Category Archives: 2012 Trends

Remember Japan’s lost decade in the 1990s? Possibly not, but essentially what happened was that a combination of low interest rates, rapidly rising land/real estate values, borrowing and speculation ended when Japan’s Ministry of Finance suddenly raised interest rates. This … Continue reading →

It seems that people now expect me to do a new trend map each year. I was starting to think I’d run out of ideas about what to do with colours and lines when I had another thought – crosswords. … Continue reading →

I spotted a blog post a few days ago about the return of the 20s aesthetic in fashion. I don’t know whether this is true, but if it is it’s weird because if anything we are re-living the 1930s not … Continue reading →

26 words to describe 2012. Unless you live somewhere like Asia, in which case the list would be totally different. If you don’t recognise something look it up at Wordspy.com. BTW, I have a feeling that Bifurcation – meaning forking … Continue reading →

This was easier than I thought. I’ll flesh this out (and change my mind) over the coming months, but here’s the current list. 1. Mass intimacy 2. Augmented reality 3. Cloud services 4. Baking 5. Moral philosophy 6. Cuddly robots … Continue reading →

I’ve started to think about trends for the next 12-18 months and it’s come out as quite a depressing little list. Here they are. I will endeavour to put together something less pessimistic over the next few weeks. 1. Turbulence … Continue reading →