Bureau 555 (shinerhilldesign)
Bureau 555 exists to make digital technologies accessible throughout the supply chain for brands and manufacturers working towards a more sustainable and resilient future.
We digitise textiles for the apparel supply chain, making real life fabric renders using high quality scanning with added physical data tested in our lab. We have a range of fabric scanning options so our customers can quickly and easily digitise their fabrics for use in 3D softwares such as CLO & Browzwear. We operate from the UK and Bangladesh and have positioned ourselves in the supply chain to work directly with brands, manufacturers and mills.
Knowledge exchange & impact:
We have worked with the V&A, Brihatta Art Foundation, National Crafts Council of Bangladesh and UNESCO to research the digital documentation and archiving of heritage textiles material knowledge and techniques.
Main interests:
Fabric scanning for 3D softwares
Fabric & clothing animation.
Physical testing of textiles for 3d softwares to simulate realistic drape and movement.
Textile fidelity in AR & VR
Key Strengths:
Fabric scanning workflows and validation for industry: we work with 3 different types of scanning and 9 different softwares and have developed digital asset creation standards and workflows for our customers. We have also been certified by Vizoo and are technology partners with DMIx the Vizoo certification will be publicly announced in early 2024.
Education: since we opened our doors in Feb 2022 we have continuously worked with universities and institutions to educate students on the digitisation of textiles, giving talks and holding workshops and training days. I designed, developed and course led the month long pilot Digital Fashion Course at the V&A in March 23 and am running the course again in Feb 24.
- Listing ID: 3348
- Contact: Gabrielle Shiner-Hill
- What are your aspirations and plans for the future?: We plan to develop our industry-focused training program and, by the end of 2024, establish partnerships with several technology providers for training initiatives. In 2023, we expanded our scanning capabilities to include home textiles, and this diversification will continue in 2024. We are particularly interested in exploring large-scale scanning, such as 3m x 1m dimensions, as our current scanning capabilities have a limited repeat capture size.
- What types of projects are you interested in working on through Future Fashion Factory?: Initially we would like to investigate running a digital fabric use case with a UK based mill. Textile fidelity in AR. Digital textile assets with impact assessment data included.