Category
Tech
Automated Upkeep
Trend cluster
Category
Symbiotic
Design
Architecture and consumer goods that intuitively make the world cleaner.
3.4
Trend score
Trend
What is the Symbiotic Design trend?
Symbiotic Design: Consumers are interested in improving their environment, but not necessarily by clogging up precious real estate. Symbiotic designs that can serve their primary purpose, but do so in a way that also naturally enhances the ambient air or water quality, are both efficient and beneficial.
Trend themes
Themes within the Symbiotic Design trend
Three behaviours holding the trend together01
Symbiotic Design
Symbiotic designs that serve their primary purpose and naturally enhance air and water quality offer disruptive innovation opportunities in the architecture and consumer goods industries.
02
Air and Water Purification
Mechanical and natural filtration systems for purifying air and water offer potential for disruptive innovation in the architecture and consumer goods industries.
03
Green and Environmentally-Friendly Materials
Innovation in green and environmentally-friendly building materials present disruptive opportunities in the construction and building materials industries.
Industry implications
What the Symbiotic Design trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookFor
Architecture
Symbiotic designs offer opportunities for architects to incorporate air and water purification into their buildings, and CO2-scraping architecture provides an environmentally-friendly alternative in a high-pollution industry.
For
Consumer Goods
Potential disruption in the consumer goods industry by incorporating air and water purification into everyday items like umbrellas and air purifiers.
For
Construction and Building Materials
Innovative materials like carbon-eating cement are gaining traction in a construction industry that is interested in eco-friendly and sustainable building practices.
Trend signals
Trend signals for Symbiotic Design
Trend score 3.4 out of 10, from popularity 55%, activity 40%, freshness 8%.
Popularity55%
Activity40%
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
Asia-Pacific
Evidence
Examples of the Symbiotic Design trend
5 featured examples from May 28, 2008 to Feb 10, 2009CategoryEco
Water-Filtering Bridges
China's Miyi Tower Will Clean River Below, Foster Cultural Arts Above
Opportunities for architects to create innovative designs that integrate water filtration systems into their structures.
CategoryFashion
Rain Filtering Umbrellas
The Filterbrella
The Filterbrella has the potential to disrupt the outdoor gear industry, providing consumers with a new, eco-friendly take on an essential item.
CategoryEco
Aeroponic Home Air Filters
‘Breathe Easy' is Packed With Toxin-Absorbing Plants
The home air purification industry can explore disruptive innovation opportunities by incorporating aeroponic growing systems and toxin-absorbing plants in their products.
CategoryEco
Air-Filtering Architecture
The 'CO2 Scraper' is a Carbon-Positive Creation for High-Pollution Area
The construction industry should explore innovative ways to develop structures that actively improve air quality in high-pollution areas
CategoryEco
Carbon-Eating Cement
Hard and Hungry 'Novacem' Eco-Building Materials Absorb CO2
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Implementing carbon-eating cement in construction projects to reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainability.
