Meet the anti-plastic warriors: the pioneers with bold solutions to waste

In the wake of the recent BBC1 programme on plastic pollution ‘Drowning in Plastic’ it’s inspiring to discover the genious minds of the creative industries around the world in addressing these probems from food to fashion. BBC1 programme: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bmbn47 Full article: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/22/meet-the-pioneers-tackling-plastic-waste-loliware-straws-vin-and-omi Photograph: Antonio Olmos for the Observer Advertisements

Do robots dream of Prada? How artificial intelligence is reprogramming fashion

Who do you turn to when you can’t decide what to wear? Your best friend, maybe. Instagram, probably. People like me and magazines like this one (hopefully). But soon, perhaps, it will be none of the above. Instead, you will try on an outfit, turn to a wall-mounted, five megapixel camera with front lighting and […]

We Need to Rethink Our Ideas About Aging

There’s an old-school video game we all know in which you guide your little plumber along in a straight line. Once you pass a certain point, you can’t go back; only the path ahead can be rendered. Behind lies nothing but pixelated memories. Now compare that to the huge scope of an open-world game. There’s […]

Make your ask

Wow this looks amazing and when you sign up for the course for every £10 course purchased, they are committing to gifting the course to a woman across the globe via one of their charity partners. Their goal is to gift one million courses in order to empower One Million Women to make their ask. […]

a new yayoi kusama exhibition is coming to london

Remember the massive queues to get inside that mirror room at the Victoria Miro gallery in 2016? Well prepare to be standing in one again this autumn because Yayoi Kusama is returning to the gallery with another major exhibition. This one will have an even bigger Infinity Room (so fingers crossed we won’t have to […]

christian dior exhibition is coming to london

Lots of interesting fashion exhibitions are coming to London. Put this in the diary for 2019. Opens Sat 2nd February 2019 The V&A is no stranger to hosting big fashion exhibition and next February they’ll be opening the doors to Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams, the largest exhibition on Dior ever held in the UK. […]

Cotton Up – a guide for when sourcing and using sustainable cotton

This interactive guide answers three big questions about sustainable cotton: why it’s important, what you need to know and do, and how to get started. http://cottonupguide.org/?utm_source=Forum%20Master%20List&utm_campaign=b60f0898c9-JULY_NEWS_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9ea8748c55-b60f0898c9-120252805 Image: Trish Downing from Splash

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