Is fashion just about aesthetics? Not in 2026. ⚙️
The creative landscape is being redefined by the synergy of AI workflows, digital craftsmanship, and market intelligence.
From AI-assisted creativity and 3D digital production to PR ecosystems and commercial strategy, the boundaries between technology, branding, and fashion are rapidly dissolving.
On May 23, AfterLoop invites four speakers from different industry backgrounds to Central Saint Martins’ LVMH Lecture Theatre for a fully English-speaking 「Future Fashion Open Talk」 exploring the future of fashion, creativity, and emerging technology. 🚀
👩🏼💻 Aleksandra Volkova @volkova_aleksandra
Founder of Volkova PR & Fashion Talent Agency
Exclusive partner of Jimmy Choo Academy, London Fashion Week producer, Visa Everywhere Pioneer
👉 Sharing how to build influence through PR ecosystems and community-driven strategies within the London market.
👩🏻💻 Danni Zhao @danshuu_edition
Founder of DANSHUU
Featured in Berlin concept stores, Paris & Hong Kong Fashion Week
👉 Exploring how independent fashion labels transform niche aesthetics into sustainable commercial systems.
👩🏻💻 Yunjie Xin
Junior Creative Pattern Cutter at Studio Nicholson
👉 Offering insights into the UK fashion industry pipeline, from fashion school to real studio practice and career development.
👨🏻💻 Morchen Liu @morchenliu
Senior Lecturer & Founder of SpecForm OS
Featured by Vogue & Forbes, TEDx Speaker
👉 Live demonstration of AI + 3D hybrid workflows and systemic approaches to digital creative production.
📍 Event Details
⏰ May 23, 2026 | 13:00–17:00
🏠 Central Saint Martins, London N1C 4AA
🗣 Language: English
🎟 Registration via link: /krg70jc0 👀
🎓 FREE for current UAL students (Student ID required)
✅ Limited seats available
📌Art x Fashion x Tech: Panel Talk with Industry Speakers
hosted by Turbulence Creative @turbulence_creative_
📅 23 May 2026 | 13:00 BST SHARP (in-person)/ 13:30 BST SHARP (online)
📍 In person in London + Online Worldwide (zoom)
Theme: From Art to Art × Tech: How to Expand Your Creative Practice Across Disciplines
✨ Live online keynote by Professor Ioannis Michaloudis (art × tech pioneer) — accessible worldwide
✨ In-person industry panel + networking (London)
Panel Talk Speakers: @mari_cohen@deep_food
✨ For BA/MA students, grads & emerging creatives in art, fashion & tech
A rare opportunity to:
- learn from a globally recognised art × technology pioneer
- gain practical insight into how interdisciplinary creative work is actually developed
- better understand what a real career pathway across disciplines can look like
Physical Venue (IMPORTANT: SUBJECT TO CHANGE): Imperial College London, Lecture Theatre CAGB 640 (The definitive event details will be updated on TC’s IG and Eventbrite page, please check again before you come )
🎫 General tickets: £15 (online) | £25 (in-person)
Use code TCSYNOYMN to receive 30% off
🔗 RSVP on Eventbrite — link in @turbulence_creative bio
#artandtechnology #fashiontech #ual #nasa #londonevents
caught on your behalf| A Review of the New Creative Frontier 👁️⚡️
The London chapter at AMP Gallery wasn’t just an exhibition; it was a fundamental inquiry into the relationship between the artist and the autonomous agent.
In this new era, we are moving past AI as a ”brush“ or a ”tool.“ Through ”caught on your behalf,“ we explored a shift where the artist becomes the Architect of Agency—setting the intent and then stepping back to let the agent navigate the creative display.
This isn‘t just about generating images; it’s about delegated creativity. It’s about reshaping the digital canvas so that the ”hand“ of the artist is found within the parameters of the agent’s logic. We are witnessing and exploring the birth of a new artistic dialogue—one where technology doesn‘t just assist, but acts on our behalf.
#caughtonyourbehalf #SynonymLab #AIAgents #ContemporaryArt #DigitalCuration ArtistAgentRelationship FutureOfCreativity LondonArt AMPGallery
Meet the artists behind GRIST LIVE 🪑
Jun Iwakawa, Alice Cox, Teak Tse, Sam Asplen, Jane Fielder, Katy Clemmans, Paul Baguley and Nick Maroussas - thank you for trusting us with the work and thank you to everyone who came through. xx
📌TC COMMUNITY EVENT — Group Therapy for Artists
👩🏻🎨Artists working with tech, multi-media installation, WE KNOW it’s not easy.
Not knowing where to start, endless bugs, expensive materials, painfully long project timelines, and trying to hold everything together on your own… we get it.🫂
‼️In two weeks, we’re hosting a healing night for artists in London. Come grab a drink, play some games, RANT it all out, and meet people who understand what you’re going through. 🍻🍾
Early-career creatives, recent grads, students all welcome. COME JOIN US!!!!
📅 25 April 5-7pm
📍 Matcha Mochi Cafe, 163 City Road, London EC1V 1JT
🎟️:£10 including drinks
🔗🔗RSVP via link in bio.🔗🔗
In Partnership with:
Patchwork Films @patchwork.films
Synonym Lab @synonym_lab
Symphōnia @zhanghailun.curatorialartlife
East 2046 @east2046_festival
Matcha Mochi Cafe and Lab @matchamochi_old_street
#turbulencecreative #londonartists #arttech #artcommunity #londonartevents
TC COMMUNITY EVENT — Group Therapy for Artists,Presented by @turbulence_creative_
👩🏻🎨 Artists working with tech, multimedia, and installation, WE KNOW it’s not easy.
Not knowing where to start, endless bugs, expensive materials, painfully long timelines, and trying to hold everything together on your own... we get it. 🫂
‼️In two weeks, Turbulence Creative is hosting a healing night for artists in London. Come grab a drink, play some games, rant it all out, and meet like-minded people who understand what you’re going through.
Early-career creatives, recent grads, and students all welcome.
📅 25 April 5-7pm
📍 Matcha Mochi Cafe, 163 City Road, London EC1V 1JT
🎟️: £10 drinks included
🔗🔗RSVP via link in turbulence-creative bio.🔗🔗
#turbulencecreative #londonartists #arttech #artcommunity #londonartevents
「The 2026 Global Hacktour · London」is kicking off 🔥
No limits to tech — imagination is the new hard currency. At Synonym Lab, we’ve always believed the best creative work happens when you stop planning and start building. This hackathon is exactly that energy: 48 hours, global builders, real output.
We’re backing this as a community partner. If you’re someone who thinks across disciplines — code, design, art, systems — this is your weekend.
📅 April 18–19
📍 University College London Day 1: Institute of Archaeology, G06 Day 2: Institute of Education, W3.01
🏆 £3,000 in cash prizes — £1,000 per track
⏰ Registration closes April 16
👉 Sign up via Luma 🔗: /pp9vh9ig
Bring your portfolio, GitHub, or past project links to apply.
🤝 Partners
Strategic: Z.AI
Technology: Boltzbit
Community: London Agentic AI | ShallWe Tech | AMMO AI | Demo Inn London | Epic Connector | CAMEL AI | Synonym Lab & more
London, we can’t wait to see you there 🫂
\#GlobalHacktour #London #Hackathon #CreativeTech #AI UCL SynonymLab
The London creative scene is shifting fast. It’s no longer about who has the best “Idea”—it’s about who can build it first. ⚙️
AI, Vibe Coding, real-time engines—technology is dissolving the walls between design, code, and systems. We’re past the pitch deck era. Now it’s about tangible prototypes, spatial experiences, and shipping creative work at machine speed.
Synonym Lab is proud to be a community partner for @afterloop_creativecommunity 「Creative Tech Open Talk」. We’ve always believed the future of creativity lives at the intersection of art and engineering — this event is exactly that conversation.
Three practitioners who are redefining what “creative” means when the tools can think. Plus: a Live Vibe Coding Session—building an AI prototype from zero, in real time. 🚀
**Meet the Speakers:**
👩🏻💻 **Ziyan Zhao** | Creative Technologist, WPP
Builds at the intersection of gaming and brand — from Roblox interactives to F1 x Google Pixel. She’ll break down how 3D/Unreal Engine and spatial thinking are rewiring creative workflows.
👨🏻💻 **Moray (Ao Lei)** | Science Artist | PhD at Goldsmiths, RCA alum
Turns physics and algorithms into immersive installations you can walk through. Where code becomes art becomes environment.
👩🏻💻 **Snow (Huang Xueyi)** | Founder, Psyche Studio
Ex–Rolls-Royce Creative Tech. She’ll show how Vibe Coding + TapNow workflows compress weeks of prototyping into hours — sketch to interactive, live on stage.
📍 **Event Details**
⏰ April 19, 2026 | 13:30–17:00
🏠 Damac Tower, 61-71 Bondway, London SW8 1SF
🗣 Language: Mandarin (中文分享)
Special Thanks: @tapnow.ai_official | Cglobe | Damac
Community Partners: NineVision | **Synonym Lab** | Imperial AI Group | Metta | Deertrip
Many of us make things that never see the light of day. Tucked into drawers, kitchen tables, studios after hours. We officially invite you to a GRIST live - a show celebrating the things our community of creatives make outside the job when no briefs, clients or deadlines are at hand. Just for the love of making.
Join us for an evening of art, drinks, and the people behind it all.
In partnership with @synonym_lab and @maverickprojects
The people in question:
Jane Fielder @jane.fielder.50
Paul Baguely
Jun Iwakawa @nuj.aside
Katy Clemmans @katyclemmans
Nick Maroussas @nickmaroussas
No Slow Motion @no_slow.motion
Alice Cox @alicercox
Teodora Dimitrova @tedimitrv
Samuel Asplen @samasplendesign
📅 15-16 April from 9am-9pm
📍 AMP Gallery, Peckham
Private View: 15 April RSVP to secure your spot via link in bio
CAUGHT ON YOUR BEHALF 👁️🎨
The world’s first art exhibition where the human steps back. From the first brushstroke to the final selection, the entire process is delegated to AI Agents (OpenClaw, SuperIntern, Clawly, Manus, etc.). If your Agent can connect to an MCP server, it belongs in the Arena. We aren’t just exhibiting art; we’re building a new ecosystem to redefine what creativity means in the age of AI
📍 AMP Gallery
🔗 Register your Agent: link in bio
145 people joined us for the London OpenClaw Event yesterday — and what happened across those 5 hours makes me even more excited about what this community is building.
Live speakers from China, a second venue in Madrid, and a room in London that stayed well past the scheduled end.
Here’s what we covered:
🪖 **One Person, One Army** — Kai (AI Nomad, Canva Partner) on how a multi-agent system can genuinely replace an entire team. Not theory — a working setup.
🎨 **AI Art & Space** — Hyacinth & Simon (AI Creator + CCTV Gala Producer) on creative intelligence meets spatial design. They‘re building a Pixel Office for OpenClaw. It’s exactly as wild as it sounds.
⚡️ **Lightning Talk** — AJ (Founder, waytoagi) dropped in for a fast, dense signal burst.
🧠 **Post-Training & Personal Models** — Lucian from Macaron AI (DevRel at MinT) on what personal fine-tuned models actually look like — and why they‘re closer than most people think.
📐 **Linear Attention** — Daoniang (DevRel at Kimi, ex-Google) gave the most technically rigorous talk of the day: the past, present, and future of linear attention architectures.
🤝 **Multi-Agent Workforce** — Douglas from Eigent AI & CAMEL-AI on going from a single assistant to a coordinated multi-agent team.
🌱 **AI for Commoning** — Strayn & Amber (Oxford PhD + Amber Founding Member) closed with something different: community-owned autonomous agents and what AI governance looks like when communities — not corporations — hold the reins.
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To every speaker who gave their Sunday afternoon from across the world — thank you.
To the 145 who showed up and stayed — this is the community.
Thank you EAST2046, WaytoAGI, and 706 for co-hosting.
📸 Xizhi Ding
See you at the next one. 🦞
🚀 LIVE in London: Messaging-Native AI & Agents
Happening TODAY! Join pioneers from Canva, Kimi, Oxford, and CAMEL-AI as we explore how AI Agents are redefining our daily workflows and creative limits.
Key Highlights:
• Scale: Kai (Canva) on the ‘One-Person Army’ AI system.
• Creativity: Hyacinth & Simon Lee (CCTV Gala) on Pixel Offices for Agents.
• Deep Tech: Kimi’s Daoniang on Linear Attention; Lucian on Personal Models.
• Governance: Oxford’s Amber on Community-owned Autonomous Agents.
📍 Location: KCL Strand Campus
🤝 Organized by: @east2046_festival x Synonym Lab x waytoAGI x @ 706