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Our tech future according to Wired 2016
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Nov 28, 2016
  • 3 min

Our tech future according to Wired 2016

Continuing on from my previous article, a major theme of WIRED 2016 was humanitarianism and the refugee crisis. Roya Mahboob is an...
Wired 2016 presents what's new in AI, VR and tech activism
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Nov 16, 2016
  • 3 min

Wired 2016 presents what's new in AI, VR and tech activism

Despite an absence of fashion tech at Wired 2016, the annual conference (too dull a word for the excitement served up) demonstrates...
Plexal is set to be Europe's beating heart of health, sport, fashion and tech innovation
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Nov 13, 2016
  • 4 min

Plexal is set to be Europe's beating heart of health, sport, fashion and tech innovation

News to lift the Brexit blues. Plexal, Entiq’s new venture at Here East is a shining beacon of not just the future of tech businesses in...
Wired next generation provides next level inspiration
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Nov 6, 2016
  • 3 min

Wired next generation provides next level inspiration

In the spirit of turning things upside down, breaking the rules and doing things my own way I’m going to start at the end. Wired Next...
London College of Fashion sustainability initiatives 'fired up' by professor Sandy Black
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Oct 29, 2016
  • 5 min

London College of Fashion sustainability initiatives 'fired up' by professor Sandy Black

Fashion’s future is about looking forward, however looking back with Sandy Black, Professor of Fashion and Textile Design and Technology...
Edda's illustrative fancies make for fashion week fun
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Oct 12, 2016
  • 2 min

Edda's illustrative fancies make for fashion week fun

I wrote about the work of fashion designer Edda Gimnes on Techstyler back in February and was curious to see where her penchant for...
Superhuman - the Ravensbourne postgraduate show
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Oct 8, 2016
  • 4 min

Superhuman - the Ravensbourne postgraduate show

Off the back of a frantic London Fashion Week I attended Superhuman, an exhibition of work by the MA and MSc graduates of Ravensbourne,...
Fyodor Golan's 3D simulated fashion presentation heralds the symbiosis of fashion design and tech
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Sep 26, 2016
  • 2 min

Fyodor Golan's 3D simulated fashion presentation heralds the symbiosis of fashion design and tech

These are some of the words I frantically tapped into my iPhone notes during Fyodor Golan’s stunning London Fashion Week presentation:...
Makes house: What point is Burberry trying to make?
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Sep 23, 2016
  • 4 min

Makes house: What point is Burberry trying to make?

It’s all Greek to me as I enter the Burberry Makers House venue via a heavily scented and clay sculpture-adorned corridor (reminiscent of...
Ashish responds to anti-immigrant sentiment by celebrating his Indian heritage at LFW
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Sep 20, 2016
  • 1 min

Ashish responds to anti-immigrant sentiment by celebrating his Indian heritage at LFW

If fashion is a language, Ashish’s Spring Summer 17 collection at London Fashion Week spoke of multi-cultural defiance in reaction to the...
Martine Jarlgaard's mixed reality show at London Fashion Week - a world first
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Sep 7, 2016
  • 6 min

Martine Jarlgaard's mixed reality show at London Fashion Week - a world first

Often looking inward (and perhaps gazing too much at it’s own toned, teenage-model navel), fashion, for all the illusion of creativity...
Fyodor Golan's pre-SS17 collection brings grown-up fun and a catalyst for post-Brexit change
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Jul 17, 2016
  • 6 min

Fyodor Golan's pre-SS17 collection brings grown-up fun and a catalyst for post-Brexit change

Fyodor Golan are somewhat of a paradox – at once intellectual and playful, they traverse the fringe of a fashion industry in a state of...
Fashion tech and speculative wearables in imminent space travel
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Jul 3, 2016
  • 6 min

Fashion tech and speculative wearables in imminent space travel

A recent visit to Ravensbourne has catalysed a shift in my opinion of ‘fashion tech’ as a discipline and led to an animated discussion...
WGSN futures - VR at home and fashion in space
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Jun 6, 2016
  • 4 min

WGSN futures - VR at home and fashion in space

I love to talk, so it was fortuitous that the WGSN Futures event unravelled like a long and broad conversation spanning fashion,...
The athletic-tech garment making the virtual real: introducing skinterface
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • May 15, 2016
  • 4 min

The athletic-tech garment making the virtual real: introducing skinterface

We are fully versed in the realm of our physical world and increasingly dipping into the virtual world through virtual reality...
Fashion Mannequins transformed through 3D printing
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • May 8, 2016
  • 6 min

Fashion Mannequins transformed through 3D printing

To chat to Paul Sohi is to geek out over all things 3D printed. He takes me on a journey from 3D printed mannequins (the subject of his...
From delivering Louboutins to devising an injury detection suit - this is fashion tech
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Apr 24, 2016
  • 4 min

From delivering Louboutins to devising an injury detection suit - this is fashion tech

It’s a refreshing start to the day to chat to an entrepreneur with two startups on the go just six months after graduating from an MA in...
Citizenm: The hotels inspired by 'global citizen' fashion designers
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Apr 14, 2016
  • 4 min

Citizenm: The hotels inspired by 'global citizen' fashion designers

CitizenM was founded by the ex-owner/CEO of fashion company MEXX, Rattan Chadha. Mr Chadha was struck by the uninspiring nature of hotel...
Fashion data: calculating the cost of the fashion machine
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Apr 3, 2016
  • 4 min

Fashion data: calculating the cost of the fashion machine

A sister exhibition to Fashion Hacked at the Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, Fashion Data is a stark reality check about the...
Fashion hacked - the designers giving Zara a lesson in 'derivative design'
Brooke Roberts-Islam
  • Mar 21, 2016
  • 3 min

Fashion hacked - the designers giving Zara a lesson in 'derivative design'

There are constant rumblings throughout the fashion industry about copyright, Fast Fashion and IP ownership. Add to this debates about...
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