Dress codes are as old as clothing itself. For centuries, clothing has been a wearable status symbol; fashion, a weapon in struggles for social change; and dress codes, a way to maintain political control. Have you ever thought about the message your clothes send and how your environment shapes what you wear?

From the moment we are born, we are coated with rich bacteria that protects us from life-threatening pathogens and this becomes the basis of our own unique microbiome which will shape our future health.

Psychedelic imagery is increasingly being used by designers as a way to explore new forms of reality that are shaped, warped, shattered and expanded by technology such as AR (augmented reality) and MR (mixed reality). The psychedelic experiences of the 60s resonate with a generation thoroughly absorbed into a disorientating network of sensors, filters, simulations, avatars and virtual connections.