Scandinavian MIND

We are revising the latest edition of Virtual Creativity Live, which we recorded in front of a live audience at the Lynk & Co showroom in Stockholm.  In this episode, you will hear from:  OLOF LINDH, Founder, Kive LINDA PIMMESHOFER, Founder, Change Retail THOMAS HANA, Co-Founder, Naughty Society We talk about:  How a brand will evolve in the age of artificial intelligence ...

We are speaking with Christopher Morency and Tom Garland, founders of the London-based brand consultancy Edition Partners and the insights platform and newsletter State of the Art. We talk about:  The need to build a brand universe  What community actulally menas Their best examples from global fashion and entertainment brands  As well as their personal favourites from the Nordics H...

This is the first episode in a series of conversations we will publish throughout 2024 in collaboration with textile innovations company OnceMore. We are speaking with: Alexander Granberg, Senior Project Specialist Sustainability & Innovation, at the Danish fashion company Bestseller Angeline Elfström, Business Development Manager, OnceMore. We talk about:  Why working more sustainably is...

We are speaking with Ted Persson, Partner at EQT Ventures and one of the instigators of The Climate Brick, a new framework to fast-track climate tech. We talk about:  Why climate tech needs a different approach to investing and scaling than traditional software companies  We go through the several bricks in The Climage Brick program, including Green Deployment, Product disruption, and Mo...

We are reporting from the leading trade shows for the textile industry that took place in Frankfurt this week.  You will hear from: Dr. Ingo Rollwagen, Professor at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences Lea Zimmermann, Textile Engineer, German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Lauren Davies, Senior Strategist, FranklinTill Nanny Thorman, Textile Engineer, Lunamicro Dirk Vantyghe...

We revisit a talk from Transformation Conference last year, with two of the Nordics’ leading sustainability experts in fashion. Sandra Roos, Vice President Sustainability, Kappahl Jessica Cederberg Wodmar, EVP Global Sustainability & CSR, GANT.  We talk about: - What they are doing to prepare for the new EU legislation - Their view on the extended producer responsibility - The need for ne...

We are revising the latest edition of Virtual Creativity Live, which we recorded in front of a live audience at the Lynk & Co showroom in Stockholm.  In this episode you will hear from:  MARCUS SÖDER, Creative Fashion Analyst JULIA KRANTZ, founder of Magic Fabric ROEI DERHI, fashion designer and founder, Placebo  We talk about: How will creativity in fashion change in the wake o...

We are joined by our new editor-at-large for beauty Selah Rui Li. Selah will report from  Cosmoprof, the big trade show in Bologna  Her observations from the beauty tech scene  Lessons learned from running her own beauty tech brand Ellure  Hosts: Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-chief and Founder, Scandinavian MIND.  Johan Magnusson, Senior Editor, Scandinavian MIND.  Hosted...

We are revisiting our trip to ISPO Munich last year, ahead of the German trade shows upcoming edition this summer.  In this episode you will hear from:  – Lena Haushofer, Exhibition manager, ISPO.   – Kristian W. Andersen, Creative Director of Zeitgeist-ISPO We will talk about: – How ISPO Munch have evolved in recent years – Connecting outdoor with sustainability and lifestyle&...

We are reporting from D-Congress, the retail conference hosted by Svensk Handel/ Swedish Commerce at Gothia Towers in Gothenburg a couple of weeks ago.  We will hear from: Magnus Nikkarinen, Director, Sustainability at Swedish Commerce Linn Lindfred, founder of Circularista and project manager for the Trace4Value DPP project Helena Waker, CEO, Stockholm Fashion District Per Ljungberg, Head of...

We are revising the latest edition of Virtual Creativity Live, recording in front of a live audience at the Lynk & Co showroom in Stockholm.  In this episode you will hear from:  MARCO CAVAZZANA, founder, Cavazzana Collection  HEDVIG MOBERG, founder, Pha–ny  CARL-AXEL WAHLSTRÖM, founder, Copy Magazine We talk about: What generative AI and new digital tools will mean for the...

Our editor-at-large Fredrik Ekström sits down with the team behind Highsnobiety about their report The new outdoor. In this episode you will hear from:  – David Fischer, Founder, Highsnobiety  – Harry Bainbridge, Strategy Director, Highsnobiety  We talk about: – The convergence lifestyle and outdoor – The role of cultural pioneers in this development – How Highsnobiety has collabora...

