digital trends of 2014
TRANSCRIPT
LESSON 1
Trend 2014
what we were expected
In the 9th lesson of the last year course we previewed that in 2013: • mobile access would increase • social media would play an increasingly important role in our lives • we would use the internet in a more “professional” and “private” manner • the internet would be “content” oriented • innovative forms of communication would include digital and traditional techniques
and so it was.
But now let’s see how this prediction has been evolving in 2014.
2
Scenario
As the digital world is constantly evolving, in this lesson we will see what are the trends predicted for the next few months. We will start by looking at macro trends, based on the socio-economic scenario suggested by Trendwatching.com Like they say “these are key developments and disruptions that will transform the globe over the next 12 months.”
3
social
CROWD POWER A common thread running through the civil disobedience periodically afflicting cities worldwide? That unrest is increasingly led by ‘transformers’, millennials agitating for justice, equality, and empowerment. Via crowd platforms and citizen journalism, their challenge of ‘old’ social structures won’t go away any time soon.
4
tech
THE PURSUIT OF APP-INESS The Internet of things. 3D printing. Google Glass. It’s too soon to tell if (or exactly how) 2014’s hot technologies will break through into mainstream use in the coming months. What is certain is that everyday tech will become more intuitive, omnipresent, social, emotionally responsive and ultimately essential for consumers.
IN GOOD HEALTH 2013 saw promising (if early-stage) medical developments in bioengineering, genome analysis, mobile health monitoring and yes, even 3D organ printing. Bottom line? More reliable, affordable, widespread access to palliative and life-saving solutions.
5
legal & environmental
WHO’S AFRAID OF WHISTLEBLOWERS & WIKILEAKS? As revelations emerge of the Nsa’s cyber-espionage, 2014 will see growing demand for privacy guarantees and tougher anti- surveillance laws. Can intelligence agencies be trusted to police their own activities? Should whistleblowers (Assange, Snowden etc.) be better protected? And is our private information ever truly secure?
MORE AND MORE, LESS AND LESS Global resource scarcity is ongoing. Confidence in nuclear energy is low (the ghost of Fukushima), arctic oil exploration holds promise but also ravage natural landscapes. Food shortages? In May, the UN Food & Agricultural Organization proposed edible insect farms. But global appetites are strangely unmoved.
6
it’s not easy being green...
… but we’re getting there, slowly. In 2013, even as Beijing faced ‘airpocalypse’ (record-breaking air pollution), smart green design gave us building facades that ‘eat’ pollution, countless urban farming initiatives, and more. Meanwhile sharing communities, upcycling and reshoring are all evidence of continued opportunities for sustainable solutions.
7
trends 2014
Keeping in mind this macro trends that describe the world’s status, this lesson will discover trends and some examples of brand and businesses that are already putting them into practice.
The trends analyzed in this lesson are:
8
digital you Vs Phubbing
quality-telling
target centering
modularization
corporate shared value
bodylicious
identification
experience is everything
1
2
3
4
5
8
6
7
digital you vs
Phubbing
9
The technological innovation, the multitude of the connected devices and the evolution of the distribution world of the media let an increase of the consumption of media through different screen everywhere:
at home, at work, in the streets and in retail Today internet is an “everyday tool”, it has become necessary and integrated in our life. Most of time we don’t even realize we are using it. It’s called the internet of things.
10
digital you
digital you
We are moving toward Industry 4.0 (the 4th industrial revolution) a world with a full integration of man, machine and system. Connectivity is a fundamental and irreversible driver of change.
In 2014 the pervasiveness of technology is ramping up further: new technologies reach and transform an ever-wider array of everyday objects, and any remaining geographical tech boundaries dissolve.
11
it’s a fertile world
In 2013 80 “things” per second were connecting to the internet. This year that number is reaching almost 100 per second, and by 2020, more than 250 things will connect each second.
