Trends are interesting to spot, identify, catch, watch, miss and create. In today’s rapid pace world trends happen and go in a fleeting moment. Nonetheless, there is merit in stopping a moment to capture what is happening in the world. Perhaps that is the first trend we will note:
- people not noticing the richness of life around them: case study 2009 – Joshua
- Puma’s clever little bag - be green in a big way – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OybIOIsrL0
- Trunk club – men’s dislike for shopping rewarded, shop from home- try it on at home - http://www.trunkclub.com/
- Crowdsourcing –fashion inspiration from real people - http://lookbook.nu/
- The Uniform project ( droog nyc) – one dress with a cause - http://www.theuniformproject.com/home/trailer.html
- The dealmap – how close is the next great deal to you - http://www.thedealmap.com
- Create news not ads by creating news with Yellow pages ads – hidden restaurant promotion -
- LeWhif – breathable chocolate – If dad were only still alive he’d be in heaven with this stuff – as sweet as chocolate as light as air - http://www.lewhif.com/
- Timebanks – I do good to you, you do good for someone, they do good for me and the circle goes on - Time Banks Weave Community One Hour at a Time - http://www.timebanks.org
- VOOK – mashing videos and books in an app – http://vook.com/
- Blippy – what are your friends buying – do you really care - http://blippy.com/
- Foursquare – too much sharing about too much - http://foursquare.com/
- While you read listen to the music of Broken Bells - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124018401
