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Sustainability
Architectural Cooling for Urban Heatwaves
Looking beyond A/C, urban cooling technologies are preparing architectural spaces for hotter climates in global cities.
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Placemaking & Property
Impactive Spaces
The emerging science of neuroaesthetics is equipping brands and businesses to engineer impactive spaces that shape how people feel, driving measurable wellbeing, revenue and consumer engagement.
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Beauty
Ingestible Beauty
Beauty is moving inside the body. As consumers increasingly see skin as a reflection of whole-body health, ingestible beauty is shifting from traditional supplements to playful formats such as jellies, strips, drinks and snacks.
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Health, Wellness & Sport
New Wellness Formats
Supplements are evolving beyond capsule and powder formats into strips, pouches and patches, making everyday wellness more discreet and convenient.
Signals
View all SignalsExplore our Global Drivers 2027+ Series
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Explore our Global Drivers 2027+ Series
In our game-changing Global Drivers series we unpack the key forces of change driving and defining trends and consumer behaviours for the coming decade.
Micro Trends
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The Neo-Urbanites
Meet the Neo-Urbanites, the citizens renegotiating urban life on their own terms – reclaiming space as a source of wellbeing, forging community ties and expressing identity through the rhythms of life within a metropolis.
Macro Trends
View all Macro TrendsNew Codes of Luxury: The Longevity Effect
ViewNew Codes of Luxury: The Longevity Effect
Created by The Future Laboratory in partnership with Together Group, New Codes of Luxury: The Longevity Effect explores the strategies defining the new era of wellness.
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