TREND MONITOR®

Category: #trends


TRENDS&RESEARCH WEBINAR

To keep on celebrating baba’s 20th anniversary, on April 13th we kickstarted our webinar series ‘Lunch with baba’ with a session held by Giulia Ceriani on Trends and Research. Discussing how to approach market research opportunities and highlighting how the past…

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ARE WE READY FOR QUANTIC ANSWERS?

Quantum computers could be a reality soon, as #Google’s #Sycamore demonstrated. Quantum mechanics is the base of physics and its the field that discover what happens as well in situations of really small scale, the reign of #uncertainty and surely…

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IS SIMPLICITY THE REAL CREATIVITY?

For MilanFW the Gucci’s creative director Alessandro Michele has contacted the guests of his catwalk in a totally unusual way: through a vocal message on Whastapp. An idea so simple to seem almost banal, but actually nobody had ever thought…

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QUESTION #3 Why do not try to build a future empowered by human intelligence?

Human intelligence has to negotiate with #AI every day. If we reflect on artificial intelligence, anyway, can we escape from the most obvious deterministic options (a way to become immortal? a proxy in favor of robots? etc.)… In fact, we…

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QUESTION #1 Do we want to be forever connected?

If you are among the ever-growing number of people who don’t want to stay forever connected, these smartphones can be a good solution. Substituting your smartphone with a feature phone, can be the way to limit the time spent online,…

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OUT OF THE #DARK!

On Feb 5th at Accenture Innovation Center in Milan, Giulia Ceriani has introduced the main findings from our international trend watching Forecast 2019-20 (12 countries worldwide monitored, 9 market categories). This year’s leading theme is #DARK!: we have identified 8…

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#THENOWAGE META-VIRTUALITY

As society continues to progress towards a technologically advanced future, the boundary between the physical and virtual world is becoming more obscure. The dependence on electronic devices is causing people to feel more isolated, distracted, and is now the source…

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HARD, PURE, SUSTAINABLE

This week at baba, we are tracking about how the #Radicalism trend (see our #THENOWAGE2018-2019 Trend Monitor Forecast) is creating a new way for us to enjoy our favorite foods without destroying the environment. This trend is all about extreme…

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3D Printing: Potential Solution to Global Food Crisis?

Here at baba, we are closely tracking the #Radicalism trend (see our #THENOWAGE 2018-2019 Trend Monitor Forecast) and it’s connection to the food and technology industries. This trend deals with cutting-edge ideas in order to create a breakthrough in society….

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#FADING Trend Increasing in Cosmetics Industry

We at baba are closely watching the #Fading trend (see our #THENOWAGE 2018-2019 Trend Monitor Forecast) especially in its relation to the cosmetics industry. This trend deals with the elimination of hard frontiers between market categories (food vs beverage, mobility…

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