Behaviours

Everything you need to face your future consumer with confidence, including the latest ethnographic research, generational insight, consumer-related stats and overarching human needs.

Paradigms 2024: Future of Branding

Brand storytelling and the evolving definition of creativity were hot topics as well-known and emerging designers gathered in Rome to determine the future of branding

Markets

The Rise of Inclusive Travel 

From inclusive cultural learning to accessible work and play, successful travel design must have people with disabilities at the forefront

Markets

State of Luxury: Singapore

Rising disposable income and affluence amongst Singaporeans, along with high-spending international business and leisure travellers, are boosting Singapore’s luxury outlook

Big Ideas

Paris Fashion Week SS25

Cutting through the chaos and overwhelming nature of fashion month, we distil the key insights from Paris Fashion Week

Big Ideas

Material Matters 2024

Material Matters 2024 edition didn’t disappoint in highlighting innovative material intelligence

Markets

Emerging Youth Travel Market

Emerging economies with youth populations eager to explore new territories will radically transform the travel and hospitality sector.

Travel : Youth : Hospitality

Big Ideas

Tom Marchant on getting off the tourist trail

The co-founder of luxury travel agency Black Tomato on excessive tourism, competing with the internet and his brand’s move into wellness.

Travel : Hospitality : Luxury

Big Ideas

How Made is democratising high-street design

Ruth Wassermann, design director at Made, on how its Talent Lab will help to democratise mainstream furniture design.

Retail : Design : Interiors

Big Ideas

How extreme escapism has moved into hospitality

Travel and hospitality innovators are tapping into the experiential nature of immersive theatre to offer next-level escapism.

Travel & Hospitality : Luxury : Experience

Markets

Saudi Arabia Travel Market

Under the guidance of a forward-thinking Millennial Crown Prince, the fifth largest country in Asia is opening up to tourism.

Travel : Hospitality : Luxury

Markets

Conscious Tourism Market

Brands are increasingly using travel to promote inclusivity and sustainability, especially in emerging economies.

Travel : Hospitality : Community

Big Ideas

Why brain optimisation should be a spa service

Devon White, behavioural design expert and co-founder of private members’ club Field, explains why neurotechnology is the next frontier in wellness.

Wellness : Brain : Optimisation

Markets

Mental Health Market

With mental health problems increasingly prevalent, brands are creating new platforms to increase access to support networks.

Mental Health : Health : Wellness

Big Ideas

Why robots should have legal rights

Marie Caye, one half of Arvid&Marie, on how the rise of automation will shape the future workforce.

Automation : Workplace : Artificial Intelligence

Big Ideas

How boutique gyms are optimising the user experience

In the age of The Optimised Self, just focusing on fitness is not enough. Here is our pick of the five most innovative boutique studios concepts in...

Gyms : Health : Interiors

Big Ideas

Liyia Wu on the Chinese live-stream retail revolution

The ShopShops founder discusses how her platform offers a revelatory shopping experience that cannot be replicated by e-commerce.

Retail : Digital : Media

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Airbnb

Airbnb's latest initiatives show the multitude of ways in which the company is embedding itself into people’s everyday lives, from community touris...

Travel : Hospitality : Architecture

Big Ideas

Global Wellness Summit 2017: Key findings

From neuromodulation technology to mindful movement, we explore the most intriguing ideas to come out of the annual summit in Miami.

Wellness

Big Ideas

How technology is transforming national identity

The blockchain, space travel and offshore development are enabling those dissatisfied with the concept of fixed national identity to create new f...

Technology : Identity : Digital

Markets

Live-stream Market

From its potential as a tool to promote brand transparency to the integration of Buy Now buttons, brands are tapping into the lucrative live-stream...

Retail : Digital : Technology

Big Ideas

How to design autonomous cars for the user

Tim Smith and Harsha Vardhan of ustwo’s Auto studio discuss their second book, Humanising Autonomy, and how they foresee the future of automobility.

Scenario : Automotive : User-centred Design

Big Ideas

What programmable membranes mean for the future of apparel

Material surfaces that can change their texture could be the future of functional apparel.

Fashion : Sportswear : Product Design

Markets

The State of Luxury: China

Chinese luxury consumers are increasingly switching from overseas to domestic spending.

Luxury : Fashion : Wellness

Big Ideas

Big data is being used to study human psychology

Our personal Google searches – the biggest and most accurate dataset in history – are feeding a fascinating new method of studying the human mind.

Digital : Technology : Identity

Big Ideas

How Wonderbly is changing the reading experience for children

The co-founder of Wonderbly on capturing children’s imagination through personalisation and the brand’s evolution from print-only to digital.

Personalisation : Digital : Technology