Symmpix, a digital solutions provider, has won two awards in the 2024 Just Style Excellence Awards in the Research and Development and Innovation categories for developing an artificial intelligence (AI) merchandising and design platform named AIMDE.
The Just Style Excellence Awards celebrate the greatest achievements and innovations in the industry. Powered by the business intelligence of GlobalData, the programme provides a platform to recognise the people and companies that are driving change.
Symmpix won the awards for the AIMDE’s ability to swiftly translate design concepts into production-ready patterns, coupled with significant reductions in lead times and waste.
AIMDE helps to streamline the design and production process, addressing challenges such as slow market responsiveness and high development costs. The platform offers intelligent fabric search feature, which utilises natural language processing (NLP) and ChatGPT to interpret abstract design concepts, transforming them into tangible fabric selections. This innovative approach to sourcing materials not only accelerates the design process, but also reduces the environmental impact associated with physical sampling.
It also integrates of Computer Vision technology for image recognition, which further enhances the platform’s capability to match user-uploaded images with an extensive library of over 60,000 fabric qualities. The instant fabric image search provides immediate and relevant options.
AIMDE’s new pattern generation feature leverages machine learning to produce ready-for-production fabric patterns, offering a vast array of manufacturable designs that can be customised in seconds. The platform’s ability to generate infinite variations of patterns and colour combinations empowers designers to explore their creativity without the constraints of traditional CAD creation processes.
Users can export the pattern data from AIMDE and convert it into textile CADs with texture in CAD software, enhancing the efficiency and precision of CAD creation for production purposes.
Furthermore, AIMDE’s 3D product visualisation tools facilitate better communication between designers and manufacturers, and faster decision-making. Designers can view pattern designs on 3D models within the same platform, eliminating the need for physical sampling and allowing for real-time modifications.
The traditional process from concept to consumer involves multiple steps that can be time-consuming and resource-intensive. AIMDE’s AI-powered process, however, saves more than 65% time on sourcing and design. It provides an all-in-one platform that supports sourcing, design, product development, and virtual sampling, with plans to include virtual presentation and marketing in future phases of the project.
AIMDE offers clear advantages when compared to the traditional process. For instance, the traditional method can take days to discuss and convert ideas into textile terms, while AIMDE achieves this effortlessly. Similarly, where the traditional process might spend up to a week searching for fabric designs, AIMDE can recommend suitable options in just one click.
AIDME is, thus, a comprehensive solution that reduces lead times, cuts costs, and enhances the quality of work, improving efficiency and sustainability in fashion design and merchandising.
Symmpix is a homegrown incubation under the umbrella of qonvolv Ventures. Symmpix stands as the premier digital solutions provider for brands, designers and manufacturers, fusing advanced AI technologies with 3D visualisation to create phygital products that transform the textile industry.
Symmpix springs from the fusion of ‘Symmetry’ and ‘Pixel’, embodying the perfect harmony between manufacturable design and disruptive technologies. Its end-to-end solutions ensure a smooth transition from ideation to production to sales and marketing, facilitating rapid design actualisation, while minimising both financial and ecological footprints. The company’s mission is to revolutionise fashion with unmatched digital precision and quality, establishing groundbreaking sustainability benchmarks in the textile world.
qonvolv Ventures, as the corporate venture arm of Tessellation Group, leverages its profound industry expertise and strong presence in the textile and apparel sector to incubate impactful solutions and invest in emerging technology areas. Its focus areas span manufacturing excellence, digital value chain, green tech, future workforce, and more. In addition to Symmpix, qonvolv Ventures’ portfolio encompasses a diverse range of homegrown incubations:
Through a combination of industry expertise and a commitment to sustainable practices, qonvolv Ventures actively contributes to forging a better future for the industry by combating climate change and promoting inclusive growth.
