This document discusses emerging trends around wellness, health, and sustainability in various industries. It notes increasing focus on factors like sleep, exercise, and nutrition that promote overall wellness. New smart lighting and LED technologies are being developed to improve health, food preservation is exploring blue LEDs as a chemical-free alternative, and urban farming seeks to create sustainable local food sources. The document highlights how wellness has become more appealing as products give consumers more control and awareness of their physical and environmental health.

1. my journey through wholesome
living, a trend journal on health &
home
“There’s now a focus on the roots feeding those systems – including sleep, relaxation,
exercise, stress management, building relationships, environmental pollutants,
nutrition and hydration. This allows health and wellness to dominate the food and
drink industry, but also seeps into other industries like beauty, anti-ageing/skincare
and biotechnology.” - Amanda Bontempo
Katie Beth Jolly

2. Ario: Wellness Lighting
“Californian start-up Ario has developed a smart light
that promises to improve people’s health”
LEDs for Food Preservation: Blue
LEDs could provide a chemical-free
alternative to food preservation,
according to scientists at the
National University of Singapore.
“Philips hopes to take city farming to
new heights through this research
with limited use of land or water
resources needed to create healthy,
sustainable and local food almost
anywhere”
ELEVATED WELLNESS Consumer awareness of light and the effect it has on their
wellbeing is being heightened by emerging products and experiences. Subtle
illumination – seamlessly integrated into interiors – is delivering comfort, ambience
and an increased sense of occasion.
Product Defence:
Enhancing Wellness
“The promise of wellness has never been more
appealing as new products and services allow
consumers to take control and gain better awareness
of their physical, mental and environmental health
and wellbeing.”
S t y l u s . c o m
HEALTH CONVERGES WITH
SUSTAINABILITY Forward-thinking
scientists, researchers and product
developers are finding ways to produce
sustainable, healthy food options that don't
negatively impact the environment.
http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com/
environmental-sustainability/
http://www.stylus.com.libproxy.newschool.edu/njkxqm
http://www.philips.com/about/
sustainability/
ourenvironmentalapproach/
greeninnovation/index.page
http://www.windowfarms.com
Philips Hue Phoenix white
light helps you concentrate,
relax and feel energized

3. https://www.pinterest.com/ktbjolly/trend-
journal/

4. I chose this topic because of the interest I have on health and the home.
I was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia and have a passion for
finding ways to live healthier, find alternatives, and overall better my
lifestyle. I have always been into “organic” and have taken part into eco
friendly products, though through my trend journal my eyes have been
opened to so much more possibility of what is to come. The entirety of
homes are changing, environmental sustainability is on the rise,
products are changing for the better, and people are more concerned
than ever of what’s going into their bodies and how they can better
themselves. I felt that my trend journal led me to find that we are
finding a more holistic way of living, and an overall improved
wellbeing for product development for health and home. My
researching was done through articles I came across on the internet,
which were either my own personal questions and concerns that I was
looking for answers to or articles that I randomly came across, from
Pinterest and Stylus, and to observing products in stores.