HOARDICULTURE 003
HOARDICULTURE is a series celebrating hoarding as a modern malady of collecting so much research and claiming it as a cultural trend.
“Hoardiculture: Collecting so much junk there are piles of random shit cluttering everywhere possible and then claiming it’s a cultural trend.”
(Urban Dictionary)
A selection of the past week’s insightful treasures, amassed from our constant research, that signal social-cultural change.
MØRNING’s new trend report, The Age of Relevance, debunks, reconceptualises and paves “the way for a new epoch of identity, fame and relevance”.
The Sociology of Business deciphers the cultural influence of brands in two new analyses: starting with an examination of how to build brand energy in the age of flattened culture, and then deciphering the tale of modern brands as cultural hitmakers.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at the Estonian Museum of Architecture, the book Forecast and Fantasy: Architecture with Borders confronts scientific predictions and futuristic fantasies with architecture and art manifestations, from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Providing solace and refuge to consumers takes on a new form with performance brand Saucony and Views France transforming an ephemeral retail experience into a Comfort Zone at Paris Fashion Week.
Cute Accelerationism celebrates a polymorphic cuteness, “burrowing down into its natural, cultural, sensory, sexual, subjective, erotic, and semiotic dimensions”.
“Shame is not going to get people to stop buying Shein”, states Danielle Vermeer, co-founder and CEO of the thrifting app Teleport, in the latest episode of Green Behavior podcast. In conversation with podcast host Brittany Sierra, she praises a positive approach to sustainable consumption in favour of eco-appeal, beyond negativity-based and inefficient, narratives.
Self-defined as “an adhocracy” – as opposed to brands in the traditional sense –, Transnomadica “is not dedicated to the constant creation of new products with no reason but self-perpetuation”.
Recent studies demonstrate that in spite of hype, many companies are moving cautiously when it comes to generative AI.
Do we need a new framework for “inspiring creatives at a difficult time”? According to WePresent by WeTransfer’s guide on navigating photography’s unfixed future, the only rule is that there are no rules, except taking risks, embracing radical storytelling, building community, and aiming for creative autonomy.
New narratives around Adulting get decoded in the 2nd issue of Magazine For Young Girls, a publication that explores girlhood, through an East Asian, Southeast Asian, and diaspora voices lens.
Females in Motorsport podcast propels the integration of women in motorsports into a dimension of high performance and sport-driven advanced strategies.
Love this term. (and amazing list of resources)