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
Attending metaverse raves, fashion’s reverse logistics problem, and Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard
Thank God it’s Friday, and we’re back from our Christmas hiatus! In this episode we discuss:
- Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard’s exciting approach to NFTs
- Visiting a metaverse rave
- Microsoft’s 68 billion…
Weekly: Nike acquires RTFKT, the post-pandemic traveller, & Hazelight wins Game of the Year
On the season finale, we discuss:
- Nike acquires the french digital sneaker brand RTFKT
- Chanel invests heavily in craftsmanship and artisans
- Swedish developer Hazelight wins Game of the Year with It Take…
Olof Hoverfält on humanizing AI
This week we're guested by Helsinki based Olof Hoverfält works as strategy & business design consultant at technology company Reaktor. Olof has made a name for himself as a writer and public speaker …
Weekly: Turning a Banksy into 10,000 NFTs & Nio’s Norwegian battery-as-a-service launch
On the show today:
- Former Christie’s boss Loïc Gouzer’s newly started company Particle.
- Banksy’s Love Is In The Air painting is being cut up to 10,000 digital pieces as NFTs.
- Is shared ownership taking …
How space tech can save our wildlife
We revisit a live panel talk from the Swedish pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, which was part of our activities during space week earlier this fall. The panel discusses how space can act as an acceler…
Weekly: Remembering Virgil Abloh, Slush 2021 takeaways, & Square reforming to Block
On the show today:
- This week’s travel guide to Sognefjorden, the breathtakingly beautiful and big fjord in Norway.
- Our favourite memories and projects from Virgil Abloh.
- How Jack Dorsey’s tech empire is…
Carl-Oscar Lawaczeck on the rebirth of airships
Carl-Oscar Lawaczeck has been an aeroplane pilot for more than a decade but is now taking another trajectory within aviation — airships. Lawaczeck is the CEO of OceanSky, a Swedish based aviation com…
Weekly: A first look at The Next Sustainable Consumer Report
We invite Scandinavian MIND editor-at-large Fredrik Ekström to speak on The New Sustainable Consumer, to be released on December 9. In the quantitative report, Fredrik clarifies sustainability with t…
Jakob Trollbäck on designing the UN’s 17 Global Goals
Jakob Trollbäck is the founder of The New Division and Trollbäck + Company. On top of this, he is perhaps most famous as the main architect behind the communication language for the United Nation's 1…
Weekly: Inequality in the startup ecosystem (with Nora Bavey, Unconventional Ventures)
Our show about current trends and events within business, tech, fashion, design, culture, and more. From the Nordic perspective of our team of editors and contributors.
- The Startup Funding Report, whi…
Margot Barolo on the Kinship method
Margot Barolo is a renowned product designer and programme director and lecturer at Beckmans College of Design. In recent years Barolo has delved into the issues of production and challenged the imag…
Weekly: Zara Larsson’s Roblox triumph, Uber air taxis, & tech in Espoo
Our show about current trends and events within business, tech, fashion, design, culture, and more. From the Nordic perspective of our team of editors and contributors.
- How Zara Larsson’s Roblox conce…
The Dematerialised on fashion's role in the metaverse (repost)
Today we revisit our interview with Karinna Nobbs and Marjorie Hernandez from June 2021. Karinna Nobbs and Marjorie Hernandez are founders of The Dematerialised. A new marketplace for digital fashion…
Weekly: All things metaverse (with Emma Ridderstad)
Our show about current trends and events within business, tech, fashion, design, culture, and more. From the Nordic perspective of our team of editors and contributors.
Today on the program:
- We go all …
Female founders panel
Meet three founders of forward-thinking startups, and hear them talk about how to innovate traditional industries, running a company based on Swedish values, and the need for more female entrepreneur…
Weekly: Facebook’s name change, the new Oura ring, and Stockholm’s new Creative Tech Week
Our show about current trends and events within business, tech, fashion, design, culture, and more. From the Nordic perspective of our team of editors and contributors.
Today on the program:
- Did Facebo…
Micael Dahlén on how numbers run (and ruin) our lives
Micael Dahlen is a professor at the Stockholm School of Economics, with expertise in the intersecting areas of consumer behaviour, human happiness, welfare, marketing and creativity. He is also a spe…
Weekly: Haptic gloves, Bitcoin ETF, and ranking Scandinavian pavilions at Expo 2020
Our show about current trends and events within business, tech, fashion, design, culture, and more. From the Nordic perspective of our team of editors and contributors.
Today on the program:
The possib…
Space panel with Christer Fuglesang, Mathias Sundin, & Cecilia Hertz
At the start of this week, Scandinavian MIND presented the launch of Space Week at the Swedish pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai. On the opening day, we conducted a panel talk with Christer Fuglesang, a…
Weekly: Gallery season, gaming furniture, and Lynk & Co's new retail concept.
Our show about current trends and events within business, tech, fashion, design, culture, and more. From the Nordic perspective of our team of editors and contributors.
Today on the program:
We’ll talk…