WRITER & RESEARCHER SPECIALISING IN GLOBAL TRENDS & DATA - ACROSS FASHION, RETAIL, TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-32103440-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @staceyljacobs)http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/48028443" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Love what Carine has done with the latest teaser for CR, it takes me back to the piece I wrote for <a href="http://portable.tv/fashion/post/why-most-fashion-films-suck/" target="_blank">Portable TV</a>. It’s easy to make terrible, over indulgent fashion films. This on the other hand is snappy, engaging and features just the right amount of celebrity name dropping to make it absolutely fabulous. Great sound edit too. </p>http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/30351256826http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/30351256826Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:27:00 +0100carine roitfeldfashionmagazinesfashion filmstacey jacobs<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/B8WHKRzkCOY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I went to see Sir David in Melbourne over the weekend… he was spectacular. </p>http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/29858126782http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/29858126782Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:26:00 +0100stacey jacobsdavid attenboroughnature Barangaroo is one of the most significant urban renewal projects in Australia to date and ties...http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/27523953551http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/27523953551Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:48:00 +0100stacey jacobsworktrend forecastingmacro trendsbarangarooretail futureSingapore based Industrial Design student, Chan Min Yun has created a concept to change the way that...http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/25829436399http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/25829436399Mon, 25 Jun 2012 04:33:00 +0100futurehealthtrend forecastingstacey jacobswork<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m60es76Fti1qg7b4vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>DIY project for our new apartment… now I just need to find the little plastic things that you iron together. </p>http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/25635764247http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/25635764247Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:12:00 +0100stacey jacobsdiynew apartmenttrend forecasting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ja7dAyvU1rtku3eo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ja7dAyvU1rtku3eo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ja7dAyvU1rtku3eo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ja7dAyvU1rtku3eo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Adventures through Tumblr - great images from a 19 year old Christopher Frank Beitz. More from him <a href="http://myodos.tumblr.com" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/25000367910http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/25000367910Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:24:00 +0100adventures through tumblrstacey jacobstrend forecasting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5jcsgjJ2H1qg7b4vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m working on a project on Survivalist Architecture as a sign of our times… a reactionary measure to the threats that we face globally and locally. I had the opportunity to speak to KWK Promes, the team behind this spectacular house in Poland. </p> <p>At night the house closes up to be an impenetrable concrete box, but during the day it opens to be a modern masterpiece complete with drawbridge to connect to the adjoining above ground pool. </p> <p>More info on them <a href="http://www.kwkpromes.pl/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/24999499024http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/24999499024Sun, 10 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0100stylusstacey jacobstrend forecastingarchitecturedesign<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/33698394" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Awesome and adorable all at the same time. Science love. </p>http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/24116420564http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/24116420564Thu, 31 May 2012 07:06:00 +0100sciencetrend forecastingstacey jacobs“THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO WRITING BETTER THAN YOU NORMALLY DO.” - BY COLIN NISSAN on...http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/20877614856http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/20877614856Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:25:00 +0100writingstacey jacobstrend forecasting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m28o29OR4P1qg7b4vo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><span>My latest piece for Portable.tv on the resurgence of fashion GIFs…</span></p> <p><span>We are well and truly in the midst of a GIF revival. As 2012 marks the 25th birthday of the iconic — and potentially seizure inducing — format, Portable examines how the medium has evolved and why fashion in particular is embracing the resurgence. Read it all <a href="http://portable.tv/fashion/post/fashion-gives-it-up-for-the-gif/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/20813684249http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/20813684249Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:58:00 +0100fashionfashion gifstacey jacobsworkfashion futuretrend forecasting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1vj20Bz2I1qg7b4vo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Having so much fun researching GIFs for a project I am working on… yes it’s meant to be about the fashion industry’s love of the GIF, but who can resist GIF Cheesus?</p>http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/20372163886http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/20372163886Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:41:00 +0100fashion giffashion futurestacey jacobsworktrend forecasting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0u7li7cQw1qzt7h7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pinterest just got even better.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.fastcompany.com/post/19244799026/sometime-soon-pinterest-will-expand-the-number-of" target="_blank">fastcompany</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Sometime soon, Pinterest will expand the number of things users can pin, including videos from Hulu, Vimeo, and Netflix. “Driving traffic out is really fundamental for us,” he said. “The mission of Pinterest is not to keep people on the site forever. It’s to get people out and to find those objects.”</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1824459/coming-soon-from-pinterest-new-profile-new-things-to-pin" target="_blank">Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann Shows Off New Profile, New Social Tools, Addresses Controversy</a></p> </blockquote>http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/19267281776http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/19267281776Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:31:00 +0000pintereststacey jacobsthoughtsworktrend forecastingKony’s Victims and the Kony 2012 Video: Worth reading in the wake of the Kony 2012 backlashhttp://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/19265763692http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/19265763692Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:08:00 +0000stacey jacobskonythoughts<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0r8cpvElj1qg7b4vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m back in Sydney… the start of the next big adventure. </p>http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/19166001431http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/19166001431Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:26:00 +0000stacey jacobssydneynew“The nature of criticism is changing, so this hierarchy of expertise is crumbling.” -...http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/16914153321http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/16914153321Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:11:00 +0000thoughtsstacey jacobsTripAdvisor<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly23jsdkye1qg7b4vo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>My thoughts on why fashion films suck</p>http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/16121383492http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/16121383492Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:35:00 +0000fashionfashion filmfashion futuretrend forecastingstacey jacobswork<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxwjjvvH9v1qg7b4vo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A lovely dress + a <a href="http://pinterest.com/staceyljacobs/" target="_blank">link</a> to my Pintrest </p>http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/15953859357http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/15953859357Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:35:00 +0000pintereststacey jacobstrend forecasting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxw1dpAXx51qg7b4vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The boom in luxury kidswear - a piece I wrote for Scout </p>http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/15941924637http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/15941924637Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:03:00 +0000fashionluxurytrend forecastingstacey jacobskidswear<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmrfz1dOjw1qzdzabo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/15941540638http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/15941540638Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:52:08 +0000<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YfY1lfFu8j8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The internet was made for this level of excellence. </p>http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/15668597877http://staceyljacobs.tumblr.com/post/15668597877Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:52:00 +0000stacey jacobsgrandmacrazy