Smartzer' Interactive Video Platform Named One of "The Mills Fabrica's" 1st UK Incubatees

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“When people think about sustainability- often negative connotations like lower quality, more expensive comes to mind. Yet when it comes to innovation, people think about technology and profit generation. If there is a way to fuse sustainability with innovation- then maybe we are onto something.”

The Mills Fabrica is an open platform for techstyle innovation. Their mission is to create techstyle startup success stories and to build a global techstyle community.

The Mills Fabrica expands to the UK

The Mills – a landmark revitalization project by the Nan Fung Group transforming their old textile factories into a new heritage and innovation center – officially launched in Hong Kong in December 2018.

Fabrica, the innovation arm of The Mills is dedicated to supporting innovators from all around the world within the field of techstyle and aims to build a global techstyle community.

As part of their mission, The Mills Fabrica will be expanding to the UK to create an open platform and bridge the gap between Asia and Europe to support techstyle startups across the two continents.

We are PROUD to announce to be part of the mills fabrica 's incubation programme!

The Mills Fabrica officially expands into the UK with a pilot cross-border incubation programme AND SMARTZER is one if the first incubatees!

The incubation programme is dedicated to techstyle startups, companies at the intersection of technology and style.

SUPPORT / VALUE-ADD

As one of the first UK incubatees we will benefit from 12-months customised support based on our vision and key milestones.

We will have access to The Mills Fabrica’s vast global network in the techstyle space and exposure opportunities in Asia and around the world.

In addition, we will will receive support in terms of connections and exposure not just in the UK but also in Hong Kong and Asia. This includes sharing our story and innovation on international stages and at some of the world’s biggest startup events/conferences.

Furthermore, our team will have the opportunity to develop our businesses in Hong Kong at The Mills Fabrica having access to:

• Fabrica Space – 15,000 sqft of flexible coworking and event space with private offices, fixed and hot desks and event venue for conferences and symposiums

• Fabrica Lab – a state-of-the-art prototyping lab, curated in collaboration with The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA); a space for experimentation and an open platform for entrepreneurs, students, corporates and the general public to unleash their creativity and transform ideas into real products

• Techstyle X – an experiential and experimental retail store dedicated to showcasing the latest techstyle innovations and raising awareness of technologies to the end consumer.

Our first pilot incubatees in the UK will be Smartzer and Reflaunt – both of which are revolutionizing the techstyle industry:

(L to R: Jonny Brankin, CTO / Karoline Gross, Founder & CEO – Smartzer)

As an international technology hub, with Silicon Roundabout in East London and Knowledge Quarter in Kings Cross, London as the world city is the prime location for the next phase of expansion for The Mills Fabrica.

On June 19th, we attended the ‘Techstyle Futures: Innovations for Global Change' symposium in London and together with The Mills ´Fabrica, we celebrated the launch of their expansion into the UK, with pilot cross-border incubation and community events.

The day was filled with insights and inspiring words from renowned fashion brands and some of the world's largest textile manufacturers to the techstyle startups actively making fashion more sustainable with game-changing innovations/solutions

TO READ MORE ABOUT OUR NEW INCUBATOR VISIT: http://www.themillsfabrica.com/

SMARTZER X LLTT 2019

#LLTT2019 #LONDON #SUSTAINABILITY #LUXURY #SPRINGSTUDIOS

Did you know that it takes 2,700 litres of water to produce the cotton needed to make a single t-shirt? That's 10,800 glasses of water!

So, How can we make luxury sustainable? And what makes luxury sustainable?

This year at the Luxury Think Tank, the main focus was sustainability.

The event took place on June 13th at the Spring Studios London and explored the latest innovations in sustainability that are driving the future of luxury.

The French Chamber of Great Britain and Walpole, in partnership with Spring Studios and the United Nations, launched the second edition of the London Luxury Think Tank.

All panels & debates held, were about the topic: WHAT MAKES LUXURY SUSTAINABLE?

The one day event featured visionary talks held by high profile speakers, in-depth panels & debates and inspirational personal stories from pioneers, including a panel discussion focused on ‘The 3 Rs’: Rebuild, Recycle, Reuse: Is ownership still relevant in an ethical world?’

Think Tank has assembled leaders, pioneers and experts from across the fields of Luxury, Fashion, Technology, Research & Innovation, CSR, Ethics and Sustainability who shared ideas, expertise and insights.

2018 was the year of the influential sustainability consumer

Actual studies say that:

• Nearly half of consumers say they would change their habits to reduce their impact on the environment

• 83% increase in editorial mentions of the term "sustainable fashion brands" ( from 2017 to 2018)

• 48% of Millennials say they have chosen - or stopped using - a product because of the environmental reputation of its manufacturer.

• 38% of Millennials (a person reaching young adulthood in the early 21st century) have bought at least half of the clothes they own, within the past year

• Amount of clothing bought has doubled in the last 15 years while the number of times an item is worn has declined by 20%

PROUD TO BE ONE OF LLTT's PARTNERS!

To discover more please click here: www.londonluxurythinktank.co.uk