When Coco Chanel spoke the words “Fashion passes, style remains” she couldn’t have known how relevant it would be 50 years on. With every season, we see more colours, collections and styles than ever before. As fashion moves faster and faster, the concept of clothing hasn’t changed much in over 100 years. Textiles still cover … Continue reading
Wearable tech designer Billie Whitehouse, who is also co-founder of Wearable Experiments, spoke at PSFK CONFERENCE 2014 about her goal to give what we wear intelligence and more purpose. Her first major project was Fundawear, vibrating underwear that transmits touch over the Internet for couples who are apart from each other. A awkwardly fun product, … Continue reading
Is the concept of clothing on the verge of a dramatic shift? Is the fashion industry about to experience the same digitization as the music industry once did? Or will we return to creating fewer quality garments and caring for what we wear? Will cotton and leather become a memory when we learn how to … Continue reading
Together with Klepierre, DigitasLBi Labs created “Inspiration Corridor” to illustrate the ongoing revolution and future opportunities for unique shopping experiences in shopping centres. An infra-red Kinect camera analyses individual visitors as they enter the “Inspiration Corridor”, thanks to body scanning technology. A device equipped with QUIVIDI video analysis and PigData product recommendation scans the users … Continue reading
Created for CR Fashion Book, ‘Entropy’ has been made by NYC Agency Swell. Defined by the Encyclopedia Brittanica as “…the measure of a system’s thermal energy per unit temperature that is unavailable for doing useful work” the short leverages digital technology to showcase fashion in a highly refined manner. Perfect synchronization of music and camerawork … Continue reading
In conversation… [2 of 2] with Steve Oklyn of Not Vogue. Curated for the Second Sight ‘2014 And Beyond Event’, Amsterdam 11.12.13. Continue reading
In conversation… [1 of 2] with Steve Oklyn of Not Vogue. Curated for the Second Sight ‘2014 And Beyond Event’, Amsterdam 11.12.13. Continue reading
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The auspicious date of 11.12.13 saw the staging in Amsterdam of this year’s Second Sight ‘2014 & BEYOND Event‘. Ten speakers came from all over to present ideas and findings on the steps being taken towards the future – from giants leaps to changes in pace – and that we may soon be experiencing in our day … Continue reading
A snap from the Design, Art & Fashion Fair (DAFF) in Shanghai during the Mid-Autumn Festival last week at the Shanghai waterfront. [Photos by Mike Cornelus courtesy of The Ice Cream Truck via Shanghaiist] Continue reading
A meeting of minds and a conversation in time between Vonn_R of Curated Futures and Not Vogue’s Steve Oklyn… We’re casting our gaze beyond 2014. In fact to be more precise, we’ve pitched up in 2023. Everything as we knew it in the “here and now” – socially, culturally, economically, politically – has altered. Beyond. … Continue reading
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