Embracing Fashion & Technology – Seminar

On Wednesday 10th February, the Atelier Néerlandais and CLICKNL | Next Fashion presented  Embracing Fashion&Technology: a forum for fashion, innovation and insight. We explored the potentials of advanced materials, wearable technologies and future manufacturing, while considering surveillance and privacy issues, the implications for health and well-being and how wearables will radically change our bodies and our lives.

The seminar was moderated by Bradley Quinn.

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The programme :

10.30 Registration and Coffee
11.00 Opening and Welcome
 
11.10 Beyond Wearables | Bradley Quinn
The adoption of wearable tech seems slow to catch on, with portable devices emerging as a popular alternative.
Bradley Quinn considers why designers may be missing opportunities to make impact, and how they can collaborate with fashion labels, sportswear brands and technology companies to create strategies for embracing the digital future.
 
11.40 Think Tank | Making Wearable Tech 
           With Pauline van Dongen, Valérie Lamontagne, Elisabeth de Senneville, Anouk Wipprecht
 
 12.40  Lunch
 
14:00 Pitch | New wearables in fashion film competition
Intro by Diane Pernet, founder A Shaded View on Fashion Films (ASVOFF), Pitch for ASVOFF 9  by Curator Alex Murray-Leslie
14.15 Think Tank | Thoughts on Merging Fashion and Technology 
           With Florence Bost, Luca Marchetti, Lianne Toussaint, Alice Gras
 
 15.15 Think Tank | Challenging Production Technology
           With Marina Toeters, Martijn van Strien, Oscar Tomico, Karin Vlug, Pauline Guesné
 
16.30 Break
 
17.00  Think Tank | Fashion Futures & Multimedia
           With Pierre-François Lelouët, Jacob Kok, Ricardo O’Nascimento
 

18.00 Final Remarks

18.15 Drinks and Dinner

 

 

This event took place in close collaboration with the the first edition of WEAREABLE at Gaité Lyrique
from Tuesday 9th to Sunday, February 14th 2016 organized by Showroomprivé and in partnership with the Gaité Lyrique.
The event celebrated innovation in the fashion industry through an award ceremony, talks, workshops and an exhibition on the theme of avant-garde projects.