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WHAT IF business, investing, and entrepreneurship events received the same level of media coverage as sports events? 🔮 At Katapult Future Fest (KFF) '24, we set out to make this a reality with the New Nordic Way House of Media concept, powered by Majakka Creative Social (Oscar Kääriäinen and Daniel Torsell).  From Wednesday 29 - Friday 31 May, we operated 3 on-site media setups:    1️⃣ Podcasts  2️⃣ Video interviews  3️⃣ Run-and-gun sessions These platforms provided KFF participants the opportunity to share their stories and practical insights on social, cultural, and systems change that might otherwise remain unheard by the general public. Specifically: 🎙️ Ronny Eriksson got to host guests like Mélanie Keïta, Co-Founder & CEO Melanin Kapital, Philippe Birker, Co-Founder Climate Farmers and Jacqueline van den Ende, Co-Founder & CEO of Carbon Equity on the #podcast to discuss optimistic "What If" scenarios for our future. 📹 Mirka Parenteau and I got to sit down with creative minds like Hon. Henry F. De Sio, Jr., Laura Francois, and John Michael Schert to delve into their impact philosophies and projects triggering movements today. 🔫 While run-and-gun impromptu sessions captured spontaneous reactions and responses to questions like "Why we gather" to give viewers a sense of KFF24's atmosphere. ___ In total, we created nearly 15 thirty-minute podcasts, 24 twenty-minute video interviews, and 30 run-and-gun sessions, all aligned with KFF's vision, mission, and values. These will be distributed through cross-marketing channels to sustain the dialogue until #KFF25. Additionally, we developed a Solutions Stage concept (led by Hans Karlsson and Ronny) to rethink how people ask for and offer help. Traditional pitching was complemented by immediate, collaborative support from the audience, encouraging real-time engagement and resource sharing. A huge thanks to Ida Faldbakken, Anine Willums Karp, Robin Thomas Sverd, and Danielle DeRose for partnering with us at New Nordic Way to pilot these ideas. We are also deeply grateful to the KFF community for their warm welcome and continuous inspiration! #NewNordicWay #KFF24 #Media

Nordic #fashion, particularly in Finland, requires a transformative new direction 🌠 that aligns with sustainability, #creativity, and meaningful career paths for young designers, addressing the disconnect between their values and the current commercial fashion system. A growing chasm exists between academia and the industry on how to best navigate #digitalization, #circulareconomy principles, and competition with fast fashion, all while tackling environmental and social problems. Evie Kivi, Maria Ervast, Risto Kirjonen, and Eveliina Lehtisalo offer 3 solutions to these challenges: 1️⃣. 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝: Let go of elitism, materialism and hiearchy to create a shared vision that prioritizes collaboration, activism, and transparency, inspired by success stories from the creative ecosystem. 2️⃣. 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬: Universities, cities and companies should set up new platforms to display and exchange different views, uniting the artistic, the industrial, the young, and the established. 3️⃣. 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: Integrate business and brand building skills into fashion education and provide more entrepreneurial support, including new funding instruments and partnerships. This will help elevate designers in the country they already live instead of forcing them to go work abroad. Read full article 📰 https://lnkd.in/dQ_AAwhE 🔻⬇️🔻⬇️🔻⬇️🔻 Are you interested in shaping the future of the Nordic creative and experience economy? Join us for the "Hacking What's Next" hackathon on Friday, September 6, 2024, at Tekstin Talo. Help us design and build the first "What's Next Festival," a 2-day event in Summer 2025 in #Helsinki featuring over 100 experiences, 20+ workshops, and 8 stages. Pre-sign up via this link 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dnb_cMVM Organized by New Nordic Way. #NordicFashion #CreativeIndustry #Sustainability 

⛳The Artful Putt 📸 Photo Dump! Our next event - "'Friends in the Archipelago' Book Launch & Baltic Sea Fundraiser" will be Wed 24 July on the picturesque island of Lonna, just a short ferry ride from #Helsinki Market Square. Here's what you can expect: 🌊 Live music 🌊 Fun activities 🌊 Fantastic food created by some of the best chefs in the Nordic region 🌊 A day filled with laughter and great atmosphere By participating in this event, you support our common mission to preserve the #BalticSea and its unique ecosystems. The Baltic Sea, our beloved inland sea, is facing serious challenges such as climate change, eutrophication and habitat loss. Your support makes a real difference! 📘 Launch of cookbook! 📘 Our cookbook is filled with delicious recipes and beautiful pictures from the archipelago, created with passion by some of the best chefs in the #Nordic region. By buying the book, you directly support Baltic Sea Action Group, BSAG and Race For The Baltic, organizations that work tirelessly to save the Baltic Sea. Your presence and support are invaluable. Feel free to invite your friends and family – together we can make a significant contribution. Sign up today and be part of an unforgettable experience that both you and the Baltic Sea will enjoy. 👇👇👇 Sign up here 🔗 https://lu.ma/hk7wp5rd ____ A special thank you to everybody who has participated in our community events or have shown interest in our New Nordic Way activities!

Turn flying solo or arriving with friends into a more creative, social experience by downloading the Sparkco app 📲 http://qrco.de/bem2oJ before The Artful Putt. Creating a profile tonight will make it easier to check-in tomorrow at ⛳ Camping Helsinki to see who's ready to Spark Conversations!

