Naughty Trend Clusters

While apps like Tinder have dominated the market for dating, a shift towards apps and products that aid intimacy in an on-demand fashion are on the rise. The connected consumer is accustom to instant gratification, which is being capitalized on with apps that deliver excitement at any moment.

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Artificial IntelligenceHybridization

The personal nature of intimacy products has sparked consumers to prefer customized variations that provide an enhanced sense of comfort and familiarity.

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Artificial IntelligenceCurationPersonalization

Seeking escapism in the everyday, consumers are turning to food-focused intimacy products for a sense of excitement and novelty. This shift toward intriguing and obscure variations on traditional products denotes a preference for adventurism in a wide variety of everyday activities.

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HybridizationInstant EntrepreneurshipProsumerism

As consumers become increasingly unable to part with digital devices, brands are responding in kind with connected intimacy toys.

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Artificial IntelligenceHybridization

Fashion consistently takes cues from the past, and the Middle Ages is one period in which designers are increasingly looking for inspiration.

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AuthenticityNostalgiaTribalism

Your home is your haven, a place where you don't have to answer to anyone -- or explain yourself. With this in mind, product designers are creating crude and provocative housewares that appeal to consumers' more risque tastes.

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AuthenticityYouthfulness

While some advertisers are trying to get consumer attention through blood, gore and horrific images, others are going in exactly the opposite direction.

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NaturalityNostalgiaTribalism

Although most consumers have been taught the importance of using prophylactics, traditional marketing tactics may not be enough to encourage their use.

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Co-creationCurationTribalism

The playground is becoming a favorite theme of photographers, who are using it as a background for often risque photography. Fashion photography, especially, is becoming more non-traditional in that the fashion story is often just as—if not more—important as the clothes featured.

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NostalgiaYouthfulness