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Newsletter week 43
Dutch Design Week
This week you can explore the exhibitions, talks, and virtual surroundings the DDW 2020 has to offer. Design collective Envisions is live-streaming a hackathon, a 6-day performance, where they will react on objects from modern life, such as part of a car or a household appliance. See more here
Making Sure That Every Hand Profits
During the Copenhagen Fashion Summit two female leaders Samata Pattinson, CEO of Red Carpet Green Dress, and Omoyemi Akerele, Founder and Executive Director of Lagos Fashion Week and Founder of Style House Files, met to discuss fashion’s influence on lifting the African continent, social justice and privilege, policy, and the broader definition of value. Watch the interesting conversation here
Women in Games
We see an increase in a broader sense of storytelling in games that represents and humanises a wider spectrum of humanity. Better representations around race, sexuality, and gender identity are crucial. A new level of focus on female characters, as companies increasingly realise that women play and love games too? Read more here
Will We Ever Trust Crowds Again?
If socializing makes you cringe, you're not alone. Scientists say the pandemic is re-shaping our senses of fear and it's unclear how long the change will last. Neuroscientist Barrett thinks that even if we remember COVID-19 clearly decades after the pandemic ends, the fears that have come along with it won’t last. Once the virus is under control, your brain will recalibrate. Read more here
The lonely century by Noreena Hertz
Even before a global pandemic introduced us to terms like social distancing, loneliness was well on its way to becoming the defining condition of the twenty-first century. The fabric of communities is unravelling and technology is increasing social divide. How can we re-connect, as individuals and as communities? Listen to a podcast about the book here
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Top image, Envisions Hackathon image by Elvis Wesley