Trends


Reports for 2017


#2023
111
#2022
103
#2021
88
#2020
65
#2019
67
#2018
67
#2017
43
#2016
39
#tech
144
#consumer
160
#culture
79
#design
34
#marketing
144
#innovations
65
#data
56
#content
47
#social
55
#email
4
#creative
30
#business
66
#blockchain
6
#ecom
8
#health
17
#retail
23

2017

Future Today Institute

  • Convergence
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Crossover trends
  • New ecosystems
  • R&D moves from universities to corporation
  • Government policy
  • More trends than ever

Fjords Trends 2017

  • Ephemeral stories
  • Shiny API people
  • Blurred reality
  • World on wheels
  • Homes without boundaries
  • Hourglass brands
  • Me, myself and AI
  • Unintended consequences

European Consumer Trends

  • seamless spending
  • talking shop
  • right here, right now
  • cultural social responsibility
  • the sweet hereafter
  • ascending Africa
  • airpocalypse now

Tableau Business Intelligence

  • Modern BI becomes the new normal.
  • Collaborative analytics goes from the fringe to the core.
  • All data becomes equal.
  • Self-service analytics extends to data prep.
  • analytics are everywhere, thanks to embedded BI.
  • IT becomes the data hero.
  • The transition to the cloud accelerates.
  • Advanced analytics becomes more accessible.
  • Data literacy becomes a fundamental skill of the future.

Social Media Week

  • Social media will play a continued role in the disintermediation of established industries.
  • Social media will continue to disrupt traditional marketing and advertising.
  • Social media influencer workforce will continue to see a drastic rise.

Adweek Cultural Trends

  • A.I. Morality
  • Inclusive Economy
  • Tech Drugs
  • Major Minorstones
  • Plant Power

Social Times

  • Facebook is very, very quickly becoming a video-centric platform.
  • Instagram continues to be the most effective platform for brands.
  • GIFs and emojis bring more personality to how customers express themselves.
  • Social storytelling is becoming more informal.
  • Artificial intelligence is coming to social in a big way.
  • Users are gaining control of their own social user experience.
  • Niche social platforms will rise in relevancy.
  • Sharing isn’t being “shared” with the public as much.
  • Virtual and augmented reality are about to arrive.
  • Finding zen amid the social noise.

AdWeek Year in Review

  • Fine Art
  • Disability
  • Live Ads
  • Transparency
  • Deception
  • Politics
  • Square and Vertical Video
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • 360 and Virtual Reality
  • Hacking Photoshop
  • Diversity
  • Ultra-Long Ads
  • Divorce
  • Clever Packaging
  • Animals
  • Return of the Prank
  • Female Strength
  • Championship Ads
  • Post-its
  • Goodbyes

Landor Trend Watch

  • VR, meet B2B
  • Say “hey” to chatbots
  • Let’s get phygital, phygital
  • Nature is nurture
  • Getting customers in the mood
  • #Kidulting
  • Let them eat cake!
  • Minimal to the max
  • Let go to gain control

Most Contagious

  • Machine learning: moving AI into the mainstream
  • Keeping it real: boosting creativity with artificially enhanced environments
  • Less social, more media: tech companies make a splash in the media world
  • Humanised computing: intelligent tech is enabling personalised and natural online experiences
  • Sparkle and fade: cockroaches vs unicorns, success snapshots
  • Emerging trends: redefining masculinity and computational creativity

Pinterest 100

  • The latest meat substitute is jackfruit (yes, a fruit)
  • Indoor vines are taking over
  • Health goth is the dark side of athleisure
  • Adventure travel is getting more love than romantic escapes
  • You just have to go to Kyoto
  • Story prompts spark kids’ imaginations
  • Mixology takes your cocktail game to the next level

PSFK + BMC Digital Transformation

  • Rapid application innovation
  • Big data for improved insight
  • Enabling the next generation workplace
  • Security at the speed of business