We all know that Will-i-am is a nerd at heart. The musician has not been shy about his passion for the ever evolving technology space. So much so that the founding shareholder in Beats Electronics, has been leveraging his experience to fuse the worlds of fashion, music and technology.
In this week’s video pick we turn to BoF. The entrepreneur was interviewed by LVMH chief digital officer Ian Rogers at VOICES, BoF’s new annual gathering of big thinkers in partnership with the QIC Global Real Estate.
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We encourage you to take a moment to watch the wide-ranging conversation between the two men. Spanning over 20 minutes, the twosome discussed many things, including the cross-disciplinary among software engineers, fashion designers and content makers. They agreed that cross-disciplinary is giving creatives the opportunity to explore the rise of voice interfaces and artificial intelligence. Continuing on the topic of collaborations Will.i.am warned, “Fashion doesn’t have technology, but they should build it, don’t collaborate. I’m a believer, and I believe in putting teams together. I like dot connectors, problem solvers, people who try to solve riddles.”
Founding editor-in-chief of FashNerd.com, Muchaneta is currently one of the leading influencers writing about the merger of fashion with technology and wearable technology. She has also given talks at Premiere Vision, Munich Fabric Start and Pure London, to name a few. Besides working as a fashion innovation consultant for various fashion companies like LVMH Atelier, Muchaneta has also contributed to Vogue Business, is a senior contributor at The Interline and an associate lecturer at London College of Fashion, UAL.
