Dr. Irina Raicu.
Studio film / robot direction

Creative direction for robotics

I shape how robots enter culture.

Fashion, image and film for robot launches, public appearances and cultural moments.

A woman in purple denim seated beside a humanoid robot dressed in matching purple denim on a tram
Public presence / visual study

01

How it works

A robot arrives as a product. People meet it as a character.

The public does not experience specifications first. It reads a silhouette, a gesture, a social role and a world. Creative direction makes those signals intentional before the robot enters a launch, a film or a room.

A stylist in pale pink pinning a jacket onto a humanoid robot outside a hotel entrance
Image, movement, character and world are directed as one system.

02

Selected studies

Three visual propositions for how a robot can be read in public.

Three robot mannequins in lilac, red and orange printed denim standing with Irina Raicu in blue denim on the red carpet of a vintage cinema lobby

A robot at the premiere

Character study

A humanoid robot in purple denim riding a tram beside a passenger wearing headphones

The public commute

World study

Silver humanoid robot posed as a fashion portrait

Silver presence

Image study

03

Key creative system

Four connected decisions create one coherent public presence.

01

Image

What the robot looks like before anyone understands the technology.

A robot mannequin in a burgundy waistcoat and trousers standing beside Irina Raicu in a matching burgundy gown against a plain studio backdrop

02

Movement

How gesture, rhythm and proximity communicate intention.

Irina Raicu and a robot mannequin in matching lilac printed tailoring walking a red carpet in a gilded theatre foyer

03

Character

The role, attitude and social cues people remember.

Irina Raicu seated at a stone chess table in a city square opposite a grey humanoid figure in a tailored suit, pedestrians passing behind

04

World

The places, rituals and relationships that make it culturally legible.

Irina Raicu and a robot mannequin in patterned coats standing at a harbour fish market with a crowd and coloured wooden houses behind

04

Commissions

Bring me the public moment you need to create.

Each engagement ends in production-ready creative direction, not an abstract brand audit.

  • 01

    Launch campaigns

    A distinct creative territory for a robot reveal: central idea, narrative, key images and production direction.

  • 02

    Films & collaborations

    Fashion films, brand partnerships and cultural stories that give a machine a memorable public role.

  • 03

    Public presence

    Creative direction for appearances, activations and exhibitions where people encounter the robot in person.

05

What you receive

Production-ready direction.

The scope follows the public moment. The creative system is clear enough for a production partner, agency or internal team to execute.

  1. 01

    Central idea and creative territory

  2. 02

    Visual and cultural research

  3. 03

    Narrative, treatment and keyframes

  4. 04

    Image, movement, character and world direction

  5. 05

    Briefing and production oversight

A robot mannequin styled for a Californian roadside setting
Humanoid robot standing on an open country road
A robot mannequin photographed on location in Spain
Irina Raicu in a