Design Directions

Translating consumer trends into actionable designs, colour palettes and materials.

What’s New on LS:N Global?

From shifting definitions of value to TikTok-fuelled commerce and hormone health retreats, our analysts unpack what’s new and next on LS:N Global.

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DUS Architects

Away from the yellow hardhats and grumbling cement mixers of your average urban construction site, the partners at Amsterdam studio DUS A...

Pop Up : Gecekondu Summerhouse : Urban Planning

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Stockholm Design Lab : Graphic Design

Stockholm Design Lab is a multidisciplinary design studio founded by architect Thomas Eriksson and graphic designer Björn Kusoffsky. Together they,...

Branding : Scandanavian Airlines : Aircraft

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Human Library

Ronni Abergel would like to invite you round for a nice cup of tea and a sit-down. Abergel is co-founder of the Human Library, a ‘living ...

Collaboration : Event : Reading

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Emotional Home

Kitchen : Home Office : Bleisure

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Thomas Eyck

Answering the phone in August 2007, Thomas Eyck recognised the voice on the other end of the line: Henk Zwartebol, the managing director of Tingiet...

Milan : Materials : Thomas Eyck

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Bompas & Parr

Wandering round Borough Market one sunny day in June 2007, Sam Bompas, now 26, and his old school friend, Harry Parr, now 27, decided they’d like t...

Bompas & Parr : Experience : Sensory

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Hvass&Hannibal : Art and Design

Design and art studio Hvass&Hannibal has made a name for itself producing work that is bold, colourful and unashamedly decorative.

Colour : Craft : Music

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Noko Jeans

Stitch one piece of curiosity, one Betapreneurial mindset, one internet connection, three Swedish lads and a sense of adventure together and what d...

Denim : Tor Rauden Källstigen : Jakob Ohlsson

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Fendi

How should an established company known for its handmade leather goods update its offering for the 21st century and appeal to a new generation of c...

Craft : Gibson Guitars : Moritz Waldemeyer

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Asylum : Multidisciplinary Design

“Culturally Singapore is so young,” says Chris Lee, founder of local design studio Asylum, “in terms of design, there is almost no culture.”

Branding : Singapore : Hotel

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Multistorey : Graphic Design

Multistorey takes a craft-based approach to its design work. The London-based graphic design studio likes to work with artisans, from knitters and ...

Colour : London : Craft

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Jump Studios : Architecture and Interior Design

Jump Studios is a multidisciplinary design practice which has designed Red Bull’s headquarters in Soho, Nike’s London office and a number of Levi’s...

Office : Nike : London

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Arabeschi di Latte : Food Interaction Design

Arabeschi di Latte’s goal is to ‘activate a space’. It’s not an unusual goal for four trained architects – but what is slightly unusual is the mean...

Design : Food Design : DIY

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Studio Toogood : Creative Consultancy

‘Eccentric English is often used,’ says Faye Toogood, founder of interior stylist practice Studio Toogood, trying to describe her approach.

London : Narrative : Sensory

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Grupo Habita

When LS:N Global met with Grupo Habita’s sales and marketing manager, Rafael Micha, he was fretting about the Wallpaper Design Awards 2010, wh...

Local : Travel : Service

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TAF : Product Design

“Our vision is to make pragmatic and simple products,” says Mattias Ståhlbom of Stockholm based interior and furniture design duo TAF.

Furniture : Camper : Stockholm

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MadeThought : Graphic Design

‘For us, it’s not about purifying or minimizing,’ says Paul Austin, co-founder of multidisciplinary design consultancy MadeThought. ‘It’s about con...

Perfume : Tea : Packaging

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Inhotim

Bernardo Paz, a metal magnate from Brazil, reached the point when he didn’t have enough room at home to keep the vast collection of Modernist and c...

Design : Bernardo Paz : Art Park

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Bokks

How many start-ups do you know that count Karl Lagerfeld and Dustin Hoffman among their brand ambassadors? As well as its white-gloved, gold-edged ...

London : Present : Luxury Gifting

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Space 15 Twenty

Combining shop, gallery, bar and music venue, Space 15 Twenty is a new store, going beyond retail, and creating a fully immersive and cur...

Bar : Space 15 Twenty : Curated