What’s the value of human craft in the age of AI?

Join Rachael Taylor as she hosts a panel talk on the future of human creativity at London Craft Week

By Amy Wakeham

What’s the future of human-made craft in this era of artificial intelligence? This and other questions around craftsmanship, technology and the human touch will be explored in a panel discussion at London Craft Week in May. 

Hosted by journalist Rachael Taylor, the talk titled Beyond the Algorithm: Why real space and real makers matter now will take place at Forge, the creative jewellery hub in Hatton Garden, on 12th May from 6pm to 8pm. The talk will explore how, as we reach peak AI saturation and it reshapes design, imagery and retail around us, we are increasingly seeking something different – something more human. 

The panel will discuss whether we are now witnessing a return to the tangible, to objects that carry the mark of the human hand, to conversations held in real rooms, and to work experienced not through a screen but through touch.

On the panel will be silversmith, goldsmith, lecturer and academic Rajesh Gogna; silversmith, strategist and advocate for British craftsmanship Karin Paynter; TF Chan, director of international art fair Collect ; and Mary Lewis, head of craft sustainability at Heritage Crafts and lead researcher of the Red List of Endangered Crafts.

Beyond the Algorithm: Why real space and real makers matter now will take place on Tuesday 12th May, 6-8pm at FORGE, 59 Leather Lane, London EC1N 7TJ. Tickets cost £25. Book here

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