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Fredrik is an interior designer, vintage furniture collector, and social media star. Since launching his business last year, he has worked with both interior and fashion brands, like Off-White, Fritz Hansen, and Hästens. His Instagram following is experiencing an exponential growth, which has made him one of the most influential new interior personalities today.
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Zlatan Ibrahimović is a football player, entrepreneur, and arguably one of the most successful Swedish personalities of all time. In this interview, we talk about how to prepare for success. This podcast is produced in collaboration with Zlatan Ibrahimović perfumes. Hosted by Konrad Olsson.
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Mannd is a Cinematic Virtual Reality company, that seeks to rethink, develop and challenge the use of immersive media in order to create the next era of content, film and shared experiences. The company is based in Aarhus, Denmark, but this interview takes place at the CIFF Trade show during Copenhagen Fashion Week.
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Fredrik Carlström is the founder of Alma, a co-working place and members club based in Stockholm and Palma. Alma has been called the coolest workplace by Vogue Magazine, the ”Anti-WeWork” by Surface magazine, and been on the Condé Nast Traveller's Hot List. Fredrik is also the founder of the furniture brand Austere. He is a creative director and entrepreneur that works both in Stockholm and New York, where he currently lives.
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Emma Olbers is a product designer and creative director based in Stockholm. She has won numerous awards, including this year’s designer of the year by Elle Decoration and sustainability profile of the year by Residence Magazine. Her work towards a more sustainable furniture production has caused ripples through the global design industry.
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Tretorn is one of Sweden’s oldest and most iconic outdoor brands. Lately, the brands have been spearheading the work towards more sustainable production. A work that has been lead by their Creative Director Fredrik Ekström, who founded the brand’s Eco Essentials Initiative and has run all their collaborations, including the latest one with British designer Nigel Cabourn.
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Bea Åkerlund is a self-proclaimed fashion activist and founder of the PR showroom The Residency Experience in Los Angeles. Bea has worked with the biggest and most iconic artist of our time, including Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Rihanna, and Madonna. In this conversation, she talks about entrepreneurship, iconic creations, and the differences between working in the US and in Sweden.
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Magnus Aschan is a journalist, technologist, public speaker and the former Editor-in-Chief of TechWorld and Computer Sweden. Today he helps brands with technology-focused content through his company Teknikministeriet. He is also the Chief Operating Officer of Warp Institute, a community of “fact-based optimists” that seeks to bring out and help fund the best ideas that accelerate innovation.
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Christopher Morency is the editor-at-large for Highsnobiety, the world’s leading online magazine for street culture and fashion. Christopher is a Canadian born writer who grew up in the Netherlands. He cut his teeth at VICE and Fantastic MAN before moving to London to start working for Business of Fashion. Since joining Highsnobiety he has become one of the hardest-working journalists on the fashion circuit, covering fashion weeks all over the world.
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In the coming days, we will be relaunching our podcast as an audio/video talk show under a new name. THE INNOVATORS PODCAST is our contribution to the global conversation on sustainability, technology, and artificial intelligence. We are going to talk to designers, creative directors, researchers, technologists, journalists… Mostly, but not always, from a Scandinavian perspective. Keep an eye out next week on Apple Podcasts, Youtube, and IGTV for these conversations.
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”We like the sensibility of Nordic brands.” Eric Jennings is the former vice president and fashion director, menswear, home and beauty at Saks Fifth Avenue. Erik Ulin is the former CEO of J.Lindeberg US and President of Men's Fashion for UBM. Together they have formed E2 Brand Management, a consultancy firm focused on helping brands establish themselves on the North American market. They have a lot to say about the state of menswear.
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”I see more going on in Stockholm than in any other city in Europe.” Scott Schuman is a streetstyle photographer and founder of the blog The Sartorialist. Some argue that he has had the biggest impact on menswear the past decade, giving men around the world a completely new way of getting inspired by style. We met with Scott during his visit in Stockholm earlier this fall. Enjoy!
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"Men now are a lot braver. When you know the basics, that’s when you can experiment and push things in a new direction.” Jeremy Langmead is a founding member of Mr Porter, the men’s style destination that has paved the way for editorially driven e-commerce. Jeremys is the former editor-in-chief of Wallpaper and Esquire, and knows more about content driven retail than anyone in the industry. Enjoy!
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”There is a different mindset when you are reading a printed product. You are really inviting someone into your world.” Three inside men from the world of international print publishing discuss the future of biannual magazines, how the fashion world is still perfectly suited for print, and where are headed next. This episode was recorded as part of our panel series during Pitti Uomo 94, featuring Jamie Waters, fashion editor of Monocle Magazine, writer and editor David Hellqvist of Document Studios, and Erik Olofsson, art director at Scandinavian MAN.
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”The idea of a store that has a narrative and a very focused point-of-view is needed for the health of the industry.” Josh Peskowitz of Magasin in Los Angeles and Mats Klingberg of Trunk Clothiers in London both represent a new type of clothing store. In a panel discussion that took place during Pitti Uomo 94, the retailers talk about the need fora an editorially driven retail experience. Recorded live at Fortezza da Basso in Florence, Italy. Enjoy!
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”It’s more socially acceptable for guys to be interested in and spend money on clothes.” Simon Crompton is a London based writer and the founder of menswear blog Permanentstyle.com which has over 300 000 readers and has been voted by The Times as one of the world's 15 best websites for menswear. Simon has a staggering body of work, having interviewed several hundred tailors and craftsmen around the world. He has also written several books on the subject, most recently The Style Guide. This is a conversation from the archive and took place in his home in south London two years ago. Enjoy!
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”With menswear, we’ve only scratched the surface.” Lalle Johnson is a highly influential stylist, designer, and consultant in men’s style. He has over three decades of experience in the industry, having worked everyone from the smallest boutique stores to the biggest Scandinavian brands. Lalle has seen the world of men’s style grow from a situation where you had to order your special garments over the phone from London to the boiling menswear scene we have today. Enjoy!
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”Guaranteeing the satisfaction of the customer is very important to us.” No Man Walks Alone represents a new type of boutique online store, where great selection and service is at the forefront of everything they do. They are not the big fish, but a niche menswear shop working out of a showroom in Manhattans still active, still unglamorous Garment District. In this interview, founder Greg Lellouche and his buyer Kyle Toman talks about where menswear is headed, and the future of retail. Enjoy!
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”I’ve been recognised more the last two years than I’ve been the last 50 years, and I’ve got Instagram to thank for that.” Nigel Cabourn is a British designer who has been in the fashion industry for five decades. In this episode, he talks about the evolution of menswear during his career, his collaboration with Swedish outerwear brand Peak Performance, and his extensive collection of vintage army clothing. Enjoy!
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