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November 27, 2014

Intraemprendizaje en equipo: Framework para la Innovación Radical

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    Realizamos con mucho éxito The Future Game en Donostia-SanSebastián (País Vasco, España) durante un período de dos semanas como experiencia a tiempo completo en el centro local de innovación social: Impact HUB Donostia-San Sebastián. Reunimos un equipo increíble de 20 jóvenes (seleccionado a través de una convocatoria abierta y un proceso de solicitud), con el apoyo de empresas de primer nivel en innovación social y economía circular como DOT S.Coop , Orbea , Iberdrola y el medio de comunicación Ethic . También realizamos sesiones online con expertos en educación, habilidades de cambio, intraemprendimiento social corporativo procedentes de lugares lejanos como Corea del Sur, Siria, Amsterdam y Sao Paulo, aportando una perspectiva global a las soluciones locales que diseñamos.

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    #21 Haptic

    Rubbery surfaces, intense colours and nods to our youth in adult products. The market has been able to recognize a generational change in which what is sought is fun and experimental values. Haptic addresses all those consumables or tools that can be manipulated, felt and enjoyed through touch, the protagonist. The relationship established between experimentation and the sense of touch with childhood is interesting, more so with the translation of these formal codes to adult products. It could be a technique to achieve new and alternative quandaries.

    Relevant industries

    • Sex industries
    • Kitchen design
    • Electronics

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    #20 Torsion

    The mechanical strength of the materials can also be the source of inspiration for new structures and forms of products. This is the case of Torsion, where materials are flexed, creating unexpected turns that transmit effort and elasticity. The faces of a prism appear to alternate and large buildings seem modified at the last moment by an act of torsion. The introduction of this trend in Asian countries is especially striking, where these formal codes have been seen in the latest MAZDA car designs and in large architectural structures designed in Japan.

    Relevant industries

    • Motor industries
    • Electronics
    • Architecture

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    #19 Biomateria

    Nature and its diversity has always been one of the most recurring stimuli for designers. The reproduction of molecular structures, organic forms and microscopic networks, convert the products into living bodies. The use of this trend is repeated in products that want to be part of nature, completely obviating the technological benefits that they may have. The designer Ross Lovegrove and brands like NIKE and MERCEDES BENZ are forerunners of this trend, in every job and for every concept they undertake.

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    • Medical applications
    • Sport industries
    • Interior design

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    #18 Burning disruption

    “Burning disruption” seeks inspiration in natural reactions of incalculable strength like volcanoes. It is especially stimulating for the design of products where robustness, vigour and power are the virtues sought. The recovery of basaltic lava as a building material, disruptive and irregular patterns that imitate rock formations, the recreation of fire in textile prints and even the use of a reddish orange in small details of the product. It focuses on the small detail as a differentiating aspect of the whole, pitting opposing contrasts of colour and matt/gloss qualities against each other. It doesn’t neglect the use of lighting to transmit the characteristics described above.

    Relevant industries

    • Motor industries
    • Furniture
    • Light design

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    #17 Gesturize

    The “Gesturize” trend focuses on providing products with an aesthetic component related to the way they will be used. In this way, unusual flaps and openings that seem to open appear in wardrobes, or folds that are unthinkable in robust materials. “Gesturize” brings personality, humanity and daily life to the products, focusing attention on small details. The effectiveness of this trend stands out in its application in regularly used products such as electronics or packaging. This resource shortens the times of familiarization between products and people, considerably increasing the success in the person-product interaction.

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    • Electronics
    • Furniture
    • Packaging

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    #16 Subnature

    Subnature is a search for new materials and textures inspired by the underwater world and the diversity that appears in it. A multisensory stimulus, where the user naturally finds true comfort through the senses. Thus, touch is the protagonist thanks to soft, waterproof materials that pay careful attention to details. Several gummy materials mimic the softness of the anemones and the particular random geometry of corals and other marine flora. This DOT micro trend is also noticeable in organic lighting systems thanks to a novel technique such as the incorporation of optical fibre in fabric.

