Johnathan Hayden
Creative Director | Fashion Designer | Educator
Johnathan Hayden Inc.
About the Speaker
Johnathan Hayden is a New York-based fashion designer, creative director, and educator working at the intersection of fashion, technology, and storytelling. His work explores how design systems, materiality, craft, and emerging tools shape the way fashion is imagined, produced, and communicated. Through his design practice and AI-focused lectures and workshops, he helps designers and students understand technology as a tool for strengthening creative judgment, authorship, and process.
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Speaker's Sessions (1)
Date
Session
Textile Talks

Friday, Jul 31, 2026
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | America/New_York
Textile Talks
Main Hall | Textile Talks
English
Creativity and Taste Remain Human in the Age of AI Surface and Garment Design
Algorithms and LLMs (large language models) cannot replace designers as AI does not understand culture and context. Creatives own taste. Listen to this panel of experts where examples of use cases of AI can help you do the the non-creative things more efficiently, freeing up time to amplify creativity.
Speakers (3)
Johnathan Hayden
Creative Director | Fashion Designer | Educator, Johnathan Hayden Inc.Russell Matsuo
Staff UX Designer, Solid House Inc.Moderator (1)
Stephen Chiu
SVP Design, O5 Group: Quiksilver, Billabong, Eddie BauerStarts in
1 week
2 days
20hours
37 minutes

