BCM325 Contextual Essay – The future of hairdressing

For my digital artefact this semester, I explored the future of hairdressing over the next 5, 10 and 25 years. My blog is available online for anyone who is interested in my topic, including but not limited to: hairdressers, BCM students, futurists, environmentalists and individuals interested in technology/future technologies. I used my personal University WordPress …

Fast Forward 25 years

Welcome back to my 3 part series of the future of hairdressing. In part one of the series, I explored the future of hairdressing technologies emerging in the next 5 years. You can find my blog discussing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in booking softwares, Virtual Reality (VR) education, and Augmented reality in apps here. In part …

BCM325 Live-tweeting experience pt. 2

Throughout this semester we have been watching and live-tweeting various science fiction, dystopian and cyber-punk movies in order to encourage us to think about the future. In this blog post I'll be discussing my live-tweeting experience and contributions from weeks 6-12. Throughout this semester, I have explored genres of films which are so foreign to …

BCM325 Beta feedback and self evaluation

This week I was able to choose three individuals to give feedback on for their BCM325 BETA presentations. It was interesting to see the iterations they have made in their digital artefacts and how they have evolved and improved over the last few weeks. In my first pitch feedback blog, I explained the sandwich technique …

Fast Forward 10 years

Welcome back to my 3 part series of the future of hairdressing. In part one of the series, I explored the future of hairdressing technologies emerging in the next 5 years. You can find my blog discussing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in booking softwares, Virtual Reality (VR) education, and Augmented reality in apps here. Interview with …

BCM325 Beta Presentation

Hi everyone! Welcome to my BCM325 Beta presentation. https://youtu.be/fkipNYj9Rzs As stated in my Beta presentation, I am exploring future technologies in the hairdressing industry. I posted my first blog post in week 6 and my second blog post is due to be posted next week (week 9). I am still working on building up my …

Fast forward 5 years

Have you ever thought about what the future looks like? I'm sure a lot of us instantly think of self driving cars and robots. Well what about in the hairdressing industry? I will be a creating a three part blog series discussing possible future technologies in hairdressing. I will also be discussing past technologies, trends …

BCM325 – Live tweeting experience

https://twitter.com/ashlanrose_/status/1250967120629858304 During this semester we have been watching and live-tweeting various science fiction & dystopian movies in order to encourage us to think about the future. I usually stick to the typical rom-coms or comedy movies, but i'm really glad this class has forced me to branch out! We started week 1 by watching "Metropolis", …

BCM325 Pitch feedback and self evaluation

This week I was assigned three individuals to give feedback on for their BCM325 pitches. It was interesting to see how all three people chose different aspects of how the future will look in 5, 10 and 25 years. When I provide feedback I use a tactic that Travis encouraged us to use back in …

BCM325 Pitch – Future cultures

Hi everyone! Welcome to my BCM325 pitch. You can see my video presentation below. You can view my past DA here for some background information. https://ashlanrose.wordpress.com/2019/11/01/bcm302-contextual-essay-bombshell-hair-creations/ Suggest potential background research (academic and scholarly sources, news and media sources); This article by Nanoil explores the concept of artificial intelligence and virtual reality potentially being able to replace hairdressers. …