{"id":4251589,"date":"2023-01-19T17:43:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T15:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/downloads\/dept-2023-trends-report\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T10:12:27","slug":"dept-2023-trends-report","status":"publish","type":"whitepaper","link":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/en-uki\/downloads\/dept-2023-trends-report\/","title":{"rendered":"DEPT\u00ae 2023 Trends Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block-whitepaper-intro\">\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"block-whitepaper-intro__meta\"\n\t\tdata-animation=\"scale-fade\"\n\t\tdata-animation-target=\"inner-items\"\n\t\tdata-animation-stagger=\"0.1\"\n\t>\n\t\t<div\t\t\tclass=\"block-whitepaper-intro__badge\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg area-hidden='true' width='16' height='16' viewBox='0 0 16 16' fill='none' xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'><path d='M5.5 11.8337H10.5V10.8337H5.5V11.8337ZM5.5 9.16699H10.5V8.16699H5.5V9.16699ZM4.20517 14.3337C3.86839 14.3337 3.58333 14.217 3.35 13.9837C3.11667 13.7503 3 13.4653 3 13.1285V2.87216C3 2.53538 3.11667 2.25033 3.35 2.01699C3.58333 1.78366 3.86839 1.66699 4.20517 1.66699H9.5L13 5.16699V13.1285C13 13.4653 12.8833 13.7503 12.65 13.9837C12.4167 14.217 12.1316 14.3337 11.7948 14.3337H4.20517ZM9 5.66699V2.66699H4.20517C4.15383 2.66699 4.10683 2.68838 4.06417 2.73116C4.02139 2.77383 4 2.82083 4 2.87216V13.1285C4 13.1798 4.02139 13.2268 4.06417 13.2695C4.10683 13.3123 4.15383 13.3337 4.20517 13.3337H11.7948C11.8462 13.3337 11.8932 13.3123 11.9358 13.2695C11.9786 13.2268 12 13.1798 12 13.1285V5.66699H9Z' fill='currentColor'\/><path d='M4 5.66699V2.66699V13.3337M5.5 11.8337H10.5V10.8337H5.5V11.8337ZM5.5 9.16699H10.5V8.16699H5.5V9.16699ZM4.20517 14.3337C3.86839 14.3337 3.58333 14.217 3.35 13.9837C3.11667 13.7503 3 13.4653 3 13.1285V2.87216C3 2.53538 3.11667 2.25033 3.35 2.01699C3.58333 1.78366 3.86839 1.66699 4.20517 1.66699H9.5L13 5.16699V13.1285C13 13.4653 12.8833 13.7503 12.65 13.9837C12.4167 14.217 12.1316 14.3337 11.7948 14.3337H4.20517ZM9 5.66699V2.66699H4.20517C4.15383 2.66699 4.10683 2.68838 4.06417 2.73116C4.02139 2.77383 4 2.82083 4 2.87216V13.1285C4 13.1798 4.02139 13.2268 4.06417 13.2695C4.10683 13.3123 4.15383 13.3337 4.20517 13.3337H11.7948C11.8462 13.3337 11.8932 13.3123 11.9358 13.2695C11.9786 13.2268 12 13.1798 12 13.1285V5.66699H9Z' stroke='currentColor' stroke-width='0.25'\/><\/svg>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-sans-14\">\n\t\t\t\tDownload\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-92 block-whitepaper-intro__title\"\n\tdata-animation=\"slide\" data-animation-target=\"words\" >DEPT\u00ae 2023 Trends Report<\/p>\n\t<img\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/digital-trends-2023.jpg\"\n\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\tclass=\"block-whitepaper-intro__featured-image\"\n\t\tdata-animation=\"scale-fade\"\n\t\tdata-animation-stagger=\"0.1\"\n\t>\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"block-whitepaper-intro__content\"\n\t\tdata-animation=\"slide-fade\"\n\t\tdata-animation-target=\"inner-items-separate\"\n\t>\n\t\t\n<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-16 block-text__text\"\n\t>Download the whitepaper<\/p>\n\n<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-16 block-text__text\"\n\t>We won\u2019t lie: this year\u2019s edition of our annual trends report surprised even us.\u00a0<br><br>The future of digital has fundamentally shifted over the course of the past year, in large part because of Gen Z and their refusal to accept the status quo.\u00a0<br><br>These young people are changing the world, rewriting definitions, and pushing for a future in which digital no longer supercedes the real world but, rather, serves it to create a way of living that is authentic and sustainable.<br><br>We see this in the way that Web3 technologies are emerging to offer \u201cphygital\u201d experiences,\u00a0 digital experiences that act in combination with physical ones. 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