Category: Partnerships

Future Positive x Radisson Red

Radisson Red is a hotel concept by Radisson for those interested in art, music and fashion. The first Radisson Red hotel is opening later this year in Brussels, followed by other locations across the world.

We recently collaborated with Radisson Red on their brand new blog, creating a series of features showcasing the work of creative designers, artists and makers based in some of our favourite cities. Find out more about them below and read each individual story on Radisson Red’s blog.

Act

Act is a brand of espadrilles and accessories founded in 2013 and established between Berlin and Mallorca. Silvia Conde photographed co-founder Isabel Rotger in Berlin for this feature.

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Images by Silvia Conde

Pino Gay

Pino Gay is the name of the project of Camila Pino Gay, a designer and illustrator based in Santiago de Chile. Our contributor Carlos Molina paid a visit to her flat in the Chilean capital.

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Images by Carlos Molina

Patrik Larsson

Patrik Larsson is a freelance interior architect and furniture designer living and working in Gothenburg. Swedish photographer Hilda Grahnat followed him around the streets of Gothenburg for this feature.

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Images by Hilda Grahnat

Karen Mabon

Karen Mabon is an accessories designer based in Edinburgh. We visited her studio in Edinburgh’s New Town and spent a morning photographing her.

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Airplantman

Josh Rosen calls himself Airplantman and designs incredible vertical gardens from his studio in Los Angeles. Our contributor Valerie Chiang visited him to photograph his creations.

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Images by Valerie Chiang

Pena Jewels

Miriam Álvarez and María Sanchez are the creative team behind Pena Jewels, a jewellery brand born in Lisbon and now based in Madrid. Silvia Conde photographer their studio.

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Images by Silvia Conde

Flora & Laura

Flora & Laura is the project of Helsinki-based art director and flower stylist Laura Väinölä. Laura Iisalo spent a day with her documenting a day in her life.

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Images by Laura Iisalo

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February 1, 2016
Marriott Edinburgh Festival 2015 – Revel Like a Local

Last month we were approached by Marriott International and asked to recommend some of our favourite places in Edinburgh to visit during the Festival. We love the cultural and entertainment offer that visitors can enjoy during the Festival month, but sometimes it can get too hectic and we recommend exploring the city’s streets to find some of Edinburgh’s cafés, restaurants and shops outside the Festival’s circuit.

That’s the reason why we’ve created this video featuring five different places you can discover if you’re visiting Edinburgh during the Festival: Scottish homeware and furniture shop ANTA, coffee shop Cult Espresso, tapestry studios and gallery Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh-handcrafted gin Pickering’s Gin and restaurant and bar Blackfriars.

You can find more information about each of these places on Marriott’s Edinburgh Festival Tumblr, where you will also find good advice on how to make the most of your visit to Edinburgh during the Festival!

August 19, 2015
A week with 4G and giffgaff

Mobile internet has become essential in everything we do at Future Positive, especially when it comes to updating our Instagram profile with our latest finds from Edinburgh or our trips. That’s why we were excited when Mobile Virtual Network Operator giffgaff approached us to ask if we’d like to test their 4G network and offered us a Sony Xperia Z3 to give it a try.

Being used to our 3G networks, we must say that the change was impressive. The connection was smooth during the whole week and we were able to share updates on our social profiles on the go almost immediately, without having to wait for photos to upload to Twitter and Instagram.

Apart from trying it on our social updates throughout the week, we also decided to test it with video uploads on Snapchat. We’ve been experimenting with this app for a while, creating our own Stories when we attend events and giffgaff‘s 4G network made everything much easier and faster.

We also tend to watch a fair amount of video content online every week, especially as we like to catch up with CreativeMornings‘ talks happening in other cities each month. We normally do this at the studio as anywhere where WiFi is not available, it usually becomes impossible to watch a video without buffering for a long time with our current 3G plan. With the 4G connection, we were able to enjoy video content anywhere with no interruptions and incredibly fast loading times.

After a week being more productive and working faster thanks to 4G, we think it’s time to say goodbye to our current 3G plan.

June 2, 2015
A hassle-free day with Santander

Santander recently got in touch to tell us about their 123 current account, a new service offering cashback on council tax and bills. As we recently started Future Positive Studio, we’re interested in getting the most out of our bank accounts so we asked Santander to tell us a little more about the 123 current account and its benefits.

One of the strengths of the 123 current account is the easiness of switching everything from your current bank to Santander – it only takes 7 days for direct debits, standing orders and salary to be moved. To mirror this hassle-free process, Santander invited us to have a day to ourselves without having to worry about anything, taking us for brunch and dinner around Edinburgh.

This hassle-free day couldn’t have come in a better moment, as we’re currently finalising the last details of a new City Guide to Edinburgh. We decided to walk around the city and visit some new places to us.

We started our morning having brunch at The Gardener’s Cottage. This small restaurant offers a menu that changes daily based on the availability of local produce. We enjoyed a couple of Beetroot Bloody Mary, roe deer and fava beans dips with artisan sourdough bread, and Arbroath smokie and meatloaf sandwiches.

After our brunch we went to Stockbridge, one of our favourite neighbourhoods in Edinburgh. We had a look at some of the recently-opened shops and took the peaceful Water of Leith to walk to Dean Village, one of the areas we wanted to photograph for our City Guide.

We explored Dean Village’s buildings and its numerous hidden streets and after that, we walked to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art to check Roy Lichtenstein’s exhibition, which we hadn’t been able to see yet, and also enjoyed a stroll around its gardens.

We decided to end our day having an amazing dinner at Blackfriars. This independent restaurant and bar located in the heart of Edinburgh’s city centre offers delicious food and a great selection of craft beers. Although we had been to the bar a few times before, it was our first experience in the restaurant and it didn’t disappoint. We enjoyed a special 4-course dinner paired with tasty beers by Redchurch Brewery – we couldn’t have asked for a better ending to our hassle-free day!

May 5, 2015
Outwitting the weather with Joules

Tom Joule started British lifestyle brand Joules in 1989 designing colourful polo shirts. Throughout the years, Tom grew a customer base who appreciated the design and quality details in his clothing, and sold his products at country fairs across the UK. But when the foot-and-mouth crisis struck in 2001, Tom lost his main selling platforms due to many of these fairs closing down and decided to diversify Joules into a mail order business, growing the product range and later opening his first shop in Market Harborough, next to his father’s café.

Joule brought innovation and modern edge into the rather traditional countryside clothing market and today, Joules is one of Britain’s most loved lifestyle brands, producing clothing, accessories and homewares.

There are some great lessons to be learnt from Tom’s business story and his ability to innovate and adapt to change. That’s why we were excited when Joules approached us to ask if we wanted to test something from the men’s range. We picked the Rainier mac coat and the Ewan jumper, and took them with us on a morning off in Edinburgh.

We decided that the best way to test the clothes, and see if they could help us outwit the weather, was to wear them on a hike up Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh’s own dormant volcano from where you you can enjoy breathtaking views of the city. If you have visited Scotland in January, you probably know that the weather isn’t too pleasant around this time of the year, but despite the wind and cold temperatures, the Rainier coat and the Ewan jumper managed to keep us warm and let us enjoy the city views!

February 1, 2015