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Foresight Friday: Alice Crossley, senior foresight analyst

Every Friday, we wrap up the topics, issues, ideas and viral moments everyone’s been discussing. This week, senior foresight analyst Alice Crossley...

Fashion : Technology : Sustainability

Big Ideas

Sustainability is Dead

Sustainability as we know it is dead. Long live sustainability. A new approach is needed that reflects today’s world of increasingly blended physic...

Sustainability : Climate Crisis : Environment

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Human Waste Bag turns dog walkers into plastic pollution warriors

Creative director Neil Walshe has unveiled Human Waste Bag, an open-source design encouraging dog owners to clean up plastic pollution alongside th...

Sustainability : Advertising & Branding : Design

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Agency for Nature returns with five bold campaigns to reconnect youth with nature

After a first season in 2024, the Agency for Nature, a pop-up creative agency by Purpose Disruptors, has launched five new campaigns in its second ...

Sustainability : Advertising & Branding : Youth

Viewpoints

Inventing the Aged Spirits of Tomorrow

LS:N Global sits down with Ben Branson, founder of Sylva, the innovative distillery using sonic maturation to create no- and low-alcohol alternativ...

Drink : Sustainability : Non-alcoholic

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Stat: Europeans prioritise wellness over sustainability in food choices

A new survey from the EIT Food Consumer Observatory reveals a declining focus on sustainability in European diets, with only 9% of respondents prio...

Sustainability : Food & Drink : Society

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Stat: Consumers admit to choosing inaction on climate change due to eco-guilt

More than a quarter of people (28%) in 31 countries fall into the category of ‘anxious inactives’, according to the latest GlobeScan Healthy & ...

Society : Sustainability : Retail

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Stat: Increasing amount of microplastics in placentas linked to premature births

New research presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine has found that microplastic contamination in placentas is more than 50% higher in...

Health : Sustainability : Stat

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Somerset House celebrates the magic of soil

Somerset House begins 2025 with Soil: The World at Our Feet, a landmark exhibition running from 23 January to 13 April.

Design : Sustainability : Exhibition

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Architects embrace wearable tech to connect with Mother Nature

Danish design studio Inxects has unveiled the Gaia Communication System (GCS), a ground-breaking wearable designed to bridge the gap between humani...

Sustainability : Design : Technology

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Stat: Norway set to become world’s first all-electric car market

Norway is leading the global electric vehicle (EV) revolution, with 88.9% of new cars sold in 2024 being electric, according to the Norwegian Road ...

Mobility : Sustainability : Society

Viewpoints

Recrafting Waste

Tasmanian designer Brodie Neill sits down with LS:N Global to discuss making sustainability accessible, regenerative materials and pioneering circu...

Design : Sustainability : Art

Macro Trends

Future Forecast 2025: Food & Drink

From beanless coffee and fashion-forward fast food to nutrient-packed snacks and spicy-sweet flavour fusions, food and drink innovators are redefin...

Food : Health & Wellness : Drink

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The Big Idea: AI Nourished Foodscapes

At Dutch Design Week 2024, we learned how AI is fuelling the re-invention of the food and drink landscape, from ecosystem-nurturing agriculture to ...

Food & Drink : AI Nourished Foodscapes : Dutch Design Week

Macro Trends

Future Forecast 2025: Luxury

Luxury brands are using cultural heritage, craftsmanship and entertainment to foster strong relationships with their consumers, while the rising du...

Luxury : Sustainability : Technology

Macro Trends

Future Forecast 2025: Travel & Hospitality

Global macro-shifts are driving the key travel and hospitality foresight trends for 2025. The climate crisis, a loneliness epidemic, the geopolitic...

Travel & Hospitality : Sustainability : Health & Wellness

Macro Trends

Future Forecast 2025: Retail

As consumers navigate the value contradiction during a cost of living crisis, retailers in 2025 are embracing a renewed sense of in-store wonder wh...

Retail : Pop-culture & Media : Sustainability

Macro Trends

Future Forecast 2025: Fashion

In 2025 fashion will become functional and fun, and embrace new retail formats. From collaborations between high-end designers and everyday value b...

Fashion : Sustainability : Luxury

Macro Trends

Future Forecast 2025: Design

From biofabrication to cultural heritage, the design industry is combining tradition with cutting-edge technology to shape a future that is both ec...

Design : Advertising & Branding : Sustainability

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The Viewpoint: Smart New Towns

AR Urbanism, a London-based urban design firm, is reshaping new town developments across the UK, focusing on key principles like social infrastruct...

Design : Architecture : Sustainability

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The Trend: Rebranding Nature

To lure Gen Z outdoors and engage them in conservation and climate activism, nature is getting a rebranding. Inspired by gorpcore, organisations an...

Design : Advertising & Branding : Sustainability

Big Ideas

Future Five 2025: Sustainability

We emphasise the need for brands to up the ante in their climate activism, creating tangible positive change in the fashion and luxury industries r...

Sustainability : Travel & Hospitality : Society

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Label Emmaüs destigmatises second-hand gifting with Christmas Backstories campaign

As the holiday season approaches, Label Emmaüs, the community centric e-commerce platform of the French Emmaüs movement, has launched Christmas Bac...

Retail : Advertising & Branding : Sustainability

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Positive Luxury partners with Briink to bring AI to ESG reporting

Positive Luxury, known for its Butterfly Mark sustainability certification, has teamed up with Briink, an AI-driven ESG solutions provider, to stre...

Luxury : Sustainability : Fashion