Deadstock Designers

Micro Trends

Deadstock Designers

As the pandemic leaves fashion brands with a glut of unsold apparel, designers are shifting focus to dead stock and agile new waste strategies.
Fashion : Retail : Design
DIY Dressing Market

Markets

DIY Dressing Market

With sustainability increasingly front of mind, consumers are getting creative with their clothing and opting for DIY fashion over new items.
Fashion : Sustainability
Product design is failing its problem-solving purpose

Viewpoints

Product design is failing its problem-solving purpose

In the era of circular economy enthusiasts, designers should stop rehashing existing products and begin designing true era-appropriate goods.
Design : Sustainability : Technology
It’s time for brands to engage with de-growth

Viewpoints

It’s time for brands to engage with de-growth

The pace of the last decade combined with a tumultuous 2020 is driving people towards radical community models – and brands must do the same.
Society : Sustainability : Design
Low-impact Interfaces

Micro Trends

Low-impact Interfaces

To cut the carbon emissions of our online consumption, designers are exploring how to simplify UX and UI design to be greener and more energy-effic...
Technology : Sustainability : Design
The rise of resilience residences

Big Ideas

The rise of resilience residences

Shelter and safety are aligning with luxury living as designers create high-end homes for a future affected by climate change and disasters.
Luxury : Future Cities : Sustainability
Why travel could become a one-trip industry

Viewpoints

Why travel could become a one-trip industry

Yvonne Küpper of FairAway Travel, on travel brands’ sustainable responsibilitis, the impact of Covid-19, and how to avoid greenwashing.
Travel Experience : Travelling : Tourism
Post-purpose Brands

Macro Trends

Post-purpose Brands

Pushing back against purpose-washing and jumping on the bandwagon, brands will embrace imperfection and focus on betterment. With more intuitive te...
Retail : Branding : Purpose
Food Waste Innovation

Markets

Food Waste Innovation

From food-sharing to upcycling, the growing need to create innovative and sustainable solutions to food waste presents a range of opportunities.
Food : Retail : Sustainability
Eco-ambitious Retail

Micro Trends

Eco-ambitious Retail

Brands are self-imposing sustainability goals on their businesses that – while initially financially impactful – validate them as fundamental to fu...
Retail : Sustainability : Brand 2020
Tech brands must address the environmental emergency

Viewpoints

Tech brands must address the environmental emergency

The challenge for tech firms over the next decade is to make the transition from profitability to solidarity, says Andres Colmenares, co-founder of...
Digital : Sustainability : Media
The Destinations Living our Slow Tourism Future

Big Ideas

The Destinations Living our Slow Tourism Future

Decelerated tourism is rapidly becoming a reality, as destinations adjust their travel marketing and take tactical approaches to protecting their l...
Travel : Hospitality : Sustainability
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