From vinyl toys to trading cards, comics & zines to antiques, we’ll be exploring the ever-expanding culture of collecting, nostalgia, and the economy of tangible goods.
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A sneaker built from a 4,000-year-old ceramic tradition.
@nike `s Shox Z Calistra x @labelhood.official (蕾虎) doesn`t just reference Longshan Culture (龙山文化), it encodes it. The collab`s black lacquer-like exterior mirrors the ancient black pottery (黑陶) tradition of Shandong Province, where craftspeople fired vessels so thin they could shatter from a fingerprint.
Where Western luxury flexes provenance (Italian leather, French ateliers), Chinese Gen Z labels are now flexing civilizational depth. When Chinese Gen Z says fashion should carry history, this is what it looks like.
#radii #radiimedia #nike #labelhood #longshan
A sneaker built from a 4,000-year-old ceramic tradition.
@nike `s Shox Z Calistra x @labelhood.official (蕾虎) doesn`t just reference Longshan Culture (龙山文化), it encodes it. The collab`s black lacquer-like exterior mirrors the ancient black pottery (黑陶) tradition of Shandong Province, where craftspeople fired vessels so thin they could shatter from a fingerprint.
Where Western luxury flexes provenance (Italian leather, French ateliers), Chinese Gen Z labels are now flexing civilizational depth. When Chinese Gen Z says fashion should carry history, this is what it looks like.
#radii #radiimedia #nike #labelhood #longshan
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Meet SWYC: short for Structure. Wave. Youth. Cinema, named after its four founders: Shi Jian (时间), Wang Zijun (王子军), Kuang Yang (邝杨), and Chen Jue (陈爵). Formed in Beijing in 1989, the group spent the following decade making documentaries that nobody saw: films about reform school students, rural communities, and the texture of everyday life in a rapidly changing country.
Most of their work survived only on VHS, U-matic, and Betacam tapes. Many had never been digitized. With a microscopic eye trained on the lives of China`s grassroots underclass, these films are controversial, flawed — and for exactly that reason, they`re worth arguing over, worth restoring, and is long overdue within the broader history of Chinese documentaries. The films are currently being — be sure to check them out for more info.
#radii #radiimedia #chinesefilm #documentary #filmhistory
Meet SWYC: short for Structure. Wave. Youth. Cinema, named after its four founders: Shi Jian (时间), Wang Zijun (王子军), Kuang Yang (邝杨), and Chen Jue (陈爵). Formed in Beijing in 1989, the group spent the following decade making documentaries that nobody saw: films about reform school students, rural communities, and the texture of everyday life in a rapidly changing country.
Most of their work survived only on VHS, U-matic, and Betacam tapes. Many had never been digitized. With a microscopic eye trained on the lives of China`s grassroots underclass, these films are controversial, flawed — and for exactly that reason, they`re worth arguing over, worth restoring, and is long overdue within the broader history of Chinese documentaries. The films are currently being — be sure to check them out for more info.
#radii #radiimedia #chinesefilm #documentary #filmhistory
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Therapy Is Expensive. A Walk and a Camera Isn`t.
On RedNote, a new outdoor trend is helping China’s Gen Z find beauty and calm in the ordinary. Color walking is the latest low-effort, high-reward ritual taking over Xiaohongshu (小红书): pick one color, step outside, and photograph every object that matches.
When the algorithm is exhausting, a patch of blue does the job.
#radii #radiimedia #xiaohongshu #colourwalk #chinesegenz
Therapy Is Expensive. A Walk and a Camera Isn`t.
On RedNote, a new outdoor trend is helping China’s Gen Z find beauty and calm in the ordinary. Color walking is the latest low-effort, high-reward ritual taking over Xiaohongshu (小红书): pick one color, step outside, and photograph every object that matches.
When the algorithm is exhausting, a patch of blue does the job.
#radii #radiimedia #xiaohongshu #colourwalk #chinesegenz
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Walking into Snack Kingdom (零食王国) feels like walking into your childhood dream, the only catch is that they had to close just days after the grand opening to restock, because the crowds bought almost everything.
Snack Kingdom just opened in Changsha: 20,000 square meters, 35,000 snack varieties from over 70 countries, and an entire wall dedicated to instant noodles. There`s also a snack museum, a mahjong game to win merchandise, and a portrait of Jay Chou`s Fantasy album cover built from 70,000 lollipops.
Someone please tell us the chocolate section survived the restock.
#radii #radiimedia #snacks #changsha #snackkingdom
Walking into Snack Kingdom (零食王国) feels like walking into your childhood dream, the only catch is that they had to close just days after the grand opening to restock, because the crowds bought almost everything.
Snack Kingdom just opened in Changsha: 20,000 square meters, 35,000 snack varieties from over 70 countries, and an entire wall dedicated to instant noodles. There`s also a snack museum, a mahjong game to win merchandise, and a portrait of Jay Chou`s Fantasy album cover built from 70,000 lollipops.
Someone please tell us the chocolate section survived the restock.
#radii #radiimedia #snacks #changsha #snackkingdom
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Remember waiting 15 days for a package, only to open it and realize the photos lied? China’s Gen Z is tired of it — and they‘re doing something about it on Xiaohongshu.
Creators are taking the season’s most-shared outfits and wearing them through an actual day. Commute, office, rain, lunch. The audit is the post. 当网络穿搭回归现实 (”when internet styling comes home“)
This is 反精致 (anti-polish) at its sharpest. Western deinfluencing asked: should you buy it? Chinese fashion content is asking something harder: can you actually wear it?
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#radii #radiimedia #chinesefashion #xiaohongshu #deinfluencing
Remember waiting 15 days for a package, only to open it and realize the photos lied? China’s Gen Z is tired of it — and they‘re doing something about it on Xiaohongshu.
Creators are taking the season’s most-shared outfits and wearing them through an actual day. Commute, office, rain, lunch. The audit is the post. 当网络穿搭回归现实 (”when internet styling comes home“)
This is 反精致 (anti-polish) at its sharpest. Western deinfluencing asked: should you buy it? Chinese fashion content is asking something harder: can you actually wear it?
Comment ”RADII” below to join our newsletter and never miss content like this again.
#radii #radiimedia #chinesefashion #xiaohongshu #deinfluencing
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