Co-creating Cultures for the Future Week
”Design that Bridges Tradition and the Future” - Next Generation Fashion and Lifestyle Created by Young People from Around the World
Shape New World Initiative
While fashion reflects a particular era, it also has the power to convey a country's culture into the future through design ingenuity. This program will bring together young designers and fashion brand representatives from various countries, bearers of traditional costumes, and game designers who are responsible for design in the digital world, to explore how contemporary trends will take root as the culture of the future, and how we can get involved for a better future. and how we can get involved for a better future.
Discussion
- Art
- Cultural arts
- Local community revitalisation
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Agenda2025
Co-created Programme
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
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2025.04.29[Tue]
14:00 ～ 16:00
(Venue Open 13:30)
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- Theme Weeks Studio
Programme details
Featuring entrepreneurs who are updating traditional costumes and crafts for the modern age, and designers with expertise in digital fashion, we will discuss how traditional culture influences contemporary fashion and interior design, and how it is connected to future design. The program will also delve into the process of how contemporary fashions remain a universal culture. As a highlight of the program, participants will be asked to dress in clothing that represents their own identity and rediscover the value of local culture and handicrafts through an experience that expresses tradition and the future. Online participation utilizing clusters will also allow participants to experience self-expression through the use of virtual skins. Participants will be asked to consider items and attire for either a traditional design or a theme that represents their cultural background and identity, or a “future fashion” theme that emerges from contemporary trends. On-site participants will receive cards describing traditional attire from around the world and the traditions from which contemporary fashion and lifestyles are derived. During the session, they will be asked to respond to a questionnaire about their findings and the methods and significance of cultural inheritance in their own daily lives, which will be included in their recommendations to the Davos Forum. Let's create the culture of the next generation together at this event where tradition and the future intersect.
Cast
Moderator
©SHINGO AIBA
Shingo AIBA
SHINGO AIBA
Discovered by Hedi Slimane, a world-renowned fashion designer, and started career as the first Japanese designer at SAINT LAURENT.
After returning to Japan, he creates diverse artworks beyond fashion, utilizing sensibilities and experiences gained in Paris.
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Speakers
Jenny Lai
NOT
Jenny Lai is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and has built her career working globally from Amsterdam to Mexico City to South Africa, collaborating with internationally renowned fashion brands such as Viktor & Rolf, Boudicca, Bibhu Mohapatra, and Carla Fernandez. In 2011, she founded her own brand, NOT, through which she creates innovative designs that inspire playfulness, individuality, and confidence. Passionate about designing custom performance-wear for musicians and dancers, she continues to push the boundaries of interdisciplinary performance.
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©Aya MURAKAMI
Aya Murakami
Ay inc.
Driven by a passion for African studies, she has been involved in organizing and managing entrepreneurship development programs and even launched her own venture, selling clothing made by women in Congo. In 2019, she founded her apparel brand, Ay. Today, with a mission to "reweave culture," she leads Ay, a cultural brand dedicated to embracing, unraveling, and reshaping Japanese traditions. Her work includes developing clothing and accessories made from upcycled Meisen kimonos and products that integrate local traditional crafts.
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Gabriel A. Vergara II
Google Arts & Culture Lab
Gabriel Vergara II is a multidisciplinary designer, design manager and creative producer with 8+ years of experience. He studied Product Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and currently works at Google ATAP, working on creative partnerships and collaborations with artists and designers.
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Co-creating Cultures for the Future Week
”Design that Bridges Tradition and the Future” - Next Generation Fashion and Lifestyle Created by Young People from Around the World
While fashion reflects a particular era, it also has the power to convey a country's culture into the future through design ingenuity. This program will bring together young designers and fashion brand representatives from various countries, bearers of traditional costumes, and game designers who are responsible for design in the digital world, to explore how contemporary trends will take root as the culture of the future, and how we can get involved for a better future. and how we can get involved for a better future.
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2025.04.29[Tue]
14:00～16:00
(Venue Open 13:30)
- Theme Weeks Studio
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
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