Category
Lifestyle
Assisted Choices
Trend cluster
Category
Biodiversifying
Accessories
Brands are supplementing existing infrastructure with eco decisions.
5.1
Trend score
Trend
What is the Biodiversifying Accessories trend?
Biodiversifying Accessories: Brands and individuals alike are concerned with preserving ecological life in urban environments through design-forward accessories that can be added to architectural infrastructures or inserted as simple features in the home. Their focus is to offer support to the dwindling biosphere within the concrete parameters of the city, thus reducing ecological footprints and creating welcoming habitats. These small but impactful solutions promote biodiversity, while also being affordable and having easily implementable designs.
Insight – As climate change is dominating public discourse, individuals are paying close attention to their consumption habits and opting in for brands that have a mandate for sustainability. The guilt and stress that people are beginning to feel in regards to overconsumption has resulted in a growing consumer demand for businesses and institutions to take responsibility for their impact on the environment. While these accessories are supplementary to urban infrastructure or the home environment, they also have a soothing and empowering effect on communities, businesses, and individuals.
Trend themes
Themes within the Biodiversifying Accessories trend
Three behaviours holding the trend together01
Eco-minded urban accessories
Brands are supplementing existing infrastructure with eco decisions focused on offering support to the dwindling biosphere within the concrete parameters of the city.
02
Insect accommodation
Designers are creating structures and houses designed to provide shelter, food, and water to bees and insects in urban environments.
03
Human-threat identifying tags
Designers are creating high-tech bio-logging tags to identify human threats and assist in survival for animals including humpback whales and collared peccaries.
Industry implications
What the Biodiversifying Accessories trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookFor
Environmental conservation
Innovative solutions that offer support to the dwindling biosphere and its ecosystems in urban environments.
For
Sustainable design
Promoting biodiversity through eco-luxury design products that are affordable and easy to implement and supplement existing infrastructure.
For
Robotics and sensing tech
Designing various sensing tech products, including bio-logging tags for humpback whales and collared peccaries, which helps the assisted mammals to detect human threats and be prepared should they need to fight-or-flight.
Workshop question
What kind of biodiversifying product could your company adopt to benefit the ecological footprint of its community?
Trend signals
Trend signals for Biodiversifying Accessories
Trend score 5.1 out of 10, from popularity 71%, activity 73%, freshness 8%.
Popularity71%
Activity73%
Freshness8%
Audience
50%Men
50%Women
- Gen Alpha
- Gen Z
- Millennial
- Gen X
- Boomer
Market
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific
South America
Africa
Evidence
Examples of the Biodiversifying Accessories trend
4 featured examples from Feb 2 to May 2, 2019CategoryEco
Solitary Bee-Accommodating Objects
MaliArts' Project is Launched to Help Solitary Bees in Cities
The design industry can explore innovative solutions, such as MaliArts' project, to address ecological challenges in urban settings.
CategoryEco
Biodiversity Favoring Living Seawalls
Volvo Installs a Seawall in Sydney That Battles Pollution
Automakers like Volvo exploring innovative solutions that promote sustainability and environmental conservation.
CategoryEco
Human Threat-Identifying Devices
These Bio-Logging Tags by London Researchers Help Animals Survive
This industry can benefit from investing in and researching innovative technology that can help animals detect and respond to human threats.
CategoryEco
Vivid Yellow Insect Houses
Lesser House Invites People to Share Their Home with Insects
Opportunity for home decor companies to incorporate insect-friendly design in their products, catering to customers who are interested in sustainability and biodiversity.
