A beginner's guide to fashion trend forecasting with Geraldine Wharry - Inspired by... blog I recently interviewed fashion forecaster Geraldine Wharry who has worked with and for major brands including trend forecaster WGSN. I asked her about the art of trend forecasting, and what's next for 2013/14. Tell us a little bit about yourself…I've been a fashion designer for 13 years and have always had a strong eye for trends so I naturally evolved into trend forecasting when I moved to London after living in Los Angeles and New York. Can you give us a summary of how trend forecasting works? Whilst gathering facts, at the root of it is also a personal intuition and an eye for what's next, that can't be taught or necessarily explained. That's also what defines the difference between short-term forecasting and long-term forecasting which are key in the business. One of my favorite and iconic trend forecasters, Lidewij Edelkoort, says "trend forecasting is much like archeology but to the future". What are the big trends for autumn winter 2013/14?
Sea Level Rise -- National Geographic Core samples, tide gauge readings, and, most recently, satellite measurements tell us that over the past century, the Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) has risen by 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters). However, the annual rate of rise over the past 20 years has been 0.13 inches (3.2 millimeters) a year, roughly twice the average speed of the preceding 80 years. Over the past century, the burning of fossil fuels and other human and natural activities has released enormous amounts of heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere. These emissions have caused the Earth's surface temperature to rise, and the oceans absorb about 80 percent of this additional heat. The rise in sea levels is linked to three primary factors, all induced by this ongoing global climate change: Thermal expansion: When water heats up, it expands. Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps: Large ice formations, like glaciers and the polar ice caps, naturally melt back a bit each summer. Consequences How High Will It Go?
CrypticOpacity. Just wanted to say hi & thanks to all the new followers.. feel free to chat :) Trends Section by The Trend Boutique 2012-13 Autumn Winter Trend Reports FREE CONTENT - Trend reports for the current season covering our 'Fragility', 'Sharp' 'Radical' and 'Remote' themes predicted 18 months ago. 2013 Spring Summer Trend Reports SUBSCRIPTION ONLY - Trend direction for the season including our directional themes 'Nouveau Riche', 'Repair', 'Converge' and 'Carnival' 2013-14 Autumn Winter Trend Reports SUBSCRIPTION ONLY - Insight into the latest trends for the season covering our themes of 'Reflection', 'Dark Clash', 'Honest' and 'Tomorrow'. 2014 Spring Summer Trend Reports SUBSCRIPTION ONLY - Early direction for the season highlighting the latest trends 'Sacred', 'Heart+Mind', 'Fraternity' and Lux-craft. Archive Trend Reports FREE CONTENT - Take a look at some of our previous trend reports & directions predicted in the past that still provide some great reference points for now & the future. Recent Articles Spring Summer 2014 Fashion Trend Report - Sacred on 10/9/13 Autumn Winter 2014-15 Colour Direction on 7/9/13
Jean Nouvel's Sydney towers boast vertical gardens and a huge sunlight reflector French architect Jean Nouvel teamed up with botanist Patrick Blanc to create this pair of plant-covered Sydney towers that reflect light into their lower levels with a huge cantilevered panel of mirrors. Named One Central Park, the complex is the centrepiece of a AUS$2 billion masterplan in downtown Sydney by developers Frasers Property Australia and Sekisui House Australia. Ateliers Jean Nouvel, whose projects include the Les Bains des Docks aquatic centre in Le Havre, collaborated with local firm PTW Architects on the design of the building, which comprises two residential towers positioned atop a five-storey Central shopping centre. The western tower is 84 metres high and accommodates 240 homes, while the 117-metre-high eastern tower contains 383 apartments, including 38 penthouse flats with exclusive access to a 100-metre-high sky garden. This structure cantilevers 42 metres off the side of the east tower and is made up of 320 reflectors.
MONO / HA – HART LESHKINA International Trend Interpretation Agency | Our-trends | Societal-trends Babyboomers are the biggest, wealthiest and most dominant generation. They are still very active, especially when compared to the generations before them. Kids start moving out, careers and working hours are toned down and self exploration is high. Boomers also spend a lot of time and effort in trying to stay healthy, by eating the right products and keeping up maintenance. This generation has always been able to adjust their lives the way they wanted to, and now they are trying to get their death aligned. What the future looks like | Science It would be foolhardy to venture technological predictions for 2050. Even more so to predict social and geopolitical changes. The most important advances, the qualitative leaps, are the least predictable. Not even the best scientists predicted the impact of nuclear physics, and everyday consumer items such as the iPhone would have seemed magic back in the 1950s. But there are some trends that we can predict with confidence. If population growth were to continue beyond 2050, one can't be other than exceedingly gloomy about the prospects. The world will be warmer than today in 2050; the patterns of rainfall and drought across the world will be different. CO2 concentration levels will reach twice the pre-industrial level by around 2050. Some technical advances - information technology, for instance - surprise us by their rapidity; others seemingly stagnate. I hope that by 2050 the entire solar system will have been explored and mapped by flotillas of tiny robotic craft.