ABOUT BRIA
At the Brooke Roberts Innovation Agency (BRIA), we create materials-tech collaborations and products, as well as technology-led installations, for brands from sectors spanning fashion, technology, healthcare, smart homes and IoT.
We also have expertise in pioneering, developing and prototyping new sustainable materials and processes for use in fashion and other industries.
We innovate technology-led solutions to match our clients' proposed ideas, liaising with materials scientists and industry experts to bring these solutions to the prototyping stage and beyond. We are always working in new areas and are ready to push the boundaries of existing solutions to set our clients apart from the rest.
INNOVATION PROCESS
- CONCEPT
First meeting: Discuss problem or concept with client - RESEARCH
BRIA team research the concept and solutions - SOLUTION
Present findings and options to client
- PROTOTYPE
Deliver final prototype to client - POC - Proof of Concept
Refine and develop chosen solution with project team - SUPPORT
Advise and support client to independently manufacture product
OTHER SERVICES
CONFERENCES
WORKSHOPS
CONSULTANCY
INDUSTRY REPORTS
Team
Brooke Roberts-Islam
Co-director
· Award-winning knitwear designer & consultant
· Specialises in textile innovation
· Fashion-tech writer & public speaker
Moin Roberts-Islam
Co-director
· Background in scientific research, finance & analytics
· Specialises in smart materials
·Technological expertise
Piera Dencker-Rasmussen de Mascoli
Collaborators
Creative Director
· Specialises in 3D Design & Hardware Design
· Award winning VR designer
· Architectural & Spatial design lecturer.
For each new project, we bring together and work alongside a bespoke team of external specialists to achieve the best outcome for our clients, assembling experts with the latest knowledge of innovations from within their sectors to create new solutions.
CLIENTS
COLLABORATORS
RECENT PROJECTS
“Slave/Master” was a flagship event for the V&A Museum for both London Design Festival and Digital Design Weekend 2017, reflecting a reversal of the traditional “fear” portrayed in modern science-fiction films of robots oppressing and interfering with human existence. The installation combined contemporary dance, cutting-edge robotics and interactive projection graphics to create a collaborative performance between all of these elements.
BRIA and forward-looking fashion brand SABINNA collaborated to transform a fashion capsule collection of wardrobe “staples” into new 100% biodegradable materials for use in garment packaging and shop interiors. By developing innovative processes for transforming garments into new biodegradable materials, they have successfully demonstrated that it is possible for brands to create commercial fashion that is circular and that never needs to go into landfill.
The Brooke Roberts Innovation Agency (BRIA) are artists-in-residence at King’s College London. Working in collaboration with Dr Matthew Howard, Lecturer in Informatics (Robotics), BRIA have been resident in the Department of Informatics, Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences, on a project exploring digital knitwear design and the development of experimental ‘wearable’ textiles.
CONTACT
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