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Jack Self uses time capsule in Iittala’s exhibition about the radicality of timeless design

FASHION / DIGITAL FASHION

Mads Nørgaard partners with Phanta to launch line of physical classics and digital accessories

RANRA blends luxury menswear essentials with innovation and Icelandic folk stories

Copenhagen Fashion Week presents initiative to support leading emerging Nordic designers

Vestre’s project manager on building ”the world’s most sustainable furniture factory” in Norway

MOBILITY / TECHNOLOGY

Fossil Free Marine’s mobile fuel stations enable the transition to sustainable boating

Varsity and DHL present conscious cap and transportation efficiency to reduce emissions

Voices

INSIGHTS / CULTURE & DESIGN

”We see design as a catalyst that inspires people to tackle traditionally more complex societal issues”

HANNA HARRIS
On how Helsinki uses design to create better living

”Umeå has the best deli in Scandinavia”

EMIL ÅRENG
On obvious choices and hidden gems when eating in the ”capital of the North”

INSIGHTS / MATERIAL INNOVATIONS

”We plan to use a fermentation process with specific bacteria to create bio-ethanol”

FLORIAN PALLUEL
On how to make garments of sugar

Podcast

Panel discussion: How values are changing the fashion ecosystem (Transformation Conference)

Panel discussion: How to use creativity to address our challenges (Transformation Conference)

The rise of metacommunities and our season finale quiz!

Alec Leach on why we are still shopping (Transformation Conference)

Feature

The Baltic blues

View our fashion editorial from issue 3, from a team of Nordic creatives exploring the baltic Sea onboard the ferry between Stockholm and Helsinki.

Styling ELIN BJURSELL Photography ANTON RENBORG

The founder of Teenage Engineering opens up to his creative space

Jesper Kouthoofd envisioned living in a one-room apartment without any money. But life wanted something different for the Swedish ad-man and founder of music-tech company Teenage Engineering. We were granted an exclusive audience in Kouthoofd’s 18th-century house in Stockholm.

Photography KIMBERLY IHRE Words ILENIA MARTINI

DIGITAL FASHION

Industry leader

Digital fashion brand The Fabricant has been leading the way for direct-to-avatar fashion, helping guide everyone from Adidas to Tommy Hilfiger into the metaverse. But the Finnish-born founder Kerry Murphy has bigger plans. He wants to create a completely new digital fashion industry.

Words KONRAD OLSSON • 3D rendering and retouch DOUBLE UP STUDIO

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