We call up our design editor Ilenia Martini who is present at Milan Design Week to hear what she’s observed for the past week, and what she’s looking forward to for the weekend. We talk about: Ilenia’s favourites exhibitions and project launches across the city Why fashion brands like Nike, Louis Vuitton, and Hermes are still betting on design weeks Our impression of Euroluce, the International Lighting Exhibition. Show notes: The founder of Teenage Engineering opens up to his creative space New...
Apr 21, 2023•28 min
We share a special report from Metaverse Fashion Week, where our fashion editor Oliver Dahle for the second time shares his boots-on-the-ground observations and insights. In this episode, we discuss: Why legacy brands like Hugo Boss, Tommy Hilfiger and Coach are still betting on the metaverse How this year’s cross-platform experience at Decentraland, Spacial, and Over enhanced last year’s version. How phygital has become the new buzzword in digital fashion And which up-and-coming designers are d...
Apr 14, 2023•34 min
We continue to explore the development of AI in creative industries, this time looking at examples of when it is used in ethically questionable ways. Talking points are: Levis’ recent use of "artificial diversity" in their models What an AI drew up when we asked it to show us CEOs Will the new phenomenon LLMO replace SEO? This is season 5, episode 13 of our weekly podcast show on how technology is transforming the creative industries. Show notes: Levis’ use of artificial diversity. The tool we u...
Apr 06, 2023•26 min
Today we’re guested by Jonathan Haralambakis, owner and CEO of Stockholm-based marketplace platform xNomad, which aims to transform two innately traditional industries: real estate and physical retail. In this conversation, among much else, we talk about: What it’s like to digitise conservative industries How the pandemic accelerated digitisation across most industries What he does to bring data-driven decision-making to the physical space How his background as a banker has helped in the startup...
Mar 31, 2023•49 min
Today we’re joined by special guest Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, serial entrepreneur and founder of the new media company Sequel . Gustaf recently launched a new interview show featuring some of the world’s biggest personalities within business and culture, including business leader Gary Vaynerchuck, DJs Giolí & Assia, and fashion entrepreneur Matilda Djerf, as well as Joe Foster, the founder of Reebok. Today we touch upon: What it means to be passion driven in the social media space. What you ...
Mar 24, 2023•43 min
This week OpenAI released GPT4, its latest language model. We break down what it means for the future of work and creativity. Also: we are joined by special guest Julia Krantz, Creative Director in the 3D space and founder of the website Magic Fabric, which covers digital fashion, AI art, and more. We talk about: Our anxieties and worries about our work roles looking ahead. How we’re using AI in our daily work today. Julia’s own chatbot that works as an oracle for digital fashion This is season ...
Mar 17, 2023•43 min
We swung by the For Women in Science awards held in Stockholm on International Women’s Day, to hear about exciting new discoveries in the scientific world. The annual award rewards five eminent women scientists for their contributions to life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, and computer science. On today’s episode, we hear from: Kathlén Kohn, assistant professor in mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology and winner of the computer science award. Beatriz Villarroel, an astronom...
Mar 10, 2023•26 min
We return with part two of the Retail Tech Talks that we held at CIFF a few weeks ago. This time we share a live interview with Frederik Larsen (PhD), co-founder of In futurum, a Copenhagen-based fashion consultancy. This fireside chat is called A new policy for fashion – how branding and production will be shaped by the ecological crisis and talking points, among much more, are: How he helped to write the sustainability strategy for Copenhagen Fashion Week What is happening with new EU directiv...
Mar 03, 2023•26 min
Today we are revisiting our Retail Tech Talks, a live programme was hosted at CIFF, the Copenhagen International Fashion Fairs, a few weeks ago. We are going to listen to two panel talks, featuring a group of leading fashion, retail, and tech experts. These talks cover a range of topics, including: How new technologies can help fashion retail The need for data in the supply chain and beyond The issue of traceability and transparency The lack of tech knowledge at fashion brands How can brands hel...