Laura Meriluoto is a Helsinki-based designer-artist currently working as a creative director and freelance designer. 🏵️ Her expertise lies in the vast knowledge of different materials and production methods and in translating emotions through sensorial experiences. Laura has an endless curiosity regarding the aspects that affect people's desire to hold on to physical objects and how sustainability could be approached and improved from this perspective. 👋♻️ That's why her works are characterized by sympathetic humane forms, using techniques that lead to irregularities and so-called imperfections, and embracing the natural tendencies of the used material. 〰️ Laura's approach allows her to create objects that can be manufactured with small-scale production methods while retaining the uniqueness of an art piece. ⛳ Swing by Hole #5 on Friday 17 May at Camping Helsinki to learn more about how Laura finds meaning in doing many different projects related to creativity and entrepreneurship instead of pursuing one type of job. 🔻 Grab your ticket 🎫 via link in the comments!🔻 Pictured art called "Muhku." __ #newnordicway #community #event #helsinki #finland #art #designer #creative #entrepreneurship #freelancer 

✈️ 2 weeks ago, Darcelle Nesser moved to #Finland from New Zealand to advance her career as a Radiation Therapist, with a specialization in Software Development. 👩🏽🎨 Alongside her profession, Darcelle is a mural artist, oil painter, and charcoal illustrator who uses art as a mode of transport to explore and share her curiosities. Her 3 main passions - fruit 🍇 history 🏺 and physics 🏗️ - shape and propel her artistic excursions, which are interwoven by the duality of creating art for fun versus creating art to emotively invoke societal change. Pictured on "The Artful Putt" course, we can see her contrasting works: ➡️ A painting Darcelle made for fun entitled ‘A Painting of a Photo of Me at a Rug Store Looking at a Rug of a Painting of People Looking at a Rug at a Rug Market’ ⬅️ A book by Darcelle; Palm in Our Hands, a silent visual narrative made with over 150 charcoal drawings. Exploring the history of humanity in its use of Palm Oil through the times of Ancient West Africa, Slavery, Industrialization, War, Deforestation, and Labor Trafficking. ___ Learn more about + sign up for our upcoming event on Friday 17 May to Meet Darcelle and other creatives showcases 👉🔗 https://lnkd.in/dBgEq4QU

"My name is leo stillman, and I'm an artist signed with Sony Music Finland. 💿 I began my journey in music at a young age, before even reaching double digits. By the time I turned 18, I had already spent years behind the drum kit, playing in various bands. However, my musical journey didn't stop there. I soon picked up the guitar and delved into the world of singing. 🎸🎼 With a group of like-minded musicians, I formed an alternative/rock band, performing primarily in English. Together, we embarked on a whirlwind tour around the world 🗺️, sharing our music with audiences far and wide. In 2016, I took a significant step forward by signing a recording contract with Sony Music, which marked the beginning of my foray into creating music in my native language, Finnish. 📌 I'm excited to announce that my third album, titled "Kaikki hyvin" (Everything's Fine), is set to be released in the fall of 2024. "I'll be attending the New Nordic Way event to share insights into my experiences as an artist and to shed light on the creative process behind songwriting," ends Leo. ___ ⛳ Sign up for our upcoming community gathering on this Friday 17 May, teeing off at 5pm, at Camping Helsinki (Iso Roobertinkatu 4) via the link in the comments ⬇️ to meet Leo and so much more!

Laura Loukola's professional skills include 🖌️ digital painting, 📸 photography, 🖼️ illustration, and content creation for social media. "I'm a total geek, I LOVE learning and deep-diving into things – from film photography to neuroscience. I get creatively inspired by light, music, and human anatomy, but my creative drive comes from problem-solving and visualizing human emotions. When I listen to music and see a website, comic page, product photo, movie clip, or bus lights hitting dirty snow… the gears in my brain start turning," says Laura. At 13 years old, she made her first HTML-based website using a library computer, 🖥️ which was one of her first major touch points with technology. Now she's mutually excited and cautious of the rise of AI in the creative industries. "I see why many creatives view generative AI as a threat to potential job opportunities, while training data may also use copyrighted images without permission. After this transitional phase, I view AI as a promising creative tool in the future.” ⛳ Swing by Hole #11 on Friday 17 May at Camping Helsinki (Iso Roobertinkatu 4) to discover one of Laura's self-portraits and learn more about her work. Sign up via link in the comments 👇🎫

What will your Artful Putt look like at our upcoming community event on Friday 17 May at Camping Helsinki - A Mingolf Bar? ⛳🍹 Our creative showcases will include work from: 🟢 leo stillman, Signer signed with Sony Music Finland 🟢 Darcelle Nesser, Mural Artist and Radiation Therapist 🟢 Laura Loukola, Visual Artist 🟢 Mark Hayton, Chief Strategy Officer Finnish Leadership Team – FLT podcast 🟢 Laura Meriluoto, Creative Director and Freelance Designer 🟢 Petra Ilonen, Author of New Normal Design in Finland 🟢 Anttu Koistinen, AI lecturer at AaltoAI and CEO of CasvuAI 🟢 Mustafa Alshihani, Founder of Tngl Studio and Belong Hub 🟢 Daniel Motta, Designer in Creative Industries 20+ years 📍 Iso Roobertinkatu 4 ⌚ 17.00 to midnight! ___ If you want your work or fresh ideas to be featured at a hole, DM us at New Nordic Way!