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Consumer Lifestyle

Battling Busyness

Consumers have a constant feeling of busyness, whether from work, family responsibilities, social activities or the constant feed of information and interaction from their digital devices. It seems that leisure is no longer a status symbol – busyness is.

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18 Aug 2014
BY: Gwyneth Holland
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Principles of Lean Digital Design Principles of Lean Digital Design New smartphone apps boasting unobtrusive interfaces and minimal functionality have kickstarted a trend for lean digital aesthetics. Stylus takes a look at five key principles of stripped-back digital design, applicable to any creative who wants to “keep it simple”.
Media & Marketing
Digital Culture
06 Jun 2014
Deactivate
Deactivate Deactivate Deactivate focuses on materials that aim to help us find balance in our constantly connected, technology-driven lives. Metallic fibres and coatings are seen applied to compelling projects in an effort to disconnect users from their devices. Designers and specialists encourage mindful technology use and look towards innovations within sustainable energy generation and manufacturing processes.
Colour & Materials
Materials Focus 2016
27 May 2014
New Travel Tribes
New Travel Tribes New Travel Tribes Looking beyond the nuclear family unit, hospitality providers are crafting inventive offers to suit a new generation of unconventional travellers, from Panks and multigenerational groups, to mobile workers and bleisure seekers.
Food, Beverage & Hospitality
Modern Family
14 May 2014
Wolff Olins’ Phone-Free Christmas
Wolff Olins’ Phone-Free Christmas Wolff Olins’ Phone-Free Christmas Global brand consultancy Wolff Olins has designed a series of smartphone accessories to encourage consumers to step away from technology this Christmas.
Consumer Lifestyle
Consumer Attitudes
23 Dec 2013
Fast-Moving Premium Consumption
Fast-Moving Premium Consumption Fast-Moving Premium Consumption Fast-moving premium consumers ­­(FMPCs) – who desire ease and convenience, but not at the expense of luxury or quality – are driving demand for upgraded food products and services from brands and retailers.
Food, Beverage & Hospitality
Future of Food
26 Nov 2013
Workspace Workout
Workspace Workout Workspace Workout Busy work schedules mean many find it difficult to take time out for daily exercise. But two designers are integrating exercise into the workspace by combining playful activity into furniture products: suiting the user’s time, space and needs. 
Product Design
Furniture
12 Aug 2013
Single-Dish Restaurants
Single-Dish Restaurants Single-Dish Restaurants To stand out and thrive in the competitive restaurant scene, leading chefs and restaurateurs are fine-tuning their menus to focus on a single dish or ingredient, making it the hero of the experience.
Food, Beverage & Hospitality
Hospitality & Service
12 Feb 2013
Quiet Style
Quiet Style Quiet Style Over-the-top outfits may currently be dominating street style blogs and magazine editorials, but a far quieter aesthetic is emerging – one that stands out by virtue of its simplicity. Stylus highlights several brands leading the minimalist fashion revival.
Fashion
Womenswear
11 Oct 2012
Slow Tech
Slow Tech Slow Tech As an antidote to the over-consumption of digital content, the emerging design current of Slow Technology advocates a more measured approach to the way technology is digested and appreciated. Stylus examines this burgeoning – often conceptual – movement.
Consumer Lifestyle
Science & Technology
17 Sep 2012
Disconnect, Recharge, Resonate
Disconnect, Recharge, Resonate Disconnect The Cannes Lions Festival (June 17-23 2012) celebrates the best in creative communications. In this report we track the underlying trend for ‘disconnection’, revealing what learning from offline or ‘recharging’ behaviours can tell you about engaging consumers – and how unbalance can improve your business’s creativity.
Media & Marketing
Cannes Lions
04 Jul 2012
Packaging to Survive Modern Life
Packaging to Survive Modern Life Packaging for Modern Life Busy consumers are increasingly responding to products and packaging solutions that simplify their fast-moving, changeable lifestyles. To meet their needs, perceptive brands are pioneering packaging innovations that include one-handed functionality, micro-doses and self-heating capabilities. Stylus spotlights the market-leaders. 
Retail
Packaging & Graphics
05 Jun 2012
Life: The New Edit
Life: The New Edit Life: The New Edit Pare back, prioritise values. The New Edit focuses on living with less in a more realistic world. 
Consumer Lifestyle
Balanced Values
12 Mar 2012
Lift: Solutions to Combat Information Overload
Lift: Solutions to Combat Information Overload Information Overload Tech-driven entrepreneurs, designers and digital pioneers presented a series of concepts surrounding the economy, society and the lifestyles of tomorrow at the annual Lift Conference, held in Geneva. Now in its seventh year, the three-day symposium features a dynamic programme of workshops and presentations that explore the social implications of new technologies.

The ubiquitously connected consumer is no stranger to information overload; Stylus explores the tools allowing consumers to decipher a clear signal among the unwanted noise.
Consumer Lifestyle
Science & Technology
06 Mar 2012
Simple
Simple Simple Simple – an American, design-focused banking alternative – is striving to be a bank that’s not a bank, by aiming to “help you better understand your personal finances so that you can actually accomplish your goals”.
Consumer Lifestyle
Science & Technology
16 Nov 2011
Honest to Goodness Wellness
Honest to Goodness Wellness Whole Foods Wellness Clubs Whole Foods, the market’s leading organic food retailer, is launching Wellness Clubs in the US, designed to help members lead healthier, happier lifestyles. For a fee, members gain access to lectures, courses designed by medical doctors, support, supper clubs and cooking demos.

The club model tries to amalgamate all areas of the health sector into a single destination – shoppers can do a cookery class, see a nutrition counsellor and even do some yoga all in one place. The initiative broadens the Whole Foods brand from being a retailer to a healthy lifestyle provider – an attractive prospect for the busy modern consumer. And at $45 a month it doesn’t cost the earth, either.

Having opened five pilot Wellness Clubs in Dedham, Massachusetts in August, the first Wellness Club hits New York in October.
Consumer Lifestyle
Health & Wellness
19 Sep 2011
Ultra-Simple Technology
Ultra-Simple Technology Ultra-Simple Technology John’s phone is the ultimate in ultra-simple technology. It is not possible to text, take pictures or change the ring tone, but the phone does have a standby time of more than three weeks and is compatible with any type of international SIM card – perfect for travelling. A small opening on the back contains an address book and pen.
Consumer Lifestyle
Science & Technology
17 Dec 2010
Singular Simplicity
Singular Simplicity Singular Simplicity As our lives become more complicated – filled with multiple choices and over-abundance – we seek products and services that appeal for their simplicity or because they meet our individual needs.
Consumer Lifestyle
Consumer Attitudes
18 Oct 2010
The Organised Life
The Organised Life The Organised Life In a bid to remove some of the chaos from our lives, many of us are drawn to ‘Lifestyle Minimalism’ – a paring back of everyday wants, needs and desires to a point where everything we do and own can be managed more easily.
Consumer Lifestyle
Consumer Attitudes
12 Oct 2010
Luxury in Simplicity
Luxury in Simplicity Luxury in Simplicity Living simply with beautiful, useful and meaningful objects offers an honest yet elegant way of life. This is as much a philosophy for living as an important product trend. It is steeped in the human desire for clarity, function and craftsmanship.
Consumer Lifestyle
Consumer Attitudes
26 Aug 2010
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