Back in early 2020, TrendWatching launched ‘Covid Innovations’ to inspire entrepreneurs and marketers to serve their customers better in dire covid times.
With Covid thankfully no longer impacting daily life, we’re fully focused again on all innovations that make the world a little bit better - check out Daily, our free publication to stay on top of the latest trends, insights and innovations.
The 'Deco Travel Collection', now in preorder, is made on-demand out of a waterproof, breathable, silk-blend fabric, currently available in a neutral light khaki. The jumpsuit is designed to be worn with or without clothes underneath, with elastic waist, wrist, and ankle bands to keep it comfortable.
Read MoreUnilever Russia's carrers fair was designed in the format of an online game, where users could visit 8-bit versions of company office buildings, learn job details and communicate with virtual representatives. Graduates were able to look for internships and vacancies at Unilever, as well as virtually meeting Unilever employees.
Read MoreChristophe Gernigon designed the PLEX'EAT concept of suspended, protective, XXL Plexiglas visors that let each person dine or have a drink in total safety during COVID.
Read MoreUnder the slogan: ‘If your home office is loud, make it count’, Wunderman Thompson transformed everyday decibels into discount coupons for Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700, by utilising a Noise-O-Meter algorithm engineered to interpret sound data from ambient noises.
Read MoreThe startup has launched ‘iMASQ’ (Intelligent Monitoring Analysis Services Quarantine), a bus that will have on-site doctors and nurses to provide medication stock, collection facility, remote consultation but also an inhouse quarantine berth with ventilator facilities. The bus aims to cover 3000 to 10,000 houses within a 3 km radius each day.
Read MoreRichard Wiseman designed ‘Can You Save the World?’, an online game that helps children understand the importance of social distancing in times of COVID. It also aims to show awareness about how positive social behavior taught in online games can impact people’s actions in real life.
Read MoreBio-designers Garrett Benisch and Elizabeth Bridges created a face mask out of bacterial cellulose called xylinum acetobacter. According to them, anyone can grow the bacteria with a few simple ingredients in the kitchen, using water, tea, sugar, and a small bacterial sample of xylinum acetobacter.
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Read MoreBBH Singapore has launched a ‘Sentosa Crossing’ campaign for Singapore's popular holiday island Sentosa. It is the country’s first branded virtual destination on the Nintendo Switch game Animal Crossing and allows visitors to enjoy the island from their homes during COVID.
Read MoreCafe & Konditorei Rothe in Schwerin, northeast Germany, has asked its customers enjoying a coffee or a cake to wear a hat with swimming noodles attached, to ensure they respect the six feet social distancing rule. The initiative has become viral on social media.
Read MoreLocal brand Ruby has decided to use the current crisis to give back to its customers by offering new virtual classes of sewing, perfect to learn from home.
Read MoreThe London brewer has found an innovative way to keep the beer flowing during lockdowns by packing his kegs into a van and pulling pints on people's doorsteps, creating an on-demand pub-on-wheels.
Read MoreLPGA eTour Live will feature eight professionals from the LPGA and Symetra Tour. The online matches will be held twice per week via the World Golf Tour online video game owned by Topgolf, and players will compete in seven matches over four weeks on the eTour, across nine holes on digital courses that are replicas of real life golf courses.
Read MoreAccenture Interactive invites Danes to upload pictures of their hands, along with personal messages of hope. Each image adds a patch of digital "skin" to an A.I.-generated 3-D hand, serving marker of the nation's solidarity against COVID. For each hand, Danish retailer Coop will donate 5 kroner (around $1) to Danish Red Cross COVID-19 relief efforts.
Read MoreThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority is testing social distancing markers at some stations to indicate where riders can stand to maintain proper distancing. CEO Pat Foye also explains that users in the future could be asked to reserve a space on a bus before taking it in order to facilitate distancing.
Read MoreThe robot looks like a little hotel luggage cart with a high metal frame attached to a rectangular wheeled bottom and covered with at around 10 ultraviolet tube lights. Amazon built the robot to automatically kill the virus on surfaces in warehouses and at Whole Foods stores.
Read MoreASOS uses AR technology to give customers a simulated view of models wearing items from the brand while protecting staffers in the process. The fashion retailer will digitally fit six different models with up to 500 products per week.
Read MoreThe idea behind Pedigree’s initiative is to let people virtually meet dogs, ask questions, and adopt them all without leaving their homes.
Read MoreThe program, designed in 4 stages, includes the installation of technologies in ports for testing and measuring body temperature, but also the use of stringent hygiene measures and the optimisation of spaces and routes to maintain a safe distance between individuals on board. Technology will be contactless and automated where possible.
Read MoreJuan Carlos Condori, whose venture is called Creaciones y Embordados Supay, created this mask reflecting the strength of the Bolivian diablada, the dance emblem of the famous Oruro Carnival, to convey a message of encouragement and culture in the face of COVID crisis.
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