Entries in Lab
Co-creation for the agriculture of the future

Exciting challenges for the agriculture of the future result in an exciting project for Bonsai. We tackled this topic of innovation in the agricultural sector in a co-creation workshop with the Forum Moderne Landwirtschaft at the end of November. The background: In 2050, agriculture will have to feed ten billion people, while operating in the most climate-friendly way possible, promoting animal welfare and biodiversity and adapting to changing consumer habits.

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Bonsai - Inquiring: Quotes from consumers

To really understand consumers, we follow an almost revolutionary concept at Bonsai Lab: listen, listen, ask, listen again. And because a personal statement sometimes says more than 1,000 numbers, we let you listen in on what people have to say in our studies every month. In original sound. Today, the question is: How important will cars be for you in the future?

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Values index: freedom becomes most important value - great media coverage

People's longing for ease and freedom has grown enormously in permanent crisis mode. The problem is that the quest for individual freedom threatens to divide our society. The exciting results of the new values index update met with a great response in the media. On 13.01. more about this at an online presentation of Bonsai.

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Complementing Qualitative Research with AI

"Cool buddy AI" - under this title Alexandra von Cukrowicz (Head of Bonsai Lab) and Stefka Mihaylova (Director Europe Entropik Technologies) report in Planung & Analyse about the innovative AI application Decode. With Decode, the voice and facial expressions of group discussion participants are analyzed with the help of AI. A twelve-country study shows what the innovative tool can do.

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The Bonsai Lab - just take a look

The Bonsai Lab is the creative space where we try out new things. And on our website we show - now also new - in short videos what we have to offer: Our holistic approach that combines qualitative inquiry with implicit methods and semiotic & cultural analysis. Our Qualitative Classics, Innovation Development and the Future Studies made by Bonsai. And on YouTube you can find an "animalistic" introduction of the Bonsai Lab team.

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Bonsai - Inquiring: Quotes from consumers

To really understand consumers, we follow an almost revolutionary concept at Bonsai Lab: listen, listen, ask, listen again. And because a personal statement sometimes says more than 1,000 numbers, we let you listen in on what people have to say in our studies every month. In original sound. Today, the question is: What influence do online reviews have on your purchase decision?

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QVC study Next Home - the future of living

The home is becoming a multifunctional control centre, the technology largely invisible. Hybrid forms of work are gaining ground. While robots are taking over everyday tasks, do-it-yourself is becoming a meaningful counter-trend. These are just some of the keywords of the QVC future study "Next Home - How will Germany live the day after tomorrow", which is now available for download.

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Young target group - research beyond stereotypes

The GenZ is also pigeonholed and pressed into buzzwords. The desire to describe young consumers in simple stereotypes and key figures has so far survived every generational change - including that from the so-called Generation Chillstand to Generation Greta. Ina Komischke, Client Partner Bonsai Lab, pleads for differentiated, qualitative target group research in the current issue of planning&analysis.

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Get to the cream pots - half of men have an affinity for cosmetics

Katharina Hartwich (Cosnova) and Alexandra von Cukrowicz (Bonsai) presented the innovative men's cosmetics study: "How we got men to talk about beauty" at Qual360. As part of the qualitative WhatsApp survey, the participants photographed their beauty products, among other things, and thus provided not only numbers and statements, but also special insights into Detschland's bathroom. More about the study and the method will be available on Thursday at Succeet2021 in Munich and here:

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QVC Future Study Next Home: The Home Becomes a Control Centre

The pandemic has accelerated the change to virtual everyday life as if in fast motion. This is also changing our homes. The QVC future study "Next Home - How will Germany live the day after tomorrow?" shows that many things will remain and change in the way we live in the future. Because in 2040, our home will be an all-rounder, a place for retreat and departure in equal measure.

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Market Research Week - what Bonsai offers

Bonsai Research presents exciting research approaches in four events at Market Research Week: We decode the Path to Purchase anew and present how we intelligently combine qualitative research and metering. We show what companies gain from researching the context that shapes people in all walks of life and why CX is less about the "right" software and more about the effective use of the "right" data.

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Nadja Hilse joins the Bonsai Lab as of today

planning & analysis reports today: "The team building at Bonsai Research continues - this time the Bonsai Lab, the qualitative research of Bonsai, gets new support: Nadja Hilse as a Client Partner. The experienced semiotician and specialist for cultural insights analyses will take on a cross-sectional function between innovation research, brand strategy and consulting.

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