Category
Tech
Adaptive Handsets
4.0
Trend score
Trend
What is the Eco-centric trend?
Eco-centric: Recycling and composting is one thing; using poop or urine as a home garden fertilizer or alligator fat to fuel your car is completely another. As bizarre and eccentric as some new sustainable solutions may seem, they are becoming more prevalent in the world of eco. Now, green-minded consumers are beginning to recognize that committing to a green lifestyle means the embrace of eco alternatives they would have never before even considered.
Trend themes
Themes within the Eco-centric trend
Three behaviours holding the trend together01
Eco-Friendly Alternatives
Green-minded consumers are embracing eco alternatives they would have never before considered.
02
Biodegradable Materials
Designers like Karin Auran Frankenstein are focusing on creating biodegradable furniture and home decor using new sustainable solutions.
03
Adaptive Re-Use
Architects and designers are utilizing disused spaces like sewage treatment plants to create eco-friendly apartments and homes.
Industry implications
What the Eco-centric trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookFor
Furniture Design
Opportunities for furniture designers to utilize biodegradable materials like animal waste, potato flour, chalk and water in creating sustainable furniture collections.
For
Food Production
Manufacturers could use innovative solutions like the production of artificial meat from human feces to stray away from the livestock industry and lower their carbon emissions.
For
Automotive Industry
Researchers are finding new ways to create efficient car fuels from sustainable and plentiful resources like alligator fat to combat the issues of pollution and scarcity of resources.
Trend signals
Trend signals for Eco-centric
Trend score 4.0 out of 10, from popularity 64%, activity 48%, freshness 8%.
Popularity64%
Activity48%
Freshness8%
Audience
50%Men
50%Women
- Gen Alpha (not a primary audience)
- Gen Z
- Millennial
- Gen X
- Boomer (not a primary audience)
Market
North America
Europe
Evidence
Examples of the Eco-centric trend
6 featured examples from Mar 8 to Aug 20, 2011CategoryEco
Hairy Sun Shields
Studio Swine's Human Hair Glasses are Ideal for Eco-Friendly Fashionistas
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create avant-garde fashion pieces with unconventional materials like human hair.
CategoryEco
Plant-Feeding Urinals
'When Nature Calls' Lets You Grow Greenery With Your Urine
Restaurants and bars can implement plant-feeding urinals to reduce costs and carbon footprint, aligning with sustainability practices.
CategoryEco
Poop Burgers
Japanese Researcher Mitsyuki Ikeda Creates Artificial Meat From Human Feces
The meat production industry could face disruption from the emergence of alternative meat sources such as artificial meat made from unconventional sources.
CategoryEco
Cow Dung Furniture
Karin Auran Frankenstein Creates a Biodegradable Collection
The furniture industry can explore the use of biodegradable materials, like cow dung, to create eco-friendly and unique pieces.
CategoryEco
Contaminated Cribs
Architect Firm Dick van Gameren Converts a Sewage Plant into a Home
Architectural firms have the opportunity to lead the way in adaptive re-use projects, designing innovative solutions that transform outdated structures into modern, sustainable li…
CategoryAutos
Car-Fueling Reptiles
You Could Be Filling Your Vehicle with Alligator Fat Soon
The automotive industry has the opportunity to embrace biodiesel innovations and incorporate alternative fuel options into their vehicles and infrastructure.
