Weekday & The Fabricant Created Two Artifact 001 Colorways
Laura McQuarrie — June 13, 2023 — Fashion
References: weekday & fashionunited.uk
High street retailer Weekday and digital fashion house The Fabricant teamed up to create Artifact 001, a limited-edition phygital fashion collectible. The digital collectibles are being dropped in two colorways, each of which will be available in digital and physical versions.
There are 300 digital collectibles and a one-of-a-kind pair of sunglasses in black and white that are up for grabs, and they take cues from stalactites and stalagmites. Alice Shulman, design lead, creative initiatives and co-labs at Weekday, said: "It’s an exciting clash to bring something extremely old and organic into a digital layer we’ve only just started to scratch. I mean who knows, a digital collectible might outlast your average stalactite…"
While digital sunglasses with AR filters are available through The Fabricant, the physical version is available via Weekday.
There are 300 digital collectibles and a one-of-a-kind pair of sunglasses in black and white that are up for grabs, and they take cues from stalactites and stalagmites. Alice Shulman, design lead, creative initiatives and co-labs at Weekday, said: "It’s an exciting clash to bring something extremely old and organic into a digital layer we’ve only just started to scratch. I mean who knows, a digital collectible might outlast your average stalactite…"
While digital sunglasses with AR filters are available through The Fabricant, the physical version is available via Weekday.
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