Nienke Creemers is a researcher, designer and writer living in London, United Kingdom. Specialising in ethics within the fashion industry, Nienke focuses on future developments within a global design context. She is endlessly intrigued by the way society takes shape, alters its outlines and eventually morphs into a different construct. Change can become a powerful tool in a world where everything is and can be designed.
At this time, Nienke writes about trends, sustainable development and upcoming brands for FARFETCH's Dutch Fashion Feed and takes part in the Design Futures Initiative's inquiry about design policy, where she is leading the research on designing policy for the fashion industry.
Projects
- Stylus Short Reads: April & May 23Anti-Capitalist Attitudes: The Eat the Rich Movement The growing popularity of the catchphrase Eat the Rich (the TikTok hashtag has more than 665m views) underlines the mainstreaming of anti-capitalist opinions. Youngsters are fed up with the looming climate disaster, renting economy and rising inflation, leading them to blame the ultra-rich for their woes. Read the full piece here.
- Stylus Short Reads: March 23Chatbot Companionship: AI Takes on Emotional Labour As generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools proliferate, consumers are enlisting AI to supercharge personal relationships. We unpack the emotional labour chatbots can provide and outline the benefits (and drawbacks) of engaging emotionally with tech. Read the full piece here.
- Stylus Short Reads January & February 23Holistic Health Apps Offer Alt-Solutions to Break Bad Habits Despite the expected 82.5% growth in spending on mental health apps in 2022 (Statista, 2022), 65% of Americans feel they don’t exercise enough, and 52% think they sleep too little (YouGov, 2022). Cue holistic health apps leveraging techniques like hypnosis to create better habits. Read the full piece here
- Will Fashion Make You Happy? The Dopamine Dressing GuideValentino's AW22 show made us look at the world through rose-coloured glasses, while we fall head over heels for green time and time again, due to Bottega Veneta. You might be familiar with the concept of 'dopamine dressing' or have never heard of such. The trend that started on Instagram is being elevated on the best runways, more than enough reason to talk about it. Below we'll tell you how you can dress yourself into bliss, and give you some insight into our playful favourites for spring 2022
- Demanding Clothes - Cultural Values in Fashion ProductionWe know what is happening in textile and clothing factories, working conditions are deplorable, and workers are often not paid a living wage. Documentaries such as China Blue (2005) and the Machinist (2010) were some of the first sources to show Western societies how our clothes are made. Why it is accepted that exploitation is a vital and even a necessary part of the fashion industry, is one of the main questions that started this inquiry. This research project explores the relation between the
Work history
Consumer Attitudes Trends ResearcherStylus
London, United KingdomFull Time
SEO Content WriterFarfetch
London, United KingdomFreelance
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Education
Master of ArtsLondon College of Fashion, UAL
- London, United Kingdom
MA Fashion Futures - Master of Arts with distinction
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Bachelor of Arts (BA) Academy of Fine Arts Maastricht
- Maastricht, Netherlands
Bachelor of Arts in Body Design with distinction
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