Credit: Charis Poon

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Colors easing quarantine anxiety and stealing great ideas

New color choices people have made during quarantine for their interior spaces and whether that’s potentially soothing and The importance of looking outside your area of expertise and industry to find new creative solutions.

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Microplastics awareness and the viral TikTok beatmaker Ricky Desktop

The problem of harmful microplastics when using and washing synthetic materials and Ricky Desktop, a viral Tiktok beatmaker, and the science behind crafting the perfect thing to beat the algorithm.

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Afew x ASICS GEL-Lyte 3 community sneaker and the pandemic content void

The collaborative sneaker project being run by Afew and ASICS for the 30th anniversary of the GEL-Lyte 3 that includes major community input and An article that considers the effects of less continual documentation and publication of our personal lives on social media during the pandemic.

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Pandemic art and bookclubs

Whether it’s hypocritical to criticize capitalism while also spending money on clothes and what a wholly tech-free life looks like.

Community, Creative Culture

How We Got Here — Charis Poon

This episode features none other than Charis Poon, who writes and designs, does creative strategy for Intertrend, and co-hosts Making It Up in addition to being, of course, a member of the MAEKAN team.

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Fashion consumption under capitalism and a tech-free life

The new tech startup BookClub and how niche groups of people formed around singular interests benefit (or not) from technological additions and Trends in art this year in relation to the pandemic and lockdowns.

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Hong Kong food culture and chess popularity

How Hong Kong’s food culture has adapted in the pandemic and Chess as a current streaming obsession and how AI is making the game beautiful again.

Business, Creativity, Lifestyle

Offline Matters with Jess Henderson

The pseudonymous author talks pulling the plug on our “digital first” creative industry.

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New York’s “death” and the luck factor

Whether New York (or any city) can die and Why successful people rarely acknowledge the role of luck in their lives.

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Fashion graduates and creative peers

The challenges facing fashion design graduates due to the pandemic and How creative peers can accelerate personal growth.