Wandering the Future | consumer insights

12 Jul THE FUTURE OF INFLUENCING

Posted at 15:37h in Appearance, application, consumer insights, Consumer Trends, coolhunting, extreme consumerism, innovation, microtrend, Technology, weak signal

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Since the rise of social media, something else rose with it. A new job came to exist in the last ten years, with the job description of “Influencing”. The Influencer is a well-known person on the social media, who manages to change the way people act or think.

24 Jun EMPATHY TOWARDS THE ‘NON-FEELING

Posted at 15:29h in Art, cecile cremer, consumer insights, Consumer Trends, coolhunting, Design, emotion, Events, finance, innovation, microtrend, Trend Talks

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Have you ever felt sorry for a robot? Or do you understand the development of sex-robots? The relationships humans can have with a robot or digital device are reaching a higher level. We have reached an unexplored domain concerning our social standards. Is there a norm in how we act towards robots and do we want to show them our respect even though they do not have the combability to feel pain, joy or love?

03 Apr WHEN BLACK MIRROR TURNS INTO REALITY

Posted at 21:36h in consumer insights, Consumer Trends, coolhunting, Design, innovation, Marketing, microtrend, Newsfeed, social innovation, Technology, telecoms, trendwatching, wandering the future, weak signal

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Trying to stay away from your phone? What if you need to use it some more in order to pay for your cell phone bill? While most new products and services focus on taking a Digital Detox, keeping you away from your phone (like the...

30 Mar WHO WANTS TO PEE ON THEIR SUSHI?

Posted at 10:40h in 3D, 3D printing, consumer insights, Consumer Trends, coolhunting, coolstuff, Design, Food, Health, innovation, Inspiration, microtrend

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Have you ever had to send samples of your urine and saliva to a restaurant, in order to get food? Or are you more that kind of person that just has a look at the menu and orders whatever suits you best? It might actually...

22 Mar ALWAYS KEEP YOUR COOL, ALSO ON YOUR WALL

Posted at 12:27h in cecile cremer, consumer insights, Consumer Trends, coolhunting, coolstuff, Design, emotion economy, Environment, innovation, Inspiration, Leisure, microtrend, SMART CITY, Trend Talks, trendtalk, work, wtf

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Imagine a big urban area. What are the first materials and colours you see? Chances are, that those are materials like asphalt or other dark-coloured materials that are used to construct our buildings and streets. These are heat retaining that make our cities hotter -...

20 Mar IS TECHNOLOGY A MAN OR A WOMAN?

Posted at 16:14h in cecile cremer, consumer insights, Consumer Trends, coolhunting, emotion economy, innovation, Technology, trend lecture, Trend Talks, weak signal

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Have you ever noticed how most virtual assistants sound female? When you hear Siri or Alexa, it may sound like an actual woman is talking to you instead of a voice assistant, but at the end of the day, they are just that: A voice...

27 Feb I SEE, I SEE.. WHAT AR LETS ME SEE

Posted at 14:15h in consumer insights, Consumer Trends, coolhunting, Design, Newsfeed, Technology, wandering the future

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Have you ever dreamed about escaping this world and going to a new self styled World instead? I guess there is nobody that cannot answer this question with a wholehearted yes. Our minds are being filled up with future scenarios, with what if's but also...

22 Feb WHAT TO WEAR WHEN THE WORLD ENDS

Posted at 13:40h in Appearance, cecile cremer, consumer insights, Consumer Trends, coolhunting, Design, Environment, fashion, innovation, Newsfeed, trendwatching, weak signal

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Extreme weather events, shrinking ice sheets and rising sea level: There is no point in denying climate change. How are we going to prepare ourselves for this new environment? If it comes to changing our behaviour we haven't really got the answer yet, but when...

13 Feb PARENTHOOD JUST BECAME A GAME

Posted at 11:04h in consumer insights, Consumer Trends, coolhunting, emotion, innovation, Inspiration, microtrend, Newsfeed, Technology, weak signal

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Don’t we all want what is best for our children and do we not all want them to achieve their full potential? We all know the stereotype of the Chinese ‘tiger parenting’: The strict, demanding and authoritarian parenting style that is used to push their...

06 Feb KEEP OFFLINE TO SAVE A DIME

Posted at 10:47h in cecile cremer, consumer insights, Consumer Trends, coolhunting, innovation, Newsfeed, Technology

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If we are honest, haven't we all experienced that moment where we were with our loved ones and they had more interest in their phone than in us? We could blame them, but maybe we should blame the ever digitalizing World instead. Nonetheless, wouldn’t it...