18 Aug

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

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

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

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

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. 

24 Jun

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

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...

22 Mar

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 -...