We are visiting Swedens bigest tech event, the Tech Arena, that took place last week and the Swedish national arena in Stockholm.  We will hear from entrepreneurs, innovators, and investors on the show floor.  Henrik Otendal, co-founder, Reselo Maria Smith, Secretary General, Axfoundation  Jonatan Tullberg, CEO, GS1 Sweden Evalina Antilla, CEO, Wellstreet Ventures.  Jonas Kjell...

We are revisiting our latest Beauty Innovation Talks, recorded in front of a live audience at Copenhagen International Fashion Fairs. We will hear from: Tina Dupont, Product Director, AI & Robotics, NTT Data 
Adam Engelhardt, CIO, CertifyAI Institute 
Danielle Watson, Senior Director Business Development, Revieve In this conversation we talk about: – The latest trends in generative AI – Using...

We speak to Natasha Franck, founder and CEO of EON, a US-based traceability company that has spent the past seven years developing technologies that are now in high demand. EON is working with brands like Balenciaga and Coach on transparency projects, and with the upcoming EU requirement, they are ready to take on the wider European fashion industry.  In this conversation we talk ab...

We report from Scandinavia’s largest design event that has taken place this week, both at the trade show Stockholm Furniture Fair, as well as the many events and showrooms around town. In this episode, we will hear from: Emma Olbers, designer and sustainability expert Adam Scheuring, CEO of carbon software company Variable Jacob Wallér, owner, Jordens Arkitekter Sean Barrett, Head of Innovation, a...

We report from the Danish capital, taking the temperature of Nordics premier fashion industry event and speak to the designers and entrepreneurs that move the industry forward. Also: we visit a new show concept that has arrived in the city.  In this episode we will hear from: Sigurd Bank, founder and designer of Mfpen. Gustav Kjellander and Emil Holmström, founders of Brixtol Textiles  W...

We travel to the French capital for the famous interior design trade show Maison&Object, where there is a strong push towards wellness. We explore what it means with leading voices.  In this episode we hear from: Laurence Carr, founder and CEO of circular design firm Laurence Carr Inc Brune Ouakrat, Strategic Planner & Perspectivist, at the trend agency Peclers Paris Mallory Huron, Be...

We go existential on the fashion industry with Eugene Rabkin, a New York based writer and editor and founder of the media platform  StyleZeitgeist Our editor-at-large Oliver Dahle met with Eugene at the Fashion talks event in Antwerp late last year, hosted by the flemish industry organisation Flanders DC. In this episode we talk about: The failing cultural relevance of fashion How the industr...

We travel to Florence to visit the legendary menswear trade show, and take a peak under the hood with the people responsible for the show and its activities. In this episode we will hear from: Giorgina Cantarini , fashion writer, with a focus on sustainability, and curator of the S Style event  Raffaelo Napoleone , CEO, Pitti Immagine, the organisation that runs the trade show We talk about:...

We are revisiting our Beauty Innovation Talks in Stockholm a few weeks go, where we hosted a great rooster of speakers form the Nordic beauty scene.  We hear from: Lucas Nanini, Head of Europe & Asia, The Good Face Johanna Gillbro, Founder, Skinome Josefin Liljeteg, Chief Innovation Officer, Hardford Lars Fredriksson, CEO & Founder, Verso Leo Salvi, Head of Science, KIND TO BIOME Thes...

In this episode we will hear from: Dr. Hanna Grabenhofer , Associate Partner, McKinsey & Co. Valérie Boiten , Senior Policy Officer, Ellen MacArthur Our editor-at-large Oliver Dahle recently traveled to Antwerp and the yearly design event Fashion talks by Flanders DC, where he met some of the fashion industry’s most forward thinking people.  These were wide ranging conversations about the...

We are revisiting a live talk with Gustav Winsth, a furniture designer who is exploring and pushing the boundaries for how to design, using AR and VR technology.  In this conversation we talk about:  Gustav’s journey from working at truck manufacturer Scania to becoming a leading designer on the Swedish design scene,  His collaboration with Alexander Lervik How he is revolution...

Today we will share insights from our interview series on upcycling, written by Aylin Franzon Lessing learned from upcycling brands ILAG, Deadwood and ARV The challenges and opportunities with upcycling Special guest is Lovisa Nolander, product manager, XV Production, a facility on the west coast of Swede, specialised in upcyclied fashion  Konrad Olsson, editor-in-chief and Founder of Scandin...

We share our insights from the industry gatherings in Sweden the past week: Natural Beauty Show & Borås Textile Days.  From Borås, we share our thoughts on the renewed sense of collaboration in the fashion industry.  From Natural Beauty Show in Malmö, we will hear from participating experts, including:  Nina Drake af Hagelsrum, CEO & co-founder, Make Notion Olga Ringquist, c...