Scandinavian MIND

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 it affects the Sell Through Rate at retailers.Why is it so hard to get the data? We unwrap the extensive 2022 Fashion Transparency Index report.The new market for discarded textiles, with oil refinery-type services in India and beyond.The need for recycling innovations, and our recent visit to Renewcell’s new factory.And our favourite initiatives from digital and physical fashion that could turn the negative trend around.Visit our website for more insights and sign up for our weekly newsletter!With: Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-Chief & Founder, Megha Prakash, Editorial Assistant, and Erik Sedin, Junior Editor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 from the European Innovation Commission, we share insights from:Reetta Pesonen, head of communications at Slush, the reason why she wants fewer visitors. The latest developments in the metaverse, with Zoan founders Miikka Rosendahl and Laura Olin.Sebastien Borget, Sandbox co-founder, on how brands should use the metaverse. Agate Freimane, General Partner at Norrsken VC, shares the current investing climate. Sign up for our newsletter for more weekly insights.With: Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-Chief & Founder and Erik Sedin, Junior Editor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 and resellOur favourite resell and vintage platforms.Season 4, episode 7 of our weekly podcast show on how technology is transforming the creative industries.Visit our website for more insights and sign up for our weekly newsletter!With: Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-Chief & Founder, Roland Philippe Kretzschmar, Editor-at-Large, and Erik Sedin, Junior Editor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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:Virtual try-on, AI/AR, personalization for skincare and makeup.The rise of blue beauty and the industry’s venture into the oceans to develop biotech and merge it with natural ingredients. Material innovation in both packaging and product, like using wood and 3D printers. Season 4, episode 6 of our weekly podcast show on how technology is transforming the creative industries.Visit our website for more insights and sign up for our weekly newsletter! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 his shamanistic art at the gallery on November 4. If the last episode was about running a gallery for 30-plus years, this conversation is about setting up a new space and how to build relevance. In this episode of KONST, the host Roland-Philippe Kretzschmar meets with Filip Zieciak, founder of the much-hyped Coulisse Gallery. They are joined by Jeanette Gunnarsson, a freelance curator running the gallery with Filip, and Hank Grüner, an artist who will soon have his first solo show in Stockholm.Coulisse Gallery focuses on presenting young, cutting-edge artists and designers, from Scandinavia and beyond. With a collaborative approach at its core, the gallery aims to bring a vibrant new energy to the Stockholm art scene, connecting artists and creatives from different disciplines who have common visual and conceptual threads in their practices. Coulisse Gallery is run by founder Filip Zieciak together with freelance curator Jeanette Gunnarsson. Filip is a Konstfack graduate, having previously worked as a furniture and set designer and architect in the Netherlands and Sweden. Jeanette previously worked as a freelance curator with various galleries in London and New York before moving to Stockholm at the end of 2021. KONST is a show by Scandinavian MIND about contemporary and future art; the interconnection with society, culture, technology, finance and lifestyle. The outlook is primarily at the art world from a Scandinavian perspective, although taking into account the global arena of artists, exhibitions, trade fairs and other current events. The host of KONST is Roland-Philippe Kretzschmar, Editor-at-large at Scandinavian MIND. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 physical and digital clothes. Gucci Vault and Palace’s digital shopping space.Running brands Satisfy and Norda’s new trail shoe comes with a dynamic NFT that changes the more you run.Chanel’s new beauty salon with virtual and in-person workshops.RTFKT and Rimowa merge the world of physical and digital craftsmanship in a suitcase and NFT drop. With: Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-Chief & Founder, Roland Philippe Kretzschmar, Editor-at-Large, and Erik Sedin, Junior Editor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 trends we’ve seen on social media. The Nordic example: Swedish designer Beate Karlsson, AVAVAV.How does it affect the fashion industry at large?Season 4, episode 4 of our weekly podcast show on how technology is transforming the creative industries. With: Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-Chief & Founder, Roland Philippe Kretzschmar, Editor-at-Large, and Erik Sedin, Junior Editor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 moved to Stockholm to study comparative literature and theatre at Stockholm University. Parallel to her studies she worked for Swedish Radio, hosting her own program series on electronic music and related topics.In 1988 she started working as a director at a gallery focusing on constructivist art. After completing her studies, she was recruited by Ciléne Andréhn to Arton A, a contemporary art gallery in Stockholm. After a brief period of working together, they decided to open their own gallery; Andréhn-Schiptjenko Gallery was founded in 1991. Since its inception, Andréhn-Schiptjenko has consistently been committed to working in an international arena and to the long-term representation of emerging and established contemporary artists from all over the world working with painting, sculpture, photography, film and digital media as well as installation-based and site-specific work. The gallery is located in Stockholm and Paris.With a profound interest in the exhibition as form, the gallery has presented shows that have become seminal, successfully launching the careers of Scandinavian artists such as Cajsa von Zeipel, Gunnel Wåhlstrand, Annika von Hausswolff and Matts Leiderstam, and giving artists such as Uta Barth, Cecilia Bengolea, José León Cerrillo, Martín Soto Climent, Ridley Howard, Tony Matelli, and Xavier Veilhan their first European or Scandinavian one-person exhibition. In recent years the gallery has also exhibited work by deceased artists such as Francesca Woodman and Siri Derkert, successfully renewing critical and public interest in their work.Over the years, Marina Schiptjenko has lectured on contemporary art and music in the digital age, invited by a slew of Swedish companies and universities. For six years, she was chairperson for the Swedish Gallery Association and has been on the board of the Friends of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. She has been a lecturer at the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts and served as an examiner at the School of Photography at Gothenburg University and the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. She has often served as a jury member in contexts such as music, literature, design and art. She also worked as a master of ceremonies at several award ceremonies in the field of music, architecture and design.Fun facts:Marina has played the keyboard in different pop groups since 1980, the most famous one was Bodies Without Organs with Alexander Bard.She acted in the Palm d’Or winner The Square alongside Claes Bang in 2017. They have continued the collaboration and are now making music together Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. We talk about:The Nordic tech and lifestyle industry’s response to Iran.We go through what is happening in Iran right now, the protests by Iranian women, and subsequent strike downs and killings from the government, in the events following the death of Mahsa Jîna Amini in September.Why is the social media uproar so big in Sweden?What can someone do that wants to learn more?Sign up for Amnesty’s petition here.Don’t forget to leave a review if you like what you’re hearing, and sign up for our newsletter to get more insights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 outspoken mission to convert Apple users to Android, can they succeed? We talk about the strength of Apple’s walled garden.What do the design sensibilities of Jesper Kouthoofd and Teenage Engineering mean for the brand? We talk about the Swedish creative powerhouse that was portrayed in Scandinavian MIND issue 3.We look at the brand’s recent launch during London Fashion Week.Plus: we have used the actual product, and give a first-hand review of Nothing’s Phone (1).Read our interview with Jesper Kouthoofd here.With: Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-Chief & Founder, Roland Philippe Kretzschmar, Editor-at-Large, and Erik Sedin, Junior Editor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.