On Fashion Science with Amanda Parkes

About this episode

Dr Amanda Parkes discusses her work as a fashion scientist and the intersection of technology and material science.

Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message! Welcome to the Where Shall We Meet podcast. Our guest today is Dr Amanda Parkes. Amanda calls herself a fashion scientist - she has a PhD from the MIT Media Lab, where her research bridged computer science and material science, and dual Stanford degrees in mechanical engineering and art history. She has spent fifteen years trying to answer a deceptively simple question: what if we rebuilt the material world around nature's logic instead ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Omid Ashtari, Natascha McElhone

Guest: Dr Amanda Parkes

Topics covered

• fashion science
• material science
• computer science
• sustainability
• technology
• art history

Keywords

• fashion
• science
• technology
• sustainability
• material science
• MIT
• Stanford

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MIT Media Lab, Stanford

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