Meaning Monthly

Meaning Monthly is our new monthly newsletter, comprised of the top insights from our design and strategy teams. Focused around homeware and healthcare, it features trends, observations, and consumer behaviours, allowing you to better understand the future of your industry.

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December 2020

This year, we launched our Meaning Monthly newsletter to help you to unpick and understand trends and behaviours emerging from the homeware and healthcare industries. As the year comes to a close, our team have been reflecting on some of the most notable provocations and insights that have arisen from 2020, and what this means going forward.

November 2020

Earlier this year, we were asked to set a brief for the final year product design students at Central Saint Martins. We asked the students to question the prevalence of ‘smart’ technology in our homes and propose new products and experiences that critically consider ‘smartness’ and the value it provides across the areas of family life, the ageing population or sustainably minded audiences. In last month’s Meaning Monthly, we shared some of the resulting projects with you.

October 2020

Last month, we covered IFA, Europe’s biggest trade exhibition for consumer electronics and home appliances, and highlighted emerging products and trends from the industry.

September 2020

In September, we examined new digital experiences emerging as a result of technological advancements. We also investigated the cost of the technology on both the planet and the individual, and how attitudes towards it are shifting.

August 2020

Last month, we focused on the inital behavioural changes derived from COVID-19. We all had to deal with rapid and unexpected change. Here at Recipe, we gathered insights to help you to better understand the impact of the virus, what it will mean going forward, and how to navigate the emerging landscape as individuals and organisations seek to regain control and people begin to live by reassessed meanings and values.

July 2020

Meaning Monthly is our new monthly newsletter comprised of the top insights from our design and strategic insight teams. Focused around home and health, it will feature trends, observations, and consumer behaviours; allowing you to better understand the future of the industries.