Feb 24, 2023•46 min
Last week, a fully physical Stockholm Design Week and Stockholm Furniture Fair took place for the first time in three years. This week on the podcast, we are joined by a group of insiders from the Swedish design and interior industry: Stefan Nilsson, trend expert, and Lisa Marie Mannfolk Eklund, Managing Editor, Tidskriften Rum. We talk about: Highlights and key trends from the week Top sustainability and innovation projects And an analysis of the state of the design industry This is season 5, e...
Feb 17, 2023•32 min
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 generative AI is coming to music What Web3 and NFTs mean for music rights We also look at some of the Nordic startups in music-tech This is season 5, episode 5 of our weekly podcast show on how technology is transforming the creative industries. Newsletter: https://scandinavianmind.com/newsletter Instagra...
Feb 10, 2023•35 min
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 our live talks at CIFF Highlights from the shows, including Alpha, PLN, and Zalando Sustainability Awards. Impressions from buyers and brands, such as Bruce Pask, men’s fashion director at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman Plus an interview with Sofie Dolva, director at CIFF, on the recent merger w...
Feb 03, 2023•36 min
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 creativity. How a new generation of AI-designers is upending fashion How we are using AI to produce our next issue of Scandinavian MIND. Can an AI run an entire fashion business? This is season 5, episode 3 of our weekly podcast show on how technology is transforming the creative industries. Newsletter: h...
Jan 27, 2023•37 min
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 innovation. How AR and VR can be a tool for Upcycling. What we learned from the German company Yoona’s fashion-tech conference. How fashion activists took over fashion week – and fooled Adidas. With: Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-Chief & Founder and Erik Sedin, Junior Editor, and Oliver Dahle, Editor-...
Jan 20, 2023•26 min
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 platform and business design process framework that enable sustainable investments, transformation initiatives and partnerships. We talk about: Why companies and organisations need to learn to think more about their future The importance of storytelling to create future scenarios How future thinking...
Jan 13, 2023•43 min
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 one of the most inspiring art accounts on Instagram The Art Reporter — but he's also a very nice and humble guy. Talking points are: Running an art dealership for three generations. Helping Tim ”Avicii” Bergling build his art collection. The difference between Scandinavian and international collectors...
Dec 22, 2022•40 min
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 and professor at Aalto University’s architecture department, as well as Petteri Masalin, the Chief Design Officer at Fiskars Group. Together they discuss: The importance of values in design. What responsibilities do they have as designers with regard to sustainability? Their advice to young designers...
Dec 14, 2022•23 min
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 discuss: How ChatGPT can help with creativity and writer’s block. The current flaws and worries with the tool. Examples of video and image AI tools Justin uses as a filmmaker. Visit our website for more insights and sign up for our weekly newsletter ! With: Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-Chief & Found...
Dec 09, 2022•36 min
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, fashion designer and founder of Juslin Maunula and Tej Chauhan, a London-born industrial designer working in his own Helsinki studio. Together they discuss : What responsibilities do they have as designers with regard to sustainability? How fashion and architecture can merge into one design experie...
Dec 07, 2022•22 min
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 brands the way forward for digital assets? The role of community in the digital fashion space. Instagram’s new NFT platform and other examples. Visit our website for more insights and sign up for our weekly newsletter ! With: Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-Chief & Founder, Roland Philippe Kretzschma...
Dec 02, 2022•35 min
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 R...
Nov 25, 2022•35 min
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 sh...
Nov 18, 2022•33 min
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 resell Our 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 Phili...
Nov 11, 2022•27 min
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 w...
Nov 04, 2022•36 min
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 muc...
Nov 02, 2022•40 min
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 digit...
Oct 28, 2022•28 min•Season 4Ep. 5
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...
Oct 21, 2022•32 min
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. Afte...
Oct 17, 2022•51 min
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 s...
Oct 14, 2022•26 min
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 Scandinavia...
Oct 07, 2022•42 min
