Previously announced · August–September 2026
Earlier program announcements.
One conversation explains how people can learn to make clothing inside a working factory. The other asks what trust, roles and commitment look like in modern relationships. These dates are past; these links preserve earlier announcements, not a current schedule.
From Idea to Factory
Chuck and Vilma introduce the learning, production and factory-space business behind The Factory Runway.
Sunday program and questions
Dating, Trust and Relationships
Sharissa joins Chuck and Vilma for an adult conversation about communication, roles and what people are prepared to build.
Tuesday program and questionsPublic viewing updates are posted on each program page. Private Riverside guest links and studio telephone access are issued only to confirmed participants.
Chuck + Vilma present
The FactoryRunway
A podcast about how fashion is designed, made, shown and owned. The runway is the ending. We are interested in what came before it.
KOS Factory · Learn & Converse
The Creator’s Workshop
& Studio Conversations
Design. Develop. Produce. Launch. The Creator’s Workshop is the learning side of KOS Factory. Explore the founder-led curriculum without an account. Enrollment coming soon.
Explore The Creator’s Workshop
Our mission is to make emerging creative tools easier to understand—and create a welcoming place where people can share what they are building, ask thoughtful questions, and learn from one another.
In development
AI lessons & tutorials
Practical demonstrations of AI-assisted design, visual storytelling, connected garments, and the tools behind our work. Planned formats include guided walkthroughs, recorded lessons, and community questions.
We are exploring clearly identified AI-avatar presentations and QR-linked access to lessons. An avatar recording is not a live conversation with either host. Topics, languages, dates, access terms, and formats will be announced after review.
Express lesson interestNew sessions coming soon
Studio Conversations
Live online discussions with creators, educators, researchers, and production professionals. Bring a project, a question, or an experience others could learn from. You do not need an established platform to propose a thoughtful conversation.
Some agreed sessions may become recorded podcast episodes. Existing recordings remain available below; new dates and guest appearances are not yet confirmed.
Propose a conversationAcademic contributors are welcome to help frame questions, distinguish observations from conclusions, and discuss responsible methods. A conversation is not an endorsement, accredited course, or research enrollment.
Trailer
The doors open here.
The classroom, printer, cutting table, sewing floor and runway. This hosted preview remains available until the Riverside or YouTube embed is released.
The premise
Fashion is usually shown after the labor disappears. Each episode starts earlier, with the people, machines, decisions, compromises and business realities that turn an idea into a garment.
The factory experience
From design to runway.
Design
The idea becomes instructions.
Color moves from screen to fabric.
Cut
Every line becomes a physical decision.
Sew
Construction tests the design.
Deliver
The garment enters the world.
The hosts
Chuck + Vilma
Chuck Coleman
Photographer, brand builder and producer. Chuck follows an idea from its first impression to the finished campaign and asks whether the business behind it makes sense.
Vilma Biliene
Model, producer and creative partner. Vilma brings the model’s eye and the producer’s discipline to fit, movement, presentation and the decisions a camera will not let you hide.
A separate King of Steam project
Subject Zero
Research, containment and control. Subject Zero remains in its own yellow-and-black visual world and follows what survives when a digital concept becomes fabric and has to live on a body.
Latest from Riverside
The Factory Runway Podcast with Chuck + Vilma
Watch the latest conversation from The Factory Runway, recorded and produced on Riverside.
Listen and watch
The archive is open.
52 episodes of Mind Speak, The Search. Everything we do around the world, from the factory floor to the train from Vienna to Chur. Watch right here.
Guests and callers
Bring us something real.
Use the inquiry form below for lesson interest, a conversation proposal, or a question. Start your message with “AI lessons”, “Conversation proposal”, or “Question”. Include your topic, what you would like to share, an optional work link, and whether you prefer an introductory call, live discussion, or recorded podcast.
Submitting an inquiry does not confirm a booking or subscribe you to a mailing list. Recording and public participation will be agreed separately before a session. Please do not send confidential information or private medical histories.
Upcoming lessons and conversations · Alternative contact route
Pitch a guest, send a question, share a production lesson, or ask about The Factory Runway and the learning center.