Last year, we presented the top, must-know, culturally relevant trends for 2015 and our predictions were 83% accurate!
To help the “curious class” stay relevant in 2016, we’ve assembled an A-Z glossary of what trends we predict to be 100 must-know terms and concepts of 2016.
We hope this cultural crib sheet will help prepare you for the year ahead!
5. AGENCY OF RELEVANCEE
EH
Empathy
Emotional Support Pets
F
Fan Activism
Farm-to-Phone
Fashion Tech
Female Gamers
FOLO
Frictionless Design
Funky Socks
G
Geek Parenting
Genderless Dressing
Gluten-Free Art
Goosebumps Revival
Graphene Obsession
H
Hot Desking
Hoverboards
I
Image ASMR
Insta-Fashion
Introverts
Intuitive Apps
J
Jackfruit
JIBO
K
Kaomoji
L
Library Reinvention
Localizing Water
M
Material Innovation
MFA, not MBA
Microbial Cloud
Mircrodosing
Modified Class
Mood Marketing
N
Nanny State
Nanosensors
Neutrals
No Vaping Signs
O
Open OS
Olifactory Tech
P
Penmanship Porn
Phone Doctors
Plywood
Poetry Slams
Prisoner Assimilation
Q
Quarter Life Crisis
R
Raw Life-Streaming
Redhead Idolization
Rental Mom
Retail Dining
S
Scientific Serendipity
Sensorial Urbanism
Silicon Smart
Slacklining
Solo Travel
T
Tailored Sweatsuits
Theme Park Dystopia
Tomato Crush
Twitch.tv
Typographic
Neuroscience
U
Uber Dating
Ultrasonic Sciences
V
Vicarious Robotics
Visual Search
VR Daytrips
W
Waste Positive
Weederies
Wi-Fi Auras
Wireless Energy
Work Capsule Homes
X
Xenophobia
Y
Yeast
Young Money
Z
Zero Gravity
Other
1950s
3D IP
4D Paper
A
App Security
Africa Rising
Aging Mobility
Anti-Artisanalism
Atomic Renaissance
B
BCI
Biased Algorithms
Biohacking
Blockchain
Boomer Design
Breathing Education
C
Cardistry
Cellphone Bugging
Coloring Books
Content Attachments
CRISPR
D
Darty
Demisexual
Device Mesh
Digital Divorce
DNA Makeup
Dorm Lifestyles
Drone Pets
Dubsmashing
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