Scandinavian MIND
Scandinavian MIND is a magazine and a platform covering the intersection of lifestyle and technology. We believe that convergence of different fields is the way forward for technology, fashion, design, mobility, entertainment, gaming, and other industries.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 228
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
How AI and Web3 are upending the music industry
We continue to explore how AI remodels different creative industries, this time focusing on the music industry. Don’t miss this episode’s special bumper, solely AI-made! Talking points are:
- How genera…
A special report from Copenhagen Fashion Week
Calling in from Copenhagen! We share our impressions and lessons from the first couple of days at Copenhagen Fashion Week, and what we expect from the last day. On today’s show:
- The great turn-out at …
These 5 AI projects are reforming creative industries
Today we are looking at some specific projects and phenomena that will, and are already, affecting fashion, design, art, and more. Talking points are:
- How AI can help with focus, relaxation and creati…
Can fashion weeks solve the industry’s problems?
We share a ground report from our visits to Pitti Uomo in Florence and Berlin Fashion Week. In the episode we talk about:
- The Nordic brands making a mark in Florence.
- Italian tradition versus German in…
How future thinking can help drive sustainability (with Charlotte Sundåker)
We’re finally back! We’re happy to kick off season 5 with special guest Charlotte Sundåker, CEO and co-founder of Planethon, a futures and transformation agency offering a data-driven, science-based …
KONST: The Art of Making Business in Art (with Carl ”The Art Reporter” Larsson)
In this episode of KONST, our host Roland-Philippe Kretzschmar talks with LA-based Swedish art dealer Carl Larsson about how to do art business. Larsson is not only an acclaimed art advisor running o…
Polestar Talks: Design Towards Zero (With Petteri Masalin and Tomek Rygalik)
Today we are revisiting a panel talk that we hosted together with Polestar in Helsinki, Finland a few weeks ago. This time we sat down with Tomek Rygalik, founder of Studio Rygalik and Design Nature …
ChatGPT explained (with Justin Hackney)
Today we unwrap the recent social media craze on artificial intelligence text tool ChatGPT, and invite the creative director and founder of AI community RealDreams to get an early adopter’s views. We…
Polestar Talks: Good design (With Laura Juslin and Tej Chauhan)
Today we are revisiting a panel talk that we hosted together with Polestar in Helsinki, Finland a few weeks ago. At Polestar’s Helsinki-based showroom we hosted a panel conversation with Laura Juslin…
Why is Nike launching an NFT platform?
Today we take a look at the ongoing launch of Nike’s new NFT platform .Swoosh and what it means for the future of digital fashion. We talk about:
- Why NFTs seem to thrive when crypto doesn’t.
- Are legacy…
Can fashion solve overproduction?
Today we discuss the environmental and social effects of overproduction in the fashion industry, and try to look ahead with optimism. We discuss:
- Why overproduction occurs in the first place, and how …
A special report from Slush
We report live from Northern Europe’s biggest gathering of tech startups and VC investors. On top of personal observations on the state of VCs and investments in the Nordics and new announcements fro…
Can resell save fashion?
For today’s episode, we lift the most exciting projects and initiatives from fashion resell platforms that have been launched recently. We talk about:
The state of resell.
Difference between vintage an…
Top 3 beauty innovations right now
This week we invite our Senior Digital Editor and beauty expert Johan Magnusson to share the most interesting innovations, trends, and beauty tech initiatives in the Nordics right now. We discuss:
KONST: Inside the hyped Coulisse Gallery (with Filip Zieciak, Jeanette Gunnarsson, and Hank Grüner)
In this episode of KONST our host Roland-Philippe Kretzschmar talks about the hyped Coulisse Gallery with owners Filip Zieciak and Jeanette Gunnarsson. We’re also guested by Hank Grüner, who debuts h…
Is phygital the way forward for NFTs?
For today's episode, or listisode, we list 5 recent projects from the fashion industry that merge digital ownership with physical experiences.
- Burberry and Minecraft’s coming collaboration of both phy…
What is Ugly Core and why does it matter?
This week we talk about Ugly Core, a new aesthetic for fashion and culture that has gone viral on Tiktok and Instagram. We discuss:
- How the trend grew in Generation Z, and we introduce some of the tre…
KONST: Why there are no Sundays in the art business and running a gallery for over 30 years (with Marina Schiptjenko)
In today's episode, our host Roland-Philippe Kretzschmar is joined by Marina Schiptjenko, art gallery legend, pop star and actor.
Marina Schiptjenko was born in 1965 in Malmö, Sweden. In 1986 she mov…
A Nordic response to Iran (with Atefeh Sebdani)
We sit down with special guest Atefeh Sebdani, a Stockholm-based tech worker, author, and activist, to further discuss our story about how the tech and lifestyle industries react to the Iran uprising…
Can Nothing convert Apple users to Android?
This week we conduct a brand study of Nothing, the newly launched tech brand founded by the Swedish-Chinese super entrepreneur Carl Pei, and the creative juggernaut Jesper Kouthoofd.
- The brand has an …