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Browsing Quiet

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Luxury

Designing Silence

In an era of ever-present tech noise and cognitive overload, hospitality is engineering silence as a tool for clarity, restoration and emotional recalibration.

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Culture & Media

Reading Raves

Communal reading events are attracting young consumers for their unique blend of socialising and serenity.

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Culture & Media

The Trend: Quiet Mode

In our microtrend report Quiet Mode, we discuss consumers looking to turn down the volume on post-Covid expectations from family, friends, work, society and themselves. Online or offline, they have a deepening desire for both focus and freedom through technology.

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Technology

Quiet Mode

In a world full of noise, innovative features from tech and social media companies are helping consumers who crave a new kind of quiet.

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Technology

Peace work: App finds silent spaces in the city

Adelaide, Australia – City-dwellers are faced with a never-ending clamour of urban noises throughout the day. From honking horns to people shouting, it can be difficult to find quiet in the chaos. Stereopublic is a public art project in the form of a website and an app that crowdsources calm spaces in cities around the globe.

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Luxury

Clerkenwell Design Week: Top 10 products

Now in its fourth year, Clerkenwell Design Week’s momentum is increasing, with more brands and designers filling the festival’s imaginative locations this year.

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Marketing & Branding

No Noise at Selfridges

As we predicted in our New Sublimity macrotrend, getting away from it all is on the rise.Businesses are creating new contemplative spaces to nurture creativity and quality decision-making among employees. Retailers are also getting in on the act.

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Design

Harm Rensink Urban Spa

To escape the noise, pollution and distractions of city life, residents often find that the only option is to pack their bags and head to the countryside for the weekend. But Studio Harm Rensink has created a sanctuary in the centre of Eindhoven.

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Design

Quiet treat: Pop-up spa offers urban relaxation

Quiet treat: Pop-up spa offers urban relaxation