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Runway: Adidas in Web3, Gucci and Vans on Roblox, and Nike x RTFKT
Welcome back to Runway, where we report to you from the frontlines of the digital fashion revolution. If you were waiting for the other shoe to drop, it finally did. Adidas, Nike x RTFKT, and dotSwoosh make major announcements this week — filling the digital world with more sneakers than we could imagine housing in our closet already stuffed with studded Valentinos, Jimmy Choos, and archival Louboutins. Next week we’ll fill you in on all things digital fashion and luxury that we witnessed during NFT NYC. Until then, read on to see what you missed this week. A new era […]
NFT100 Spotlight: Latashá on Championing Web3 Music
One of the most promising sectors to have emerged from the proliferation of NFT and blockchain technology over the past few years is undoubtedly Web3 music. Considering the legacy music industry has continued to fail artists time and time again, music creatives of all types have been flocking to the blockchain to take a crack at independence and succeeding. Thus far, few have achieved as significant staying power in the blockchain music sector as Latashá. A rapper, poet, performance artist, events coordinator, community manager, and much more, the Zoratopia founder has continued to define what excellence in Web3 music looks and […]
Azuki, Beanz Creator Unveils Partnership With Line Friends (IPX)
The Alpha Chiru Labs, the Web3 company best known for being the parent company of popular NFT collections Azuki and Beanz, has announced a strategic partnership with digital IP platform company IPX (formerly Line Friends). Line Friends — similar to the IP of Hello Kitty and Friends — features a world of cute original characters, including Brown the bear, Cony the rabbit, and Sally the chick. The characters were originally created as stickers for Line users to use in their chats. Fans and holders can expect co-branded content and merch between Beanz and LINE Friends, retail distribution at Line Friends […]
Shira Lazar and Deepak Chopra Launch NFT Collection with Focus on Mental Health
The Alpha: Digital wellness agency Peace Inside Live announced on April 12 that it will launch “The JOMO Effect,” a charity NFT campaign on Magic Eden in support of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, according to information shared with nft now from Peace Inside Live co-founder Shira Lazar. The project, whose partners include TimePieces, Deepak Chopra’s Seva.Love, and Polygon Labs, will include art from 40 artists in the NFT community based on the theme of “JOMO,” or the joy of missing out. One hundred percent of proceeds from primary sales of the May 10 mint will go toward five […]
NFT100 Spotlight: Julie Pacino’s Web3 Filmmaking Vision
Julie Pacino is leading innovation at the forefront of Web3 filmmaking, and it’s not even close. Her upcoming feature-length debut, I Live Here Now, evolved out of a 2021 photography NFT collection of the same name, and the film is largely being funded by Pacino’s follow-up to that series, Keepers of the Inn. And having recently announced a deal with crypto payments platform MoonPay to co-executive produce the film, it’s become irrefutably clear that few others in the NFT community are maneuvering as deftly as Pacino to push creative freedom forward. In recognition of Pacino’s inclusion in the 2023 edition […]
NFT100 Spotlight: How Zhuk’s Serene Artistry Makes the Ancient Modern
When you see a Zhuk painting, there’s no mistaking it as anyone else’s work. The Azerbaijani artist’s style has become a staple of Web3 over the last year, injecting a digital-heavy NFT space with some refreshingly ancient aesthetics. A third-generation family artist, Zhuk brings a uniquely modern lens to classical figurative painting, often depicting the human body as if suspended in water or viewed in a dreamy, flow-like state. This approach allows her to play with shape, contrast, and color in fascinating ways. Zhuk’s work has been featured in Time’s NFT initiative Slices of Time, collected by some of the […]
Runway: World of Women Merch and Yuga Labs x Gucci Drop
Welcome back to Runway, where we report to you from the frontlines of the digital fashion revolution. The week has felt like the quietest one yet for digital fashion. But perhaps that’s because we’re all still buzzing from Metaverse Fashion Week, or gearing up for the third NFT NYC conference in 17 months. Despite the neverending conference fatigue, we’re excited to report that digital fashion will be a major focus next week in New York. FUTURE+, a brand new concept from Ashumi Sanghvi the founder of MAD Global will launch their membership platform fully dedicated to connecting fashion, beauty, retail, […]
Nine Projects Lifting Web3 Beyond the ‘Crypto Bro’ Norm
Unfortunately, the gender imbalance as it was known in Web2 discourse will still be with us in Web3. For the last ten years, the space has largely been pioneered and dominated by individuals who gravitated toward it from the tech and finance sectors, two areas ripe for criticism on gender inequality. However, while NFT critics and Web3 natives often slam the space for its “crypto bro” reputation, the reality is that there are several women and non-binary individual-led NFT communities that are actively working to upend that image. These NFT projects and Web3 collectives are educating women and members of […]
How Roope Rainisto’s AI Photography Redraws Artistic Boundaries
On April 5, Web3 photography platform Fellowship dropped Post Photographic Perspectives, its inaugural group show headlined and curated by designer and AI-collaborative artist Roope Rainisto. Featuring 500 new pieces from Reworld, Rainisto’s latest collection, and a further 1,000 works from 10 AI artists hand-picked by Rainisto and Fellowship, Post Photographic Perspectives is one of the most highly-anticipated NFT drops of the year. The show sits at the center of several exciting technological and cultural developments that have sparked intense debate both within and outside of Web3’s walls in recent months. We sat down with Rainisto and Fellowship’s Co-founder, Alejandro Cartagena, […]
Sotheby’s All-Male Auction Shouldn’t Surprise Web3
Last week, legacy auction house Sotheby’s shut down the latest auction from its NFT initiative just two days after its March 24 opening. The show, entitled Natively Digital: Glitch-ism, featured 17 artists from the glitch art world, an aesthetic known for its distorted visuals, flashing lights, and erratic compositions. However, the show quickly courted controversy, coming under fire for not featuring a single woman artist in the auction’s roster. “Sotheby’s is pausing Natively Digital: Glitch-ism to redress the imbalance in representation within the sale, and will relaunch with a more equitable and diverse group of artists at a later date,” […]