A CDN For Fashion: The Asset-First Approach To Production
How the principles of cloud architecture and digital asset management could provide a template for a more futureproof model of production and fulfilment.
From Render To Real: Delivering On The Promise Of Digital Design To On-Demand Production
Why the right 3D environment could be the key to unlocking the potential of end-to-end digital workflows, and to powering on-demand production.
Extracting Maximum Value From Apparel And Footwear 3D Assets – Up And Downstream
With digital product creation now firmly established as a key strategy for many brands, the question is turning to what additional value can be unlocked from 3D assets beyond prototyping and sampling – and what pieces need to be put in place to enable that value to be realised.
The Real Solution For Returns: Mass Tailoring
The vision for true personalisation often clashes with the question of how one-off production can scale. But that burden could be eased by answering an earlier question: can the individualisation of patterns be automated?
Redefining Denim: How can digital tools be adopted?
Denim is a notoriously difficult material to do justice to in 3D, but it’s also one of the most in-demand fabrics for digital prototyping and sampling. The right workflow could be the key.
Can Digitisation Help Fashion Bridge Its Online And Offline Customer Relationships?
As the lines between online and offline channels continue to blur, digitisation could hold the key to helping the two channels combine rather than compete.
Gone Viral – B2B In A Post-Pandemic Age
COVID has accentuated the need for constant brand and consumer interaction, but it’s also reshaped the nature of both B2C and B2B conversations. Before complexity takes over, it’s time to consider what you want to say.
What Will It Take For Fashion To Truly Embrace Digital?
In a year that has compressed significant digital transformation into a small span of time, how can fashion seize the opportunity for lasting change? Spoiler alert, it’s not just about technology.
In Manufacturing, The Only Certainty Is Uncertainty
The Portuguese textile industry has been a case study in overcoming disruption and seizing uncommon opportunities. In 2021, there’s a lot fashion could learn from its history.
Why The Modern, Mutual Supply Chain Must Run On Data
Brands have long accepted serious limitations on visibility into procurement and production. The last year has made the strongest case to date for breaking down those barriers – to brands’ and suppliers’ mutual benefit.
Rebuilding Post-COVID With A Smart, Sustainable Sourcing Strategy
There are a number of urgent reasons for brands and retailers to understand the scope and shape of their supply chains. Any smart sourcing strategy should start at the raw material level, which makes cotton the perfect case study.
Retooling: Why The Future Of Footwear Is Digital
The footwear industry has been at the forefront of 3D, but it still faces a difficult question: whether to design and engineer in 3D and visualise after, or to take the opposite approach.
The Imperative of Additive Manufacturing in Footwear and Apparel Post-Covid
How will the industry react to disrupted supply chains and accelerated consumer demands for sustainability and customization? Opportunity for change, or back to business as usual?
Video Interview: Is Digital Dyeing Ready For Prime-Time?
Replacing traditional dyeing methods with new digital solutions has the potential to transform an overlooked area of production.
But how far can digital dyeing go, and what does a future ecosystem built around it look like?
Redesigning Fashion with AI-Powered Supply Chains
The pandemic has intensified underlying problems with fashion supply chains. To cope with volatility and manage the unexpected, retailers and manufacturers now have the unavoidable task of evolving their manufacturing models through a hybrid of AI and IoT.
Machine Learning: The Secret to Getting Started with Digital Materials
As fashion moves further into digital product creation, digital materials are increasingly in the spotlight. But creating them has been a more complex, time-consuming process than most designers can afford. Machine learning could be about to change all that.
The Full Fashion-Tech Spectrum
Throughout 2021 and into 2022, we will be covering the following hot fashion technology topics:
