Stylus: Innovation Research & Advisory

Colour Cosmetics

Resilient S/S 19 Resilient S/S 19 A resourceful and creative energy emerges out of hard times in a playful take on dystopia and the spirit of ‘make do and mend’.

Fashion Forecast

Translating Teen Friendship Translating Teen Friendship Entrepreneurial, outspoken and creative, teens are socialising in very different ways to previous generations. We highlight the standout products and services tapping into teen friendships and show brands how to stay relevant.

Demographics

The Sheet-Mask Revolution The Sheet-Mask Revolution Sheet masks have arguably been one of the greatest K-Beauty success stories of recent years – but a reinvention is necessary as the market becomes saturated with traditional, serum-soaked formulas. Stylus explores the technological innovations and clever designs cementing the skincare format’s relevance among fickle modern beauty consumers.

Hospitality’s Heightened Fitness Focus Hospitality’s Fitness Focus From business travellers and tourists to hardcore athletes, maintaining fitness levels on the road has become a major priority. Catering to this need, opportunistic hoteliers, travel providers and fitness brands are developing agile and convenient products and services for on-the-go sports enthusiasts.

Skincare

21 Jul 2017

Food, Beverage & Hospitality

Hotels

19 Jul 2017

Lucidity S/S 19 Lucidity S/S 19 Fashion’s current focus on pragmatism takes a New Age turn for Spring/Summer 2019 as an uplifting filter energises and invigorates everyday apparel.

S/S 19: Editor's Overview S/S 19: Editor's Overview Over the coming weeks, we’ll be publishing our three-part Fashion Forecast for Spring/Summer 2019. Here we highlight the key messages from those trend evolutions – and what they mean for the fashion industry and beyond.

Fashion Forecast

19 Jul 2017

CMF Industry View: Home Appliances CMF Industry View: Home Appliances Our Industry View reports collate the latest trends in colour, material and finish (CMF) and explain how they are set to influence future applications in different sectors, focusing on one industry at a time. Here, we round up the key themes emerging in home appliances, drawing out inspirational projects from Miele, Smeg and Faber.

Fashion Forecast

19 Jul 2017

Colour & Materials

Materials

18 Jul 2017

Surviving Marketing Fails Surviving Marketing Fails Social media has become a platform where companies face widespread criticism for controversial advertising, with pressure so intense that even big global brands such as Pepsi and McDonald’s have ended up apologising and withdrawing their campaigns. We look at what went wrong for them – and explore the best practices for avoiding a digital fallout which could hurt sales and damage a brand’s reputation.

Media & Marketing

Advertising & Branding

18 Jul 2017

Destination Teen: Targeting Youth Destination Teen: Targeting Youth From harnessing hangout culture, self-curation commerce and influencing upwards, to embracing the teen-specific trader mentality, Gen Z requires new retail landscapes to warrant their spending. We review the key concepts seducing the youth sector, including soft-sell brand temples, gateway beauty spaces and resale sweet spots.

Retail

Store Concepts

17 Jul 2017

Compassion Culture: Embracing Empathy Compassion Culture A backlash against several trends – including hate speech and acts, as well as a digitally driven decline in the ability to relate face-to-face – is spurring a new drive to cultivate and inspire empathy and compassion.

A/W 17/18 Couture: Hair & Beauty A/W 17/18 Couture: Hair & Beauty A season of wildly eclectic looks ranged from futuristic sci-fi, warrior goddess and old Hollywood glamour, to directional, imperfect hair and make-up styling not usually associated with the couture catwalks. Highlights included Chanel’s paint-palette eyes and gloriously dishevelled bedhead ponytails at Dior and Fendi.

Consumer Attitudes

17 Jul 2017

Packaging Futures 2017/18 Packaging Futures 2017/18 Building on key insights from our previous packaging-focused Industry Trend, we revisit seminal themes and directions using our Innovation Platforms – Luxury Perspectives, Digital Worlds, Sustainable Futures and Fast Consumption – to steer our thinking.

Incorporating two recently added platforms, we extend our insight into packaging across Wraparound Wellness and Diversity Outlook.

14 Jul 2017

Product Design

Packaging

11 Jul 2017

Resort 18: Hair & Beauty Resort 18: Hair & Beauty Make-up artists and hairstylists showcased more concept-driven looks for Resort 2018 as the influence of inter-season (Pre-Fall and Resort) shows continues to grow. Athleisure and streetwear inspire bold, practical looks, while festival styling takes on an exotic edge.

Alcohol Trends 2017: Imbibe Live Alcohol Trends 2017: Imbibe Live From bamboo-activated charcoal gin and champagne-inspired sake to canned nitro coffee, product developers smashed category conventions at this year’s Imbibe Live trade show, a prolific showcase for the alcohol industry held in London (July 3-4). Beyond flavour and format developments, packaging and branding solutions displayed a huge dose of creative wizardry.

10 Jul 2017

Food, Beverage & Hospitality

Food & Beverage

10 Jul 2017

Innovation Platforms

Resort 18: Editor's Overview Resort 18: Editor's Overview The pre-season shows kicked off the latest runway season, with six weeks of showroom appointments and lookbooks slotted in alongside the S/S 18 Menswear and A/W 17/18 Haute Couture collections – making June one of the busiest months on the annual fashion calendar.

14 Jul 2017

Resort 18: Key Items Checklist Resort 18: Key Items Checklist Our Resort 18 Key Items Checklist cuts through the noise of six weeks of shows and lookbooks to deliver the definitive key takeaways – those all-important must-have commercial pieces that will drive the new season. So whether you’re looking to update current bestsellers or keep your eye on the new hero pieces, this report is your ultimate guide to what’s hot.

Resort 18: The Print & Pattern Edit Resort 18: The Print & Pattern Edit To support the key Print & Pattern call-outs featured in our Elements Edit, we highlight additional themes from the Resort 2018 lookbooks.

07 Jul 2017

Resort 18: Footwear & Accessories Resort 18: Footwear & Accessories Retro sports influences and a practical mood were the key takeaways from Resort 18, with vibrant colour continuing to add an uplifting note as we head into the summer season.

05 Jul 2017

New Virtual Beautician App Delivers Bespoke Tutorials Bespoke Virtual Beautician App Developed in the UK, Wow How is an innovative new mobile app that aims to revolutionise the way users learn to apply make-up. Launched in May 2017, it employs augmented reality (AR) and mobile technology to deliver a combined learning tool and virtual beautician.

03 Jul 2017

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Technology & Devices

Local Retail Activism: Selfridges Launches Music Venue Selfridges Launches Music Venue Trading on the increasing value of taking an activist stance, British department store Selfridges is channelling a localised brand of social advocacy by temporarily transforming the 3,500 sq ft Ultralounge events space in its London store into a live music venue – a direct response to the capital’s dwindling club nights and live gig spaces.

Retail

Advertising & Branding

London to Singapore: Summer Pavilions 2017 Summer Pavilions 2017 Pavilions have become a seasonal landmark on the design calendar. These structures enable architects and designers to experiment with materials and concepts on a temporary and reduced scale. Here’s our pick of this year’s designs.

Product Design

Architecture & Spaces

25 Jul 2017

Fender Play: Bespoke Video Guitar Lessons Fender's Video Guitar Lessons American guitar maker Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has just launched a subscription-based digital guitar-lesson platform called Fender Play.

Asics’ ‘Complementary Commerce’ Concept Store, Berlin Asics’ Complementary Commerce Store Japanese sports brand Asics’ new Berlin concept store boasts a notably holistic approach to sports-based wellbeing. In addition to hosting workshops, training sessions and try-before-you-buy spaces, there is also a space for external (non-Asics-affiliated) individuals such as trainers and physicians to use, free of charge.

Science & Technology

25 Jul 2017

Retail

Store Concepts

Virgin’s Beachside Airport Lounge Virgin’s Beachside Airport Lounge UK-based global hospitality company Virgin Holidays has announced plans to open the world's first beachside airport lounge in May 2018.

Food, Beverage & Hospitality

Travel

Microsoft's App Narrates World for Blind People Microsoft's App Helps Blind People Microsoft and the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands have designed a talking-camera app that describes the world for the visually impaired.

Health & Wellness