Textile Futures: Crafting Fashion Narratives with AI🧵- Date TBD
​Textile Futures: Crafting Fashion Narratives with AI : A 2-hour Interactive Co-Creative Experience, followed by a 30-min Q&A session (Date TBD)
​An Immersive Workshop into the future of fashion and textile design, led by Samar Younes, exploring the intersection of ancestral craft wisdom and generative AI. Drawing from historical textile traditions and contemporary technological innovations, we'll investigate how AI can enhance rather than replace traditional design processes.
​What to Expect?
​This specialized session goes beyond basic AI implementation to explore:
​Cultural pattern recognition and development
​Sustainable design thinking through AI
​Hybrid creativity in fashion innovation
​Cross-cultural textile narratives
​Future ancestors in design
​At SAMARITUAL, we believe in the transformative power of immersive brand experiences. Our IMAGINAOLGY sessions are designed to:
​Enhance your ability to create multidimensional brand ecosystems.
​Strengthen strategic thinking, unlock limitless brand potential, and understand the skills required to navigate future branding landscapes.
​Balance traditional techniques with AI-assisted creativity to craft expansive brand universes.
​Embrace a refined multidisciplinary approach focused on a multi-intelligence ecosystem, including cultural, artisanal, and AI-driven insights.
​Key Highlights:
​Pattern Language: Learn to develop unique textile patterns blending cultural heritage with AI
​Sustainable Innovation: Explore circular design thinking using AI as a tool
​Cultural Translation: Bridge traditional craft with contemporary technology
​Design Process: Master hybrid approaches to fashion ideation
​Future Thinking: Anticipate emerging trends in fashion and textile design.
​In addition to the workshop, you'll receive a comprehensive self-guided IMAGINAOLGY PlaySheet on Textile Futures: Crafting Fashion Narratives with AI and a Certificate of Completion that you can add to your LinkedIn Profile.
This workshop is ideal for:
​Fashion designers
​Textile artists
​Sustainable designers
​Brand innovators
​Cultural practitioners
​Design researchers
​IMAGINAOLGY Alumni Community:
​​• 3000+ Innovators and Creatives: Our alumni network boasts over 3000 certified professionals who have completed our masterclasses and workshops, demonstrating their commitment to pushing the boundaries of creativity and innovation.
• Global Reach: Representing 12+ countries, our alumni community is a vibrant tapestry of cultural insights and perspectives, enriching every interaction with global creativity.
• Diverse Organizational Backgrounds: Our alumni hail from 23+ esteemed organizations, including industry leaders such as Spring Studios, Nike, Tapestry, URBN, NYU, Goethe Institute, Kantar, RGA, and more. They bring a wealth of experience and expertise from various sectors, including design, technology, branding, education, and cultural institutions.
• Diverse Professional Backgrounds: Designers, brand strategists, creative technology enthusiasts, educators, futurists, artists, and cultural practitioners.
• Influential Thought Leaders: Many of our alumni hold key positions in their organizations and contribute to groundbreaking projects and initiatives.
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Our alumni network fosters collaboration across various fields, enhancing the cross-pollination of ideas and practices.
• Lifelong Learning and Growth: Our certified attendees continuously engage with the latest advancements in generative AI, artisanal intelligence, and cultural insights, staying ahead in their fields.
​​Hear more about our alumni’s experiences and success stories through their testimonials and reviews and on our site's IMAGINAOLGY Edu Lab. Get ready to elevate your creative process and ideate in ways you’ve never imagined!
​About Your Tutor/Guide:
​Samar Younes is a Beirut-born hybrid artist, futurist, and creative catalyst who pioneers radical approaches to creativity in the AI era. As founder of IMAGINAOLGY Future Edu Lab and a sought-after speaker on hybrid creativity, she brings over two decades of experience leading creative teams and shaping brand universes to her innovative educational practice.
​Drawing from her transcultural background and multidisciplinary expertise spanning architecture, visual communication, and brand strategy, Samar's teaching philosophy seamlessly integrates artisanal, ancestral, and artificial intelligences. Her framework challenges participants to maintain profound creative and cultural engagement in an age where AI capabilities expand daily—transmuting algorithmic potential into cultural poetry through embodied knowing, ancestral memory, and kaleidoscopic vision"
​Her approach is informed by extensive experience mentoring at NEW INC (New Museum's art and tech incubator), NYU, and her alma mater Central Saint Martins, as well as leading global creative teams at Anthropologie and Coach as Global Visual Director & as VP Creative at various Innovative retail, hospitality and art start ups. Through IMAGINAOLGY, Samar guides participants in developing their unique creative vision while navigating emerging technologies ethically and innovatively, helping them unlock radical imagination while grounding innovation in sustainable practices and cultural intelligence.