Scandinavian MIND

Finally, our weekly podcast is back from it (a bit too long) summer hiatus! This week we focus on the rise of the famed social media and entertainment platform.

• Why it’s more popular than its competit…

Recycling textiles should be as natural as recycling paper or plastic. Why isn’t it? We discuss the challenges of turning textile fibres into new materials, and the technologies and regulations that …

Erik Karlsson, VC/Impact Investor H&M Co:Lab, Nora Bavey, Founder Unconventional Ventures, and Samira Aissi, Investment manager, SEB Greentech VC, talk about what they are looking for in startups and…

Saskia Neuman Gallery represents Nordic as well as internationally based artists. The exhibition program reflects a strong focus on early and mid-career artists, often previously not exhibited in Swe…

How do you communicate innovation in a visual industry? We hear practical examples on creative marketing, and learn about the need for radical transparency in order to make the consumer a decision ma…

Kirsi Terho, Key Account Director, Infinited Fiber, and Niklas von Weymarn, CEO, Metsä Spring, share practical tips on how brands and designers can utilise new technologies and material sciences to a…

A new generation of consumers is demanding more from their brands. Taking a stand and showcasing your values are more important than ever. We look at how Finnish and Swedish values meet the task.

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We invite a panel of designers to talk about how they can exchange their creativity, and sometimes radical ideas, into commercial successes while keeping an eye on the environment. As a central part …

Thank you for tuning into the season finale of the Scandinavian MIND weekly podcast! In this episode:

• 9 highlights from Fuorisalone and Salone Del Mobile at Milan Design Week.
• Garments that can help pe…

Author and journalist Alec Leach released his new book The world is on fire but we’re still buying shoes earlier this year. This episode focuses on Leach’s key takeaways from his research on the fash…

In this episode of KONST, our host Roland-Philippe Kretzschmar sits down with Jerry Gogosian to speak on her art meme page @jerrygogosian, and the general state of the art industry. Jerry Gogosian is…

Thank you for tuning in to our weekly podcast! This week we discuss:

• The best fashion-tech initiatives in the Nordics.
• A new EU rule will require all phones and electronics to use a standard charger.
• Ou…

Thank you for tuning into the Scandinavian MIND weekly podcast! This time around we discuss:

• The opportunities, and challenges, with text-to-image AI deep learning (click this link to see our artworks…

In this episode we discuss:

The upcoming design weeks.

Our favourite Beckmans College of Design’s graduation projects.

The coming Transformation Conference in Helsinki.

Playing artificial intelligence te…

This is the third part of our new podcast series Values in the Metaverse. In this series, we will interview designers, experts, and entrepreneurs working with digital fashion, metaverse, and NFTs. Wh…

In this episode we discuss:

• Einride’s Mesh event and the newly launched autonomous trailer.
• Inside fashion education’s digital makeover

With: Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-Chief & Founder, Erik Sedin, Junior…

This is the second part of our new podcast series Values in the Metaverse. In this series, we will interview designers, experts, and entrepreneurs working with digital fashion, metaverse, and NFTs. W…

In this episode of Scandinavian MIND weekly we discuss:

• Developments in fashion-tech and sustainability — our key takeaways from e-P Summit — Scandinavian MIND
• The Future of Fashion: From design to mer…

In this episode of KONST, our host Roland-Philippe Kretzschmar meets with Jonas Kleerup and Edin Kjellvertz. We discuss:

• The intersection of art and design.
• Have the (white cube) galleries outplayed th…

In this episode we discuss:

Our recent survey on educating digitalisation at fashion universities.

How The Vatican will create a NFT gallery to ‘democratize art’

Spotify’s new Roblox platform

Finnish te…