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26 Mar

Digital Art Is Making Moves on the Mannequin Market

Digital Art Is Making Moves on the Mannequin Market
GETTING A MOVE ON: Will digital artist Sam Shea — prized for his disquieting, liquid-like figures sometimes comprised only of limbs — disrupt the, ahem, staid mannequin market? “I’m principally going to start out manufacturing all my 3D work in real life,” he said at an event Tuesday during Paris Blockchain Week, where he displayed a video clip of one in all his human-like creatures, its flesh stretching out within the wind, riding a horse across a beach. “The cool thing is my dad worked his entire life at a natural history museum, and his best friend made the mannequins.” Shea, higher often known as Nude Robot, said his “surreal mannequins, like lucid dreamers” would offer a latest way for fashion brands...
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16 Jan

Marc Value, Digital Media and Fashion Entrepreneur, Dies at 61

Marc Value, Digital Media and Fashion Entrepreneur, Dies at 61
LONDON – Marc Value, the digital media and fashion entrepreneur who founded the WGSN and Stylus Media Group, has died aged 61. Value died of a heart attack, in keeping with his family. His funeral can be held on Tuesday. A genial man and canny entrepreneur who was quick to know the ability of information, digital news and forecasting for the creative industries, Value began his profession in clothing manufacturing. He later turned his attention to trend and intelligence-gathering for the style industry. In 1997, along together with his older brother Julian, he launched Value Global Style Network, WGSN, geared toward fashion professionals on the lookout for data, evaluation and research on retail, product and magnificence trends. In 2005, the Value brothers sold...
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9 Jan

For Digital Fashion, Does FTX’s Demise Actually Matter?

For Digital Fashion, Does FTX’s Demise Actually Matter?
The spectacular rise of digital currency exchange FTX and its arguably much more spectacular fall are poised to enter the annals of tech lore. As a case study in hubris, if not outright criminality, the story has generated attention all over the place from area of interest blockchain blogs to mainstream media publications, with critics pondering whether FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s fate will hammer the ultimate nail into crypto’s coffin once and for all. Not so fast, say a still-booming breed of related artists and business executives who depend on digital currency. There’s a foundation of entrepreneurs, creatives and established brands that remain invested within the emerging tech and the applications and experiences it unlocks. For them, the FTX debacle appears...
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