I was asked the question. I started to write an off the cuff list. Here it is:
* Crowdsourcing the solution to function and design questions.
* The intelligent craftsperson is the visual world’s thought leader.
* A challenge to the primacy of traditional currency – a resurgence and innovation in barter.
* The most useful and most simple [...]
Posts Tagged ‘trends’
INQUIRY INTO JAPANESE CULTURE IN THE WEST
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged asia, bitai, branding, brands, buddhism, chanoyu, dry gardens, emaki, geisha, genji, haiku, heian, ikebana, isshin, japan, japanese, japonica, japonism, kabuki, kami, kano, kimono, kyoto, luxury, noh, origami, samurai, sho, sumi-e, tea, tenryu-ji, Tokyo, trends, ukiyo-e, utagawa, west, woman, women on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
LOOKING to better understand perceptions and impressions of Japan, the Japanese, Japonism, Japonica, all related Japan culture – in the west.
There is frequent buzz about Japan’s influence on the youth market – manga – anime – gaming – technology – harajuku girls – those vending machines – j-horror – j-pop – etc.
Im looking to investigate [...]
State of luxury – viewpoints from Paris
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged asia, byblos, chanel, chauncey, couture, Dana Thomas, dior, France, girlonthestreet, Luster, luxe, luxury, massification, Paris, Radha Chadha, seine, st tropez, Starck, superrich, trends, vuitton, zalkin on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chauncey writes about the current state of luxury from the French perspective. This week’s feature story on BrandChannel.com
stats on enterprising girls online
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bloggers, statistics, trends, women on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
today’s new york times (here’s the permalink)
End of the Year 07 – Recorded Shifts
Posted in -Chauncey Zalkin, Contributors, tagged trend, trends, wealth on December 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s one of the better, more succinct trend articles of the end of the year discussing the impact of High Net Individuals, the growing middle class’ ever-shifting definitions of luxury, and a consumption cluster effect the writer calls “spheres” which combine experiences, physical goods, and other self-identity purchases and behaviors that go beyond individual hard [...]
Article I wrote for Terrace Magazine, a new magazine by Trace
Posted in -Chauncey Zalkin, Contributors, tagged design, furniture fair, girlonthestreet, milan, milano, salon de mobile, style, trend, trends on October 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s on the topic of the Design Moment and it’s published in this first issue of Terrace by the founders of the brilliant and inimitable Trace. Pick it up at your local (better) newsstand. By the way, that’s me with the hat in the lower center square.
