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Batik Goes Digital
Local designers are fusing traditional textile heritage with generative AI patterns, creating batik fabrics never seen before.
Fashion · Innovation · Future
The future doesn't happen to Singapore — Singapore engineers it. From the ateliers of Raffles Place to the research labs of one-north, Shift tracks the moments where fashion meets technology, where design disrupts, and where the Lion City rewrites its own story.
Once, Orchard Road was Asia's most coveted shopping belt — a two-kilometre marble-paved corridor housing every luxury brand on earth. But in 2026, Singapore's most iconic boulevard is undergoing a profound metamorphosis. Vacant retail floors are becoming immersive art spaces. Flagship stores are giving way to experiential concept halls. Orchard Road is no longer just a place to shop — it is becoming Singapore's answer to the future of retail: a boulevard where culture, technology, and design converge.
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