    Relevant industries

    • Interior design
    • Fashion
    • Furniture

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    #15 Forced waves

    Curvilinear forms are strongly linked to feminine qualities. They are generally used to soften, sensitize and blur geometries, but in Forced Waves we find they are used for the opposite purpose – producing curves to reinforce product shapes and use the iteration of geometries in different planes to reinforce the brand. A trend that endows the products with solidity and vigour, brands like MAZDA and TOYOTA have had the ability to translate this, proposing sharp and masculine designs through the use of curved shapes.

    Relevant industries

    • Motor industries
    • Sports industries

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    #13 Heritagism

    Heritagism is precisely the creation of the qualities and quantities in new products that are necessary to becoming intergenerational bonds. Aiming to achieve this more and more, companies opt for noble materials such as wood, leather, cork or natural felts, to create timeless designs and turn them into trends. This contradiction gives the products vestiges of the past, but in more renewed designs. It is perhaps a response to the growing number of users who follow the latest market developments, but who are looking for a long-term link with their products.

    Relevant industries

    • Accesories
    • Home equipment
    • Travel related

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    #14 Golden Luxury

    The most precious metal has always been linked to wealth. It is no wonder then that new exclusive products, and luxury editions, use gold as the only element of colour. On the other hand, its use can be quite controversial if we are talking about certain sectors such as sports or electronics, accustomed to stressing the technological components of the products, where now gold is chosen for their premium ranges. In these cases, a pattern is repeated that is very focused on drawing attention to the product itself (or to one of its details), and generally has a black matt packaging.

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    • Electronics
    • Sports industries
    • Premium products

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    #12 Total White

    Total white puts its money on the design of the product itself. Only those who achieve excellence in design and in attention to detail, can strip the product of colour without it losing a sense of prominence. Although linked to minimalism, the products that follow this trend are not necessarily simplistic or rational. All of them are, however, disruptive for the sector for which they have been designed. We highlight sectors working in packaging, the fashion industry, and furniture, for being able to project identity and brand pride through this trend.

    Relevant industries

    • Packaging
    • Fashion Industry
    • Furniture

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    #11 CHNN

    The CHNN trend (Cold + Hot + Neutral + Neutral) emerges from a repetition of this pattern in new ranges of products on the market. CHNN is carried out with contrasts between coral red as the protagonist of the hot range and blues as the cold tones, and other two neutral components. A new four-colour combination, considerably used in electronic products as it is a combination that can convey sobriety and energy simultaneously. SWATCH and HTC were the brands that discovered this process and its implementation on the market early on, achieving a perfect management of the sales of each element.

    Relevant industries

    • Electronic & gadgets
    • Fashion Accessories
    • Furniture concepts

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    #10 Faceted Fluence

    The most striking feature of Faceted Fluence is the contrast of organic surfaces, broken by sharp curved edges. The radicalization of these edges is a resource used by car brands such as BMW and LEXUS to put an accent on a certain product range. Thanks to these formal codes, it is possible to combine the visual ergonomics and adaptability of the most organic forms with the typical personality and nature of the radical changes created by complex planes.

    Relevant industries

    • Motor Industries
    • Architecture
    • Furniture

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    #09 Material Confusion

    This DOT Micro trend poses a challenge to the productive industry. Advanced manufacturing methods and playful creative processes re-imagine materials and people’s perception. The power of this trend is remarkable in its ability to get users to interact with the products, attracted by the incertitude and the surprise factor, always strong triggers for a purchase. The liquid materials used during processing such as aluminium or micro-cement are those that open up to more possibilities. A resource introduced from the art sector and addressed to an urban and public environment through new architectures and pieces of furniture.

    Relevant industries

    • Outdoor furniture
    • Architecture
    • Art pieces

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    #08 Re-Braun

    The iconic status and respect shown for Dieter Rams and his principles of rational design from the design sector are well known, as well as the influence of his decalogue in the design of new product concepts. Maximum attention to detail, the search for a universal aesthetic and above all honesty, dominate the trend. Brands like APPLE and LEICA have been recognized followers of these formal lines, and following on from their success, other sectors such as fashion and packaging are defending the same codes. Something especially inspiring in this trend is to observe how in its search for universal beauty, a point of contact between Western and Japanese designs is established.

