SPUTNIKO!: A PROVOCATIVE ARTIST AND TECHNOLOGIST

The apple of our eye at the moment: Sputniko!, a Japanese/British artist who challenges gender stereotypes through music, film, installations and technology. After completing her masters at Royal College of Art in 2010, she has gone on to produce works that have been featured in MoMA, Bunny Smash in Tokyo, and was awarded "Woman of the Year" in 2013 by Vogue Japan. In addition to her creative endeavours, she also delved right into rigorous academics. That same year, she became an assistant teacher at MIT Media Lab and was dubbed by Le Figaro as one of "30 most talented women under 30" just this year...

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SUBJECTIVE OR CALCULATED STYLE

When it comes to the future of fashion, our minds don’t automatically think that algorithmic outfit planning is the way forward...We know it’s been in the works for a while, as apps have tried to mimic the work of stylists; but as of now, the hot topic is how fashion tech and A.I. concepts are so advanced, they can think for themselves. The latest swanky software program has figured out ‘how to make an outfit more chic’ through math alone. But how can a computer determine something so subjective, we ask?

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