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04.01.20

Current Obsession

Inflatables Were Trending Even Before It Became Preferable to Live in a Bubble

Well, this is weird. We started noticing inflatables as a trend last year, and at the time, we connected it to the broader idea of escape, which we wrote about earlier this year in our 2020 forecast. Now, of course, the idea of living in an actual bubble seems painfully prescient and on the nose at best, and like a dystopian fantasy at worst.
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