    Relevant industries

    • Electronics
    • Fashion Industries
    • Packaging

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    #07 Modularity

    Modularity has always been an important feature to adapting products to existing demands. However, Modularity DOT Micro trend goes one step further toward achieving a unique form that, assembled, with other forms, are exactly the same, creating very useful products that disguise their true composition. Creating products using this trend requires working on extreme simplification in order to obtain the basic unitary element. Then there is a tendency toward exaggeration and excess in its application. The work of the BOUROULLEC brothers creating structures formed by unitary elements is especially admirable.

    Relevant industries

    • Interior design
    • Urban furniture
    • Lighting

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    #06 Multilayer

    New industrial movements such as 3D printing, and software that facilitates the prototyping and production phases, have generated an unexpected formal trend in household products and architecture: multi-layered pieces. Made up of similar overlapping pieces, sets are formed where, through the layers, it is possible to see the inside of products, or even draw graphic lines flowing through the profiles of the layers.

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    • Automotive industries
    • Architecture
    • Furniture

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    #05 Black game

    New products are taking advantage of the Matt/Glossy finishes of black tones to create different readings with light. The use of black to refer to darkness has led product designers to create an obscurity within them, omitting differences between components, playing with double readings, and dyeing the brands, taking them to an irrelevant plane. Despite being a colour that is usually associated with mourning (in many Western cultures), the use of black has reached sectors that were seemingly unthinkable years ago such as the sports sector (bicycles, garments, etc.) or articles related to technology, all sectors that used to resort to colour as a gimmick.

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    • Electronics
    • Accesories
    • Sportive industries

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    #04 Anverse Reverse

    The Anverse/Reverse DOT trend deals with the contrast between two physical parts of a product that work as a differentiating element of the whole. Playing with different textures and antonym materials adds personality and produces a dual aspect of the product. Another standout feature is the pay on perception achieved for each of the parts, using colour as a resource for the look and the materials for the sense of touch. The repetition of a pattern of sobriety can be seen in the exposed parts of the products, and intense colours contrast in the internal parts. This combination of powerful colours faced with neutrals are frequent in concepts of prospective products or those projected for the future.

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    • Furniture
    • Electronics
    • Lighting

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    #03 Natural Pattern

    There is a growing tendency toward repetition in the fusion of motifs related to nature with technological products and modern architecture. The network structures (Web Frame) that can be found in many diverse places in nature, like the leaves of a tree or molecular gastronomy, provide elasticity and modernism, and for many of these products this leads to an association with the quality of absorbing impacts. A very powerful trend in sports textile design and the motorcycle world.

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    • Sport Industries
    • Motor Industries
    • Lighting

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    #02 Faceted

    The faceting of products has been one of the clearest DOT trends to emerge in recent years. Using edges as a formal and graphic resource to express masculinity and aggressivity has permeated various sectors such as the automobile industry, architecture and surprisingly even more sensitive markets such as jewellery and packaging. This facet revolution has demonstrated the adaptability of the markets for taking on new formal trends. The paradox of using fractured forms is especially inspiring in products that transmit solidity, robustness and energy.

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    • Architecture
    • Fashion Industry
    • Jewellery and packaging

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    #01 Geometric

    Geometric is an exploration of basic forms. This trend, whose origin is perhaps derived from an awareness of Bauhaus, takes it though to a more complex and technological level. In Geometric, the form itself is regarded as more important than its functionality. The design is stripped of concepts such as ergonomics, honesty and simplicity and recreates exaggerated and prominent products that end up being as stimulating as they are admirable. In this trend, concepts such as the reflection of light and the sense of touch stand out, both triggers of this formal experimentation.

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    • Architecture
    • Fashion Industry
    • Furniture

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