions
Kaizen Living
Kaizen Living is a design direction focused on active rather than passive consumers, those who strive for continuous self-improvement and augmented...
Self Quants
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Personal Information Economy
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Active Wear
Design Directions
One Pig
Meat is murder, according to some, but few people can identify with the unseen act of ending an animal’s life that is necessary if we want to eat m...
Project
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One Pig
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Musician
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