ADC Awards
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Category
Craft / Patterns / Textiles
Annual ID
ADC101_FSN013M
About the Work
We are living under surveillance of AI. While we are being able to manage our own personal information online recently, AI-based security cameras and in-store customer analytics are labeling individuals based on their appearances and using their information without their permissions in the cities. In Europe and the U.S., AI related laws have been revised and large companies have withdrawn from facial recognition for police, but in Japan, this is not even on the agenda.
The textile label UNLABELED has developed camouflage patterns that occur misrecognition of AI to raise awareness of the issue. The patterns are generated by a unique system that uses a technique to trigger the AI to falsely recognize what it sees. In collaboration with an apparel brand NEXUSVII., we created hoodies, crew sweatshirts, bags, and skateboards with our camouflage. Wearing these items will reduce the recognition rate of AI. In October 2021, we opened a pop-up store in Shibuya, the largest source of culture in Japan, sold the items and demonstrated the surveillance and how our products work.
UNLABELED camouflages represent our rights to privacies. Visitors realized the unilateral labeling by the AI in the city and their rights to privacies. The products were almost sold out during the exhibition period, and requests for purchase were received from overseas. Our alternative approach through fashion became a hot topic around the world and has been covered in more than 120 media, including technology, fashion and culture media and news shows. Our message reached wide range of the people.
Clothing is one of the most primitive stuff in our life, and fashion, what we wear represents individuals and the era. Our strategy of human-centric approach (but utilizing the technology) utilizing fashion from Shibuya was the best way to spread the message about the issue of the era.
The textile label UNLABELED has developed camouflage patterns that occur misrecognition of AI to raise awareness of the issue. The patterns are generated by a unique system that uses a technique to trigger the AI to falsely recognize what it sees. In collaboration with an apparel brand NEXUSVII., we created hoodies, crew sweatshirts, bags, and skateboards with our camouflage. Wearing these items will reduce the recognition rate of AI. In October 2021, we opened a pop-up store in Shibuya, the largest source of culture in Japan, sold the items and demonstrated the surveillance and how our products work.
UNLABELED camouflages represent our rights to privacies. Visitors realized the unilateral labeling by the AI in the city and their rights to privacies. The products were almost sold out during the exhibition period, and requests for purchase were received from overseas. Our alternative approach through fashion became a hot topic around the world and has been covered in more than 120 media, including technology, fashion and culture media and news shows. Our message reached wide range of the people.
Clothing is one of the most primitive stuff in our life, and fashion, what we wear represents individuals and the era. Our strategy of human-centric approach (but utilizing the technology) utilizing fashion from Shibuya was the best way to spread the message about the issue of the era.
2022 Awards
Total Points: 3
Merit Honor
Credits
Agency
Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo
Production Company
Qosmo, Inc. / TOKYO
Dentsu Creative X Inc. / Tokyo
Art Director
Yusuke Koyanagi
Copywriter
Risako Kawashima
Cinematographer
Sho Takahashi
Creative Director
Naoki Tanaka
Nao Tokui
Designer
Takumi Saito
Naoki Ise
Photographer
Ryo Funamoto
Product Manager
Tomotaka Inoue
Engineer
Yuki Tanabe
Planner
Yuma Shingai
Project Manager
Sota Suzuki
Exhibition Director
Kei Murayama
Yusuke Yamagiwa
Machine Learning
Ryosuke Nakajima
Movie Director
Sotaro Ogi
Movie Producer
Takahiko Kajima
Movie Production Manager
Shogo Honda
Product Director
Tomohiro Konno
Visual Programmer
Shoya Dozono
Robin Jungers
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