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Design Directions

Dutch Design Week 2015

At this year’s Dutch Design Week, designers tested and challenged perceptions of the material world.

Design Academy Eindhoven : Materials : Virtual World

Communities

Athena Woman

Career success and increased spending power are giving rise to a new breed of highly educated, affluent and entrepreneurial woman. These women exud...

Community : Fang Yuan : Courtney Sklar

Macro Trends

Paradox Personas

Unlike Millennials, Generation Z are swapping self-promotion for self-awareness, using the digital world to enrich but not define their offline sel...

Youth : Digital : Identity

Macro Trends

Reformation Generation

Marking a new era of collaboration between brands and Generation Z, opportunities are arising to re-assemble, decentralise and decolonise our outda...

Youth : Media : Technology

Big Ideas

Design Miami/ Basel 2013: Top 10 Galleries

The Design Miami/ Basel show this month was awash with vibrant colours. Galleries from across the world exhibited collectible luxury designs in a k...

Design : Seung-Yong Song : Nacho Carbonel

Markets

State of Luxury: India

A booming middle class of premium aspirers and the consistent increase of UHNWIs’ wealth strongly establish India as no longer an emerging destinat...

Luxury : India : Indian Luxury Market

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: January

This month, we uncover the next 10 innovators to watch as part of our Futures 100 Awards, which highlight those brands, businesses and people innov...

Beauty : Design : Drink

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators: March

In our third instalment of Futures 100 Innovators, we spotlight the individuals transforming wellness UX, fighting food inequality and empowering g...

Futures 100 Innovators : Beauty : Design

Big Ideas

D&AD New Blood Awards 2014

Renowned within the global creative community as a hot bed for young talent, the annual New Blood awards organised by D&AD showcase the emerging ...

D&AD : New Blood Awards 2014 : Asos

Markets

Luxury Travel Futures Market – Drivers

The travel habits of the world’s affluent are changing inexorably. Remaining within the four walls of a hotel is no longer enough. Nor is travell...

Experiential Luxury : Experience : Crowdsourcing

Design Directions

Milan womenswear S/S 2013

The spring/summer 2013 collections at Milan Fashion Week this year offered a nostalgic and global view of current fashion trends. The 60s proved po...

Sci-fi : 1960's : Pop Art

Markets

Spirits Market

The worldwide spirits sector is booming, fuelled by growth markets such as China and India.

China : India : White Spirits

Macro Trends

Generation D

They can’t imagine a world without computers, mobile phones and the internet. They skitter, haul, mod and hack. Natural born multi-taskers, they pa...

Gen D : Teenagers : Youth

Markets

Authentic Avatars

Meet the innovators adopting an intersectional approach to make digital avatars more authentic.

Gaming : Pop-culture & Media : Technology

Big Ideas

Five Brands Elevating the Outdoor Leisure Market

As outdoor activities become more than just an occasional pastime, brands are reviving apparel and equipment with energetic palettes that better su...

Travel : Leisure : Fashion

Design Directions

Paris Fashion Week S/S 14

Designers celebrated hand-crafted finishes this season during Paris Fashion Week, while others chose rebellion and angst as key drivers, and create...

Tribal : Acne : Karl Lagerfeld

Big Ideas

World Retail Conference overview

At the World Retail Congress (WRC) in Berlin last month, more than 100 global retail CEOs gathered to discuss strategy in the post-recession enviro...

China : Emerging Markets : V-Wallet

Markets

Market report: The Middle East

Often overlooked because of its geopolitical instability, the Middle East now represents a consumer market that can no longer be ignored. With an a...

Copenhagen Institute For Futures Studies : UAE : Dubai

Macro Trends

The Zalpha Reckoning

A hybrid generation of Zalphas are entering brands’ consciousness. Wise beyond their years, these products of climate change are using their childh...

Youth : Media : Technology

Communities

New Gents

In the 90s was the lad. In the 00s was the metrosexual. But now, in the Turbulent Teens, men are returning to a traditional type of masculinity. Ch...

Smart : Suit : Masculine

Big Ideas

Dubai Design Week 2016: Review

One of the world’s youngest design festivals, Dubai Design Week is paving the way for the future design identity of the Middle East, North Africa, ...

Dubai Design Week 2016 : The E-motional Economy : UAE

Macro Trends

Anxiety Rebellion

Instead of numbing their anxiety with substances or indulging in other vices, Generation Z are turning emotions into actions, challenging existing ...

Youth : Health : Culture

Markets

Gastro Gaming Market

Joining forces with video game publishers, food and drink brands are turning to gaming to offer tastes, skins and experiences that are transcending...

Food & Drink : Gaming : Food

Communities

The New Value-seekers

As traditional career paths fracture and disintegrate, young people are increasingly turning to other means of making a living. Harnessing the pow...

Collaborative Economy : EatWith : Smartphones

Macro Trends

Luxury Recrafted

The consumers – or rather the collectors – of tomorrow will expect luxury to signal status not through excess, but by acting as a guardian of craft...

Luxury : Society : Fashion

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