On Fashion Science with Amanda Parkes

On Fashion Science with Amanda Parkes

May 13, 2026 · 57 min · Season 3 · Episode 3

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 ...

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