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Industry & Technology IFFTI · RMIT Vietnam April 2026

Rethinking the Designer's Role in an Era of AI and Generative Tools

How AI image-makers and design tools are reshaping what it means to be a fashion designer.

A fashion concept lineup with five models in layered blue and gray looks
Kinetic Origami: Urbanised · IFFTI 2026 source paper, Figure 1; focus-group design by respondent 1

This piece considers questions of authorship, labour, and originality as AI enters moodboards, concepting, and even pattern-making, asking what skills the next generation of designers will actually need.

Illustrated lineup of colorful, sari-inspired fashion concepts
Beyond the Rasams · IFFTI 2026 source paper, Figure 2; focus-group design by respondent 2Source ↗