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DEEP OBJECTS: ISSUE 002
SHALLOW RESEARCH/ DEEP LEARNING: an investigation into inspiration + intuition in the age of IG / TikTok.
We all learn by copying — even the most revered artists—but we now live in a day and age when inspiration has become algorithmically accelerated.
Is the concept of originality overrated in a world where the adidas Samba “inspired” the PUMA Whirlwind, which in turn “inspired” the Margiela Replica — and this season’s drip is related by 3% to both Minecraft and Renaissance lampshade dresses?
Find out in ISSUE 002: SHALLOW RESEARCH/ DEEP LEARNING.