Penetration of connected objects in total “things” is expected to reach 2.7% in 2020 from 0.6% in 2012
12
2012 2013 2020
8.7 Bn connected objects
11.2 Bn connected objects
50.1 Bn connected objects
Cisco 2013
nike - fuelband
The Nike+ FuelBand is an activity tracker that is worn on the wrist.
The new Nike+ FuelBand SE now tracks not only how much, but also how often and how intensely you move. And it gives you real-time feedback, reminders and insights to help you move more and move better.
13
http://www.nike.com/us/en_us/c/nikeplus-fuelband
Surpassing its Indiegogo crowdfunding target in February 2014, Atheer One smart glasses integrate augmented reality and gesture control features. The spectacles connect to a cellphone via a USB connection, and project a 26-inch ‘floating’ tablet screen in front of the wearer’s eyes.
14
atheer one
The CuffLinc is a small, waterproof black device embedded with an accelerometer offering a Bluetooth link to your smartphone. On the Cuff app for iOS, the wearer can set the device's internal button to send out an alert to a friend or family member in case of emergency.
15
the cufflinc
http://mashable.com/2014/02/18/high-fashion-meets-bluetooth/
"The more you know about the health, the smarter you can be about how to approach it. The same should apply to dental care and oral care hasn't been updated in years."
After downloading the app and connecting it to the toothbrush via Bluetooth, each brush stroke is recorded. The data sync to the app and reveals if you brushed long enough and effectively. The app works with several toothbrushes, so a whole family can participate. It also rewards improvement and gives a score to encourage both adults and kids to improve.
16
kolibree smart toothbrush
http://mashable.com/2014/01/05/kolibree-connected-toothbrush/
17
the babolat play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmzMSDKy_v4
The Babolat Play connected tennis racket allows every tennis player to experience, understand and share their game to improve themselves and comprare to others.
simultaneously is evolving a new, opposite trend:
phubbing
18
19
what is phubbing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSOfuUYCV_0
coca cola
And some brands are already riding this trend, like Coca-Cola that invented the Social Media Guard
20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u3BRY2RF5I
quality-telling
21
the content evolution
22
Content is King
Content is King, Queen
and the entire court
Content is a quality King
2012 2013 2014
the year of good writing
Good writing is the foundation of all good content, whether that content is a 140-character tweet or the product pages of your website or your content marketing infographic. Ann Handley Chief Content Officer at Marketing Profs,
Co-Author of Content Rules
23
24
Words matter and we can talk about storytelling, status stories and brand journalism but the importance is that the quality of a brand is strictly connected to
the quality of its worlds.
General Electric
The goal was to capture the imagination of the child and also of the viewer in talking about the company’s roots.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT GE DOES THROUGH A CHILD’S EYES, YOU SEE BRILLIANCE.
“In the past we’ve told great stories in creative ways, but always more discreet,” GE Global Creative Director Andrew Goldberg says. “In a sense, only a child can describe it and then visualize it in a way that’s unique and totally different.”
25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co0qkWRqTdM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Ftu3NbivE
heineken - the candidate
Standard questions. Prepared answers. If job interviews are all the same, how to find the right talent among 1734 applicants?
26
guinness basketball
"The choices we make reveal the true nature of our character."
What's exceptional about the ad is how it presents the characters' sensitivity hand-in-hand with their physical strength and love for contact sports, implying that a Guinness drinker can love his friends as much as he loves his favorite beer and his favorite sport.
27
http://www.businessinsider.com/new-guinness-ad-breaks-the-mold-2013-9#ixzz2vZGY0sMS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwndLOKQTDs
"Trace Your Road" sees Trulli driving along on a series of improvised racetracks, which were created in real-time by 10 contest winners, who traced the road on a tablet device.
28
lexus - trace your road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slETbZ7FIs0
target centering
29
target relevancy and curation
Customers are harder to please but easier to target thanks to the technologies available. By delivering unique experiences custom to them and their interests, digital marketers will deliver a more relevant experience which will likely drive more profitable ones.
Jason Falls VP at CafePress, Founder/Chief Instigator at Social Media Explorer
30
the right process
31
Observe society Define your target
Set your communication to that specific
target
anar foundation
ANAR Foundation, a Spanish child welfare organization, launch an anti-abuse campaign featuring posters which could only be viewed by kids. Anyone taller than a child simply saw a message explaining that “child abuse is only visible to the child suffering from it”.
32
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zoCDyQSH0o
estimote beacons
Estimote Beacons deliver context and micro-location to phones and other smart devices.
By placing beacons in any physical world venue like retail store, developers are able to trigger contextual actions based on proximity.
No more QR codes and NFC. It just works magically appearing on consumer phones in smart retail environment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sUIqfjpInxY
33
novo nordisk gulf
Qatar has the 8th highest rate of diabetes globally, where 1 in the 3 people don’t even know they have it.
Most of them are too frightened to take the test because they have fear of needles.
Novo Nordisk Gulf wanted to create awareness on the screening event and encourage people in Qatar to get tested.
34
http://vimeo.com/86386186
http://www.fingers2diabetes.com/
modularization
35
modularization
Integration technologies are leading to a ‘modular economy’, in which business processes are being broken down into small elements that can be combined and recombined across organizational and national boundaries (like software applications).
This process lets users choose services and products following their needs and avoiding waste.
36
total boox
Total Boox is a service that lets users download books or bookshelves of interest.
Unlike other similar services, users don’t need to pay for downloading a book: as they read, the proportional value of the pages is deducted from users’ balance.
These pages are owned by users, they can access them anytime.
37
phoneblocks
Unveiled in September 2013 by Dutch designer Dave Hakkens, Phonebloks is a fully customizable smartphone that can be upgraded with replacement components, with the aim of reducing electronic waste.
Following a successful social media campaign to encourage large mobile manufacturers to develop the product, Motorola announced that it was working with the Phoneblok community on Project Ara, a similar open-source, modular cellphone.
38
project cristine
Project Christine is a revolutionary new concept design that allows users to build and customize PCs in any configuration without any prior technical knowledge.
Users can choose any module on-the-fly in any combination, whether it’s the CPU, memory, graphics card, storage or power supply module, and simply plug it in. The PCI-Express architecture of Project Christine automatically syncs the components.
The modularity of Project Christine makes it perpetually customizable, helping eliminate the need to replace entire systems.
39
http://www.razerzone.com/christine
corporate shared value
40
corporate shared value
“Shared value” is a management strategy focused on companies creating measurable business value by identifying and addressing social problems that intersect with their business.
From corporate social responsibility to corporate shared value.
41
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vK3cxnP6I4
https://www.sharedvalue.org
unilever project sunlight
We believe there has never been a better time to create a better future for our children, a world where everyone has enough food to eat and no child goes to bed hungry.
Project Sunlight is a movement that has already started. It’s made up of a growing community of people who believe it is possible to build a world where everyone lives well and lives sustainably.
42
https://www.projectsunlight.us/
neutrogena
The Every Drop Counts campaign encouraged consumers to make small changes everyday to save water, with the aim of saving one million gallons of water over a one-month period.
The beauty and skincare brand also pledged to donate 10% from sales of the Naturals Purifying Cleanser to the US environmental nonprofit.
43
ikea no empty chairs at christmas
At IKEA, we believe that noone should be lonely over Christmas if they don't want to be. So, whether your family is abroad, you are a single mum or dad, grandma or grandad or you are simply single, somewhere there is a place for you and people who would love to celebrate with you.
We have created this platform so that you can find one another. On your own and looking for a place to celebrate? Or perhaps you have seats you can offer on your celebration day?Then take part in "No Empty Chairs at Christmas" and become part of a unique Christmas celebration that you will certainly remember for years to come.
44
”
“
http://noemptychairs.ch/en/
bodylicious
45
bodylicious
The more we digitalize our life, the more we need security systems. Passwords and access codes are becoming more complex and articulate and often users don’t trust internet security process.
Now we can see an evolution of this situation thanks to biometric technologies. Our body, voice and odors are the new key for security password, letting users avoid the frustration of the log-in.
46
pulsewallet
PulseWallet is a credit card terminal with a built-in biometric palm reader.
PulseWallet users can manage their account via an accompanying mobile app.
According to PulseWallet, the average acceptance rate for a scanned palm vein pattern is 99.99992%.
47
banco de brasil
Banco do Brasil piloted advanced ATM terminals.
The ATMs recognize clients via a combination of facial, iris and vocal scanners before allowing them to carry out transactions.
The terminals can be controlled with vocal commands, although sensitive information is entered by touchpad.
48
nymi
Nymi is a wristband that uses the wearer’s unique electrocardiogram to facilitate identity authentication.
Developed by Toronto-based biometrics company Bionym, the wristband is embedded with a sensor that can connect with smart devices to facilitate unlocking or cashless payments, for example.
49
identification
50
the value of identification
Watching people allows you to learn from them and establish relationships with them.
Understanding problems and insights has been always important but this year will be essentials to create empathy and use identification. This is the first step to target relationship.
51
apotek hjärtat
To introduce a new line of hair products, the pharmacy Apotek Hjärtat decided to give the subway commuters in Stockholm a bit of a surprise equipping the digital screens on the platform with ultra sonic sensors - smart little devices that abled us to monitor the train's arrival.
Upon arrival the short filmclip on the screen changed, from beauty pic to hair blowing in the wind.
52
http://vimeo.com/87648696
SOS children’s village
What would you do if you saw a freezing child?
SOS Barnebyer Norge set up a hidden camera and placed Johannes at a bus stop, in Oslo, Norway.
The film is made to raise awareness on the situation of children in Syria, and to raise funds to SOS Children's Villages is their winter-campaign. Children in Syria are freezing and you can help by donating.
53
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9O8j9QPZc8
experience is everything
54
experience is everything
Experience is the key that let overcome the indifference of target
One directional communication is not as exciting as involving people and in this immersive way the message will remain stronger in users’ mind because they experiment and “learn” it.
55
ELmstas 3000
To get members to sign up for the horror film festival Elmstas 3000, the agency took to sending creepy text messages.
Staying true to the festival’s theme of ‘Home Invasion,’ the agency sent a message from an unknown number and attached a photo taken outside the receiver’s house. All the members who were contacted signed up within two hours.
56
http://www.psfk.com/2013/07/horror-film-festival-stalking-ads.html#!zbscC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_BUTSedpAs
lg - upgrade your phone
LG Upgrade your Phone is a campaign for the new model LG G2.
The installation challenges people to improve their smartphone while the evolution of the story take an unexpected change.
57
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhtZ-_AZvaw
mini - salutes you
MINI launches the “NOT NORMAL” Campaign.
NOT NORMAL utilizes traditional media – like print, film and outside advertising – as well as digital media, to broadcast emotionally charged images of the MINI brand and MINI models paired with the slogan “NOT NORMAL.”
58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5bEB0tmMQI
google - ingress
Ingress is a near-real time, augmented reality, massively multiplayer, online, pervasive game created by Niantic Labs, a start up within Google.
The multi-player, map-based game revolves around energy forces; users are required to choose a side and ‘battle’ in the real world by linking energy hotspots to create protected zones.
59
https://www.ingress.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhT1ToPU3WA
so, what do we expect in the near future?
• The digitalizing process will be more and more integrated in our lives
• Values will be the fundamental ingredient of every action or message
• People want to be more listened and involved
• The link between simple use and security will be necessary
60
61
THANK YOU NEXT: We explore the ‘internet of things’ world! See how it has changed the way we are living! For questions or suggestions please write to: [email protected]