TREND REPORTS
The Moto Zen - This Phone Gives the User Their Life Back
[Design]
2018/05/15 10:51
The primary function of being a mobile phone is… well, to be a phone! However, integrated into the smartphones of today is a plethora of secondary functions that distract us from our daily lives and social situations.The Moto Zen reduces the abundance of features on a smartphone down to just the two most important functions, communication and photography. Each side of the device is devoted to...
What An Autonomous Future Supercar Could Look Like, As Imagined By A Movie Car Designer
[Design]
2018/05/15 09:04
Supercars occupied a tiny niche at the fringe of the car market, but that hasn’t stopped them from capturing our imagination. In fact, it may even be part of why they do. Supercars adorn bedroom posters and find their way onto desks as scaled-down toy models. So, of course, it’s always fun to think about what they’d look like in the future. But how do we reconcile those dreams with a future...
(PDF) BCG - To Reset Operations, Grocers Should Start with the Customer
[Business]
2018/05/14 10:25
Like many retailers, traditional grocers see massive dislocations all around them—new competitive pressures, growing technological complexity, difficulties in the integration of online and offline operations, and the need to alter store formats to attract and retain customers. Recognizing these challenges, grocers are working hard to sustain and improve sales and margins.They also know that th...
(PDF) Columbia Computer Scientists Invent FontCode, Hides Letters Within Letters
[Tech]
2018/05/14 10:25
Columbia computer scientists invent FontCode, a way to embed hidden information in ordinary text by imperceptibly changing the shapes of fonts in text. Method could prevent document tampering, protect copyrights, as well as embed QR codes and other metadata without altering the look or layout of a document.Someone using FontCode would supply a secret message and a carrier text document. FontCod...
Uber Reaveals Designs of Future Uberair Skyports
[Design]
2018/05/14 10:25
At Uber’s 2nd Elevate Summit, alongside the flyning car conpect which Uber said will be fully operational by 2023, six leading architecture and engineering firms showcased the first designs for uberAIR Skyports. These conceptual designs mark the first steps from industrial leaders to create infrastructure for high-volume operations of uberAIR networks in and around cities.From dozens of submis...
Competing for Shoppers’ Habits
[Consumer]
2018/05/14 10:24
PwC’s seventh annual global survey of consumers suggests that the next major retail industry battle will be over control of everyday routines.The well-publicized difficulties of traditional retail enterprises were on our minds this year as we began sifting through the data from our annual PwC Global Consumer Insights Survey (GCIS), conducted in late 2017 and published earlier this year. For th...
Amazon is Building a 'Health & Wellness’ Team within Alexa as It Aims to Upend Health Care
[Business]
2018/05/14 10:24
Amazon has built a team within Alexa to dive more deeply into the health-care space. The group wants to eventually provide services to new mothers and people with diabetes and to ensure proper regulatory and data privacy requirements.The nucleus of Amazon's effort to upend the health-care market may very well be the Echo device in your living room.According to an internal document obtained by C...
Toni&Guy - Posters With Style
[Design]
2018/05/14 10:24
By lengthening the standard poster, we took a traditional medium and turned it into something you can shape and style.Outdoor advertisement created by VML, Singapore for Toni&Guy, within the category: Beauty.CreditsAdvertising Agency: VML, SingaporeCreative Director: Joaquim LaurelAssociate Creative Director: Savio FonsecaArt Director: Rina LeeDesigner: Megan Soh[adsoftheworld]
The PIXEL ZERO Concept
[Design]
2018/05/14 10:23
The moment phones couldn’t get any thinner, manufacturers started trying to stretch screen sizes as if they were infinity pools. The challenge, however, has been trying to accommodate the front-facing camera, light sensor, and other mini gadgets consumers have come to expect. Up until now, designs have featured a notch that allows the screen to extend on either side of these. It still irks des...
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