Instead of our usual text-based trend briefings, Trendwatching brings you a light-hearted yet insight-heavy video edition this month, featuring consumers from all over the world speaking their minds on a variety of trend topics. After all, one consumer video sometimes (…)

Mediapost reported the next generation of the web, or “Web 3.0″. This means more recommendations, free services, intelligent (semantic) searches, and tailored information. In an effort to heighten awareness about Web 3.0, Gege Gatt, the founder and director of ICON, (…)

Use your mobile phone and broadcast from everywhere right into the internet. It supports voices and you can tag and locate it. You can also share it to a big audience. Imagine how useful it could be. Use it as (…)

3 days ago the New York Times has published an article about an iraqui shoe-hurling protest. Now, Mr. al-Zaidi has become Iraq’s version of Joe the Plumber - thousands of people joining the protest by making animated gifs for it. (…)

A few weeks ago, trendwatching.com asked to send in a trend-related question. So, as they promised, there are the aggregated Top 15 Trend Questions (and Answers) that will hopefully address some of the most pressing trend issues you’re facing. From (…)

Whether designing ads for clients or for your own business, you can improve the effectiveness of those ads with just a few time-proven design strategies. One method of making sure your ad gets read is to arrange elements in that (…)