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Think With Google | Consumer Trends

The search engine knows what your looking for, who else is looking for it, and when you're looking. Lots of in-depth information here, including trends in how people plan vacations; what digital devices consumers use to buy makeup; trends toward "functional foods;" what time of the week people seek out recipes; and what people are Googling when they watch TV.


Slice The Pie!
Slice the Pie pays you to review music, but the rate is very low.

Panoramix Global
The Panoramix website gives you a sense of what trend forecasters do - however it doesn't seem to be current.

Geraldine Wharry
Fashion forecasting and designs based on her research

Pantone Color Institute
Branding a cartoon character by a distinctive color, developing a trend color for home accent brands, matching tea packages to their attributes - Pantone gets involved.

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Part of the challenge of studying trends is that most writing about them is little more than "happy talk."  Look at the photos in this article and compare what you notice to what the writer describes.

Packaging trends to keep an eye on in 2016

and

Packaging design trends to watch in 2016

Which one called it right? What did either one miss?


Some commentary seems more substantial:

Graphic Design Trends 2016 from Janie Kliever

Trump has a life many aspire to
How will political developments impact ordinary consumers?

Not all trend watchers are upbeat:

RIP: Do these illustration trends deserve to die?


FuckYourNoguchiCoffeeTable.com

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