Uniqueness and originality come across as the biggest differences between human designs and those generated by artificial intelligence (AI), new research has concluded.
- However, the use of AI in repetitive tasks can improve the efficiency of designers and free up their time to focus on more high-difficulty creative work.
- AI-generated designs can also be used as a learning tool for people who lack expertise in fashion and want to explore their creativity. These people can create designs with assistance from AI.
The Research: Assistant Professor Yoon Kyung Lee from Pusan National University in South Korea conducted an in-depth study to investigate the practical applicability of AI models in implementing creative designs and working with human designers.
- Her study was made available online in Thinking Skills and Creativity in September 2022, and subsequently published in the Journal in December 2022.
- Lee started with generating new textile designs using deep convolution generative adversarial networks (DC-GANs) and cycle-GANs. The outputs from these models were compared to similar designs produced by design students.
The Backdrop: The use of AI in the fashion industry has grown significantly in recent years.
- AI is being used for tasks such as personalising fashion recommendations for customers, optimising supply chain management, automating processes, and improving sustainability to reduce waste.
- However, creative processes in fashion designing continue to be human-driven, mostly, and not a lot of research exists in the realm of using AI for designing in fashion.
- Moreover, studies are usually done with data scientists, who build the AI platforms and are involved with the technologic aspect of the process.
- However, the other side of the equation, i.e., designers themselves, are not roped into research often.
What They Said:
In the future, everybody will be able to be a creator or designer with the help of AI models. So far, only professional fashion designers have been able to design and showcase clothes. But in the future, it will be possible for anyone to design the clothes they want and showcase their creativity.
— Yoon Kyung Lee
Assistant Professor
Pusan National University
