THE NOT SO WEEKLY EDIT: From innovative sportswear, thought provoking lectures, photosynthetic skin to vertical farming

February 2021 it is and time is already flying by. Dip into some of our research and see what we have been loving here at the studio, from innovative sportswear, thought provoking lectures, photosynthetic skin and vertical farming.

If you’re in a region traversing the Winter, we hope our latest bits of inspiration will cheer you up and help you get through these cold, dark and snowy days! Now let’s get to it 👇🏻

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PHOTOGRAPHY | Photographer Robert Lindholm curates a selection of visually stimulating imagery for Unemployed Magazine, exploring the theme ‘Sphere’. The cinematic mood struck us, as the series displayed doses of high octane and distinctive silhouettes with a contrast of saturated colours.

FOOTWEAR | Let’s slip into Nike’s latest hands-free trainer! The Sportswear brand has released their latest innovative hands-free GO FlyEase trainers, a universal solution solely based on human behaviour for a range of end users from pregnant, people with a disability to athletes who may not be able to use their hands and for busy moms.

EVENT | Possible Worlds: Hosted by the UCLA Division of Humanities and the Berggruen Institute, A Conversation with Danielle Allen is part of a semiannual series bringing some of the most imaginative and creative intellectual leaders to deliver talks on the future of humanity, innovation, philosophy and politics. The lecture with Danielle Allen aims to explore current transformations in human progress and to question what it means to be human by seeking to connect deep thinkers in the human sciences.

FASHION | The fashion industry’s leading voices are starting to take a slower approach in 2021. Sleek Magazine sat down with designer Dries Van Noten to discuss his infamous print clashes in his latest collection, how we can learn to trust our intuition in a time where we are locked up in our homes and overcoming life’s shortfalls by choosing to embrace them. His thoughts about the future of fashion is to ensure consumers are aware that they don’t need a lot of clothes and the fashion industry must find other ways to replace the emotional feel of a fashion show with something else as he stated “Everybody knew that everything was too much and too fast in fashion”.

MINIATURE WORLD | Here is a project that brought us joy and cheered us up. In the midst of the pandemic, miniature diorama master Tatsuya Tanaka wittingly creates a satire of miniature worlds showcasing masks, thermometers and toilet paper in a delightful yet whimsical way, just the kind of sense of humour and levity we need.

TECH | What if humans had photosynthetic skin? Imaginary earths is a series that speculates what the world would be like if humans had green skin. What if it gave humans the ability to perform photosynthesis just like plants? Next level Biomimicry.

SUSTAINABLE FOOD | Covid-19 is going to change the way we source our food and we see the food industry exploring new and innovative ways to grow food locally. A new Vertical Farming project in Copenhagen is the latest collaboration between Taiwanese tech specialist YesHealth Group and Nordic Harvest, a Danish start-up dedicated to Vertical Agriculture. Located inside the Copenhagen Markets complex, vertically growing food in a compact space is an ideal supply for local residents; allowing them direct access to fresh food and vegetables no matter what the climate or sociopolitical context might be.

CLIMATE CHANGE | The French court is set to hear a landmark case on climate inaction. In December 2018, a lawsuit against the French government was brought forward by four NGOs and backed by two million citizens, accusing the French state of failing to act on the climate change crisis. The UN Paris international accord signed 5 years ago was set to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius and preferably to 1.5 degrees. However the government’s response to this was unsuccessful. What does this mean for holding governments accountable?

EDUCATION | The Slow Factory Foundation, is an open independent educational institute, aimed to create climate change solutions and systemic change through an anti-racist and climate-positive approach. The impactful Spring 2021 curriculum is designed for “Black, Brown, Indigenous and minority ethnic communities taught by Black, Brown, Indigenous and minority ethnic scholars, thinkers and educators”.