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Viewpoints

Do we need to start designing for digital resistance?

Why it’s time for brands to start thinking more carefully about how the attention economy is affecting consumers’ wellbeing.

Digital : Technology : Media

News

Dirty Lemon takes its products into the real world

New York – The brand has launched a pop-up bar to introduce consumers to its full range of drinks.

Drinks : Wellness : Retail

News

Communal thinking

Amsterdam – Designer Irene Pereyra has created a documentary and survey that examines communal living.

One Shared House : Irene Pereyra : Communal Living

News

Polar attraction

Antarctica – Luxury tour company White Desert has given its remote location a high-end makeover to mark its 10th anniversary.

White Desert : Luxury Futures : Luxury Travel

News

Heart on your sleeve: New smart bracelet helps to reduce stress

New York – The Olive smart bracelet has been developed to help quantify and manage stress levels.

Olive : Smart Bracelet : Stress Is The New Fat

News

Mindfulness matters: Meditation app set for relaunch

London – Headspace, the online meditation platform that brought mindfulness to the masses, is preparing to relaunch its app with new features that ...

Mindfulness : Meditation : Headspace

News

Inside out: Nature is brought into building

Nature : Architecture : Ruin Academy

Markets

The State of Luxury: USA 2022

Priorities are changing in the US luxury market as brands seek to court high-net-worth clients with ever-more niche experiences, spaces and care.

Luxury : Retail : Health & Wellness

News

Rethinking mattress design for eco-conscious sleepers

British design studio Layer has collaborated with Chinese start-up Mazzu to introduce the Mazzu Open mattress, a revolutionary step towards sustain...

Design : Wellness : Health

News

AI tool combats gender bias in fairy tales

Researchers from Northeastern University, University of California Los Angeles, and IBM Research have developed a tool to analyse gender biases and...

AI : Animation : Fairytales

News

Re-usable takeaway boxes that challenge mindsets

Street Food Box is a re-usable packaging innovation in response to the need for more sustainable on-the-go food containers.

Take Away : Food : Drink

News

Soho House re-imagines the roadside motel

Mollie’s Motel & Diner is the first in a series of accessible hospitality spaces coming to motorways across the UK.

Hospitality : Travel : Luxury

News

Stella McCartney goes beyond CSR, Alibaba caters for senior citizens

The Standard Hotel makes the most of Instagram, Samsung brings the importance of sleep to the fore, more women are choosing to become mothers.

Fashion : Hospitality : Travel

News

Not your average Joe

Paris – AccorHotels has launched a new brand that combines the best of Airbnb with hotel and hostel service.

AccorHotels : Home-from-home Hospitality : Airbnb

News

Olympian self-quant

Boston – The Whoop wearable system is bringing its high-level self-quantification capabilities designed for athletes to the wider market.

Whoop : Optimised Self : Wearable Tech

Big Ideas

Fit for check-in

New York – Westin Hotels & Resorts’ new brand image is designed to connect with the wellbeing market.

Hotels : New York : Fitness

Viewpoints

Peter Fitzgerald : Wearable Retail

Google UK head of retail Peter Fitzgerald talks wearable retail.

Google : Mobile Web : The Dawn Of The Mega-systems

Micro Trends

Social Elixirs

Non-alcoholic brands are targeting conscious hedonists with flavourful, functional drinks created for sober social occasions – and better bedtimes.

Drinks : Sobriety : Wellness

Micro Trends

Fitness Auditoria

Amid the rise of collective training, the spatial design of fitness is transforming from boutique sanctuaries to exercise arenas and destination ca...

Health And Wellness : Sport : Wellness Architecture

Big Ideas

Wisdom 2.0 Review: Part 2

In the second part of LS:N Global’s coverage of the 2014 Wisdom 2.0 conference in San Francisco, we examine how, as the mindfulness community gains...

Wisdom 2.0 : Mindfulness : Meditation

Markets

Digital parents

From quantified infants to pregnancy apps, a new wave of devices and services is making it easier to be a parent of Generation I children.

Gaming : Future Family : Wearable Tech

News

Ikea introduces its first dedicated pet product collection

Ikea has unveiled Utsådd, a new pet product collection comprising beds, bowls and toys.

Design : Home And Family : Society

News

Menopausal treatment service Luma uses data, AI and 3D-printed pills

Inspired by fertility-tracking apps, multi-disciplinary design agency Morrama and its research arm Morrama Labs just launched Luma, a smartwatch ap...

Technology : Health & Wellness : Society

News

This postnatal retreat eases women into motherhood

Recognising that early motherhood is a challenging life stage, the Boram Postnatal Retreat is creating a space for new mothers to receive support a...

Health & Wellness : Luxury : Travel & Hospitality

Markets

Romance Travel Reignited

Romantic escapes are undergoing a systemic shift to cater for more fluid relationships, a modern desire for intimacy and heightened levels of self-...

Travel : Hospitality : Society

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