Speculative Design
I am a speculative designer exploring ethical and sustainable futures in fashion. My work investigates AI, automation and clothing recycling technologies, designing objects and scenario trajectories for worlds that do not yet exist.​
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HIVE "The Benevolent Dictator" - Exploring AI and Regenerative Futures.
2024
Hive is a nature-centric AI robot designed to inspire sustainable behaviours through playful interactions. Activated by the wake word "Hey Hive," users can ask it any question or simply check in with a statement. Drawing on biomimicry, Hive reimagines the embodiment of AI, combining organic aesthetics with cutting- edge technology. It provides real-time emotional feedback—using lights, sounds, vibrations, and scents—to guide users toward eco-conscious decisions. Acting as an interactive "nature ambassador," Hive responds with emotions like joy or disapproval, encouraging reflection on environmental impact. Exploring AI's potential to promote sustainability through empathy, innovation, and engaging design.
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An AI-driven film that explores innovative perspectives on sustainable fashion. This film weaves theoretical research with practical experimentation, envisioning a utopian future where communities reclaim and repurpose fashion industry waste. Utilising AI tools for image generation, animation, and narration, the film creates a slightly eerie yet captivating vision of a regenerative fashion system. Through this speculative design approach, "Threads of Change" challenges viewers to reconsider the role of technology and community action in achieving sustainable and ethical fashion practices, highlighting both the potential and pitfalls of technology in shaping our collective future.
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This project was an exploration of systems thinking and world-building. Fashion’s entanglement with capitalism fuels unsustainable practices and the climate crisis. Futureshift reimagines the role of Intelligent automation technology within fashion, to create a speculative post-capitalist world. AI-driven automation promises the potential to revolutionise fashion by optimising processes, and thereby reducing waste. Yet it also brings risks of mass un-employment and further expedition of fashion production and therefore exacerbation of the climate crisis. In Futureshift, participants take on the role of voters, guided through a non-linear story that takes into account elements like voting, consumption habits, regulation, and universal basic income for garment workers. This explores factors crucial to adopting technologies more sustainably, paving the way for an eco-centric rather than purely techno-centric future.
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A short project based around collectivism. THE TROVE A Collective Wardrobe System (CWS) A ‘holographic’ AI assistant that helps users curate and style their virtual wardrobe, providing personalized fashion recommendations based on individual preferences, body type (takes daily measurements), and occasion.