Nicholas O'Donnell Hoare

Biography

Nicholas O'Donnell Hoare currently acts as Design Partner at Saint-H.  He believes in world changing ideas. Coming from a background in product and 3D design Nicholas has a special interest in new technologies, information visualisation, critical theory and sustainability. A believer in darwinian natural selection (on almost biblical proportions) he keeps ecology at the core of his thinking and doing. Nicholas has worked with hugely influential companies, universities, schools, charities and councils big and small to help change their mode of thought through multidisciplinary problem solving whilst giving their products a future orientated outlook. After working with a few large fashion brands Nicholas decided that many of their views were backwards and they lived in an unnecessarily short sighted illusion of what is involved in manufacturing. He now works with sustainable and ecology conscious start-up companies bringing big ideas into reality.  

Presenting: The Technology of Tomorrow - Does 3D Printing have a Sustainable Future in the Fashion/Apparel Industry?

17 Jul 2013, 09:10

• Is 3D printing really just a short-lived hype or are there further opportunities, yet to be realised, that require industrial and/or consumer patience to achieve?
• What does 3D printing actually allow you to do? – prioritising culture and use beyond aesthetics
• What are the material limitations and qualities of computer-assisted design and 3D printing?
• What does 3D printing mean in regards to creative sustainability?
• Attaining a new set of previously unattainable design cues through 3D printing
• Overcoming the cost barriers of complex design - 3D printing and ‘free complexity'
• Standing at the base of a ‘mountain of disruption’ with 3D fabrication - what are the implications on industry, brands and/or the environment
• What does wearable technology mean for the fashion industry and what role does 3D printing play in this field?
• 3D printing, consumerism and waste – reducing waste in material use whilst printing or creating more waste than known now due to domestic production