Anouk Wipprecht is a Dutch Fashion designer who is one of the most well-known in the emerging field of “fashionable technology.” ^[1]

She is a figure in the creation of technological couture through the use of engineering, science, and interactive design, she creates systems that tend toward artificial intelligence.

Projected as “'host” systems on the human body, her designs move, breathe, and react to the environment around them.

Born and raised in Amsterdam, Anouk's fashion education started when she was 14 years old.

After high school, she attended Amsterdam Fashion Institute and later left for Sweden to continue her education. At Malmö University she worked with David Cuartielles doing the Arduino-based application possibilities and smart fabric concept. She was a part of an interaction study lab of "body, fashion & technology".

Some time after her experience in Sweden, gained deeper knowledge of the fashiontech field by assisting Sabine Seymour in Vienna, Austria.

in 2010, she graduated from Utrecht School of the Arts where she collaborated with Aduen Darriba (interaction designer) on the project Technosensual.

Her project, Technosensual, became a spectacle to see as an exhibition. The project became an exhibition curated by Anouk Wipprecht features garments that combine fashion and technology while expanding the possibilities of contemporary fashion design. These smart textiles are equipped with electronic components such as

sensors and LEDs or are made out of innovative and futuristic materials.

The interactive engineering of the pieces in the exhibition gives visitors a chance to experience haute tech couture first hand.

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Since the completion of the project, Anouk has become a sought-after designer, and went on to work on several projects thereafter, including partnerships taken place in the United States. She is the innovator in residence for Swarovski in San Francisco, California.

Partnering up with companies such as Intel, AutoDesk, Google, Microsoft, Cirque Du Soleil, Audi, and 3D printing company Materialise she researches how our future would look as we continue to embed technology into what we wear.