Martin Raymond Books

The Trend Forecaster's Handbook is a sharp, in-depth and highly visual textbook and teaching aid forstudents and academics keen to know more about the world of trends, trend forecasting, and consumer-insight techniques. This "how to" book provides design students with skills to understand and track trends and use them to inform their research, design, and product development. With quotes, interviews, and case studies of key players.

Set in 1933, the story follows Lotte, who has escaped poverty to establish a comfortable life for her family in Stirling. Despite her newfound stability, she is haunted by her past and an insatiable urge to walk away from it all. Her journey, intertwined with ghosts and guilt, ultimately guides her to a stark asylum, revealing the complexities of her choices and the unintended consequences of her well-meaning actions.