Tokyo street style meets imperial Asian armor
Mexican tailoring meets Anglo-Saxon gold
Los Angeles denim meets ancient Mediterranean and African textiles
The runway of tomorrow and the ethics of heritage
mankai Digital designers recreate historical museum artifacts as virtual video game accessories.
From which century do the Benin Bronzes, often featured in digital fashion scans, originate?
mankai Match ancient relics with runway designs to discover how history inspires modern K-pop fashion.
mankai Designers use their platforms to highlight the controversial origins of museum-held artifacts.
What famous ancient Greek temple sculptures are at the center of a major repatriation debate?
mankai Modern designers look to ancient organic textiles to create biodegradable streetwear.
What technology allows designers to create exact virtual replicas of museum artifacts for video games?
Lewis Chessmen material: The famous 12th-century Lewis Chessmen, found in Scotland and displayed in the British Museum, are carved mostly from walrus ivory.
What legal status allows anyone to use designs that are thousands of years old without paying royalties?
Which sustainable, ancient fiber is being revived by modern designers to make biodegradable cargo pants?
Practices, objects, and traditions inherited from the past and maintained in the present. Streetwear designers adapt ancient Anglo-Saxon and Asian artifacts from the British Museum into modern runway garments.