Wandering the Future

21 Nov CHANGING BEHAVIOUR IS AS SIMPLE AS A DISILLUSION

Posted at 17:51h in Consumer Trends, coolstuff, Design, Food, innovation, microtrend, social innovation

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Did you know our World suffers more from prosperity diseases than it does from illness caused by poverty? A serious threat to society, especially in the Western World, is obesity. Not only our food is often unhealthy we also tend to overeat. Our oversized portions...

06 Nov WHAT ABOUT A BIT OF MODERN-SENSE?

Posted at 11:57h in Appearance, consumer insights, Consumer Trends, coolhunting, coolstuff, Design, Health, innovation, Inspiration, microtrend, Newsfeed, social innovation, trendwatching, wtf

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Another succesful edition of the Dutch Design Week has passed by this year. Our Trainee Mallory was our eyes and ears on the floor this year and went to spot the latest new directions of change in design land and beyond. Especially for you guys,...

18 Aug INTERNATIONAL SHARING: THE ANSWER TO OUR STRUGGLE TO POSSESS?

Posted at 21:12h in Appearance, consumer insights, Consumer Trends, coolhunting, coolstuff, Design, extreme consumerism, fashion, innovation, Inspiration, microtrend, Newsfeed, social innovation, trendwatching, wandering the future, weak signal

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Do you ever find yourself in ‘the-shopping-struggle’. The dilemma between investing in the slow-fashion industry, by spending all the money you saved on one pair of jeans; or buying whatever you desire, knowing it is probably made in Bangladesh. The developing sharing economy has the solution for this dilemma: leasing clothes.

07 Aug THERE ISN’T A LID FOR EVERY POT

Posted at 16:31h in consumer insights, Consumer Trends, coolhunting, Design, Environment, Health, innovation, Inspiration, microtrend, Newsfeed, Press, social innovation, trendwatching, wandering the future

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We all know the saying "there is a lid for every pot" but that doesn't seem to be correct anymore. We are pretty sure you have no clue what it is just by looking at the picture, right? What we can reveal is that it has a groundbreaking design and is made from a planet purpose vision. Moreover, that it easily could have a disruptive impact on the way we do our care product purchases in the Future...

30 Jul MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN HUMAN’S FAVOUR

Posted at 21:23h in Appearance, business, cecile cremer, consumer insights, Consumer Trends, coolhunting, emotion, innovation, Inspiration, microtrend, Newsfeed, Press, Technology, Trend Talks, trendwatching, wandering the future, weak signal

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Most of us know some kind of movie, book or series describing the world when computers are getting on the upper hand. While we are still calling this genre science fiction, it is closer to becoming reality than most of us are aware of. While Artificial Intelligence is learning from human behaviour faster than the day of light there will be a point it can outsmart us, the question is not if but when if we just let it do its thing...

24 Jul HOW REAL ARE YOU?

Posted at 15:58h in Appearance, Branding, consumer insights, Consumer Trends, coolhunting, emotion economy, innovation, Inspiration, microtrend, Newsfeed, social innovation, Technology, trendtalk, wandering the future, weak signal, wtf

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Our world, or I can even say galaxy, is designed to be more and more digitalized. As the technical innovations burst into the market, many of them are not chosen to succeed. So, when is a technical device strong enough to enter the future? SoftTech or TimidTech is the answer, personalised and made to fit humans. Though, with the exponential growth of Artificial Intelligence, this human embedded technology is about to go a lot further.

24 Jul OUT IN THE OPEN

Posted at 14:56h in Appearance, cecile cremer, collect memories, consumer insights, Consumer Trends, coolhunting, innovation, Inspiration, microtrend, Newsfeed, social innovation, Target group, trendwatching, weak signal

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Expressing sexuality is getting bolder. Statements are made everyday about sexual equality, pleasure, genders, etc. During this month MTV is broadcasting the first dating show with pansexuals, vogueing is used to protest during Kwaku Amsterdam and now a sextoy can be worn as a piece of statement jewellery.

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...