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Pop-up world

Global – One Star House Party is a 20-country pop-up dining project that explores the culture of each featured location.

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Preview: Surprise Destinations

Luxury travel consumers are tired of choice and instead are looking for experiences that surprise.

Luxury Travel : Concierge : Revelation Brands

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Chance encounters

London – An immersive exhibition by artist Philippe Parreno mixes surrealism and serendipity at the Tate’s Turbine Hall.

Revelation Brands : Anywhen : Philippe Parreno

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The friendship game

Paris – A new exhibition at Cité de la Mode et du Design examines the friendship- and community-building power of play.

Serendipity : The Flat Age Society : Play

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Preview: Sort by Serendipity

Europe – Brands are creating new sorting systems that foster discovery over obvious organisation.

Revelation Brands : Libreria : Discovery

Micro Trends

Sort by Serendipity

Brands are creating new sorting systems that foster discovery over obvious organisation.

Revelation Brands : Visual Merchandising : Serendipity

Trend Tracker

Revelation Brands

Revelation Brands, identified by LS:N Global in 2015, explores how companies are helping consumers to escape the confines of their filter bubbles ...

Revelation Brands : Serendipity : Filter Bubble

Big Ideas

Space 3D

Dubai – The world’s first fully functional 3D-printed office building has opened.

Dubai Future Foundation : The Immortal Brand : 3D Printing

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Lost in literature

London – A new bookstore concept by Second Home champions serendipity over straight taxonomy.

Second Home : SelgasCano : Independent Bookstores

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Design Miami/ 2015: Chalk art

Miami – American artist Daniel Arsham has turned the gallery model on its head with his new interactive exhibition at the National YoungArts Foun...

Daniel Arsham : The Chalk Room : YoungArts Foundation

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Where next?

Europe – Lucky Trip is the online equivalent of booking your next holiday by blindfolding yourself and throwing a dart at a map.

Lucky Trip : Travel App : Algorithm Tourism

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Beyond Borders: Autumn/Winter 2015 Trend Briefing

London – Yesterday, LS:N Global introduced three major trends set to shape the approaching consumer landscape to a packed house at The Barbican.

Beyond Borders : Trend Briefing A/W 15 : Macrotrends

Macro Trends

Revelation Brands

The digital revolution promised to save us time, but instead we are busier than ever. It promised to broaden our horizons, but left us trapped in a...

Discovery : Chance : Serendipity

Big Ideas

Scenic route

New York – Airbnb has joined forces with Google Maps to help people find the road less travelled.

Airbnb : Hosted Walks : Google Maps

Micro Trends

Flâneur Zines

A new set of publications are reconnecting readers with the everyday in cities by promoting chance and serendipity.

Flâneur : Magazine : Serendipity

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Top tours

London – See the city through the eyes of its leading lights with SideStory, a new high-end tour operator.

SideStory : Rachael Moloney : Tour Guides

Big Ideas

Chance encounter

London – Browser extension Tab is bringing serendipity back to online dating.

London : Tab : Shib Hussain

Viewpoints

Elaine Cook: The secret life of data

Elaine Cook, Intel UK strategic marketing director, explains what serendipity can do for data.

Data : Total Retail : Analytics

Design Directions

Winecast

Some people know about wine – and then there are the rest of us. We know red and white. We know what we like, but we don’t know exactly what it is ...

Netherlands : Sommeliers : Winecast

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Magical landscape: Network event ponders Re-enlightenment Design

Biological : Jewelry : Biology

Design Directions

Odd Matter Studio: Product Designers

Under the arches of a railway line in darkest East London you will find a duo of designers debating the voltage necessary to charge their tub of su...

Netherlands : Overnight : Vessel Gallery Lighting Editions

Big Ideas

Warby Parker opens flagship store in New York

US – Prescription glasses and sunglasses retailer Warby Parker has extended its offline presence with the opening of a new flagship store in New Yo...

Warby Parker : Internet : Glasses

Big Ideas

New blind-booking Travel & Hospitality site launched

GetGoing : Website : Holiday

Micro Trends

Exquisite Corpse

The surrealist game of Exquisite Corpse is back in vogue as designers increasingly use crowdsourcing to make disjointed objects that represent the ...

Crowdsourcing : Collaboration : Serendipity

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Talking shop: Retail forum explores key trends

Louis Vuitton : Sensory Splurge : Sensoria