Graduation shows, replacing plastic and meditative journeys

What we’ve read, written and seen

Newsletter week 26

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Graduation Showww 

This year’s graduation show of the Fashion Department of the Royal Academy Antwerp was digital for the second year. On WWWSHOWW, you can see the work and the introductory drone shot video placed on the roofs of distinctive Antwerp buildings.

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Lego’s Sustainability Timeline 

After three years of experimenting with 250 materials and a $400m investment, Lego announced that they will introduce recycled PET for their bricks by 2023. They are also working to remove single-use plastic from boxes and creating better dyes. Since 2018 they have been producing parts from bio-polyethene (bio-PE), made from sugarcane for bendy pieces. 

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Holistic SoundBed 

OPUS partnered with Yves Behar to create SoundBed. The bed combines targeted and full-body vibration with sound to create personalized meditative journeys crafted by leading experts in meditation, breathwork, and emotional intelligence.

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Telfar Uniforms 

Telfar Clemens announced that he would be sponsoring and designing the uniforms for Team Liberia for the coming Olympics. For now, the Olympics uniform is currently in beta-testing mode, being tweaked to the team’s specific preferences. The complete collection will only be revealed once the athletes hit the track.

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Plant Potential 

A company called Living Carbon is engineering trees that can capture and store more carbon than typical trees. We can use genetic engineering to mitigate climate change but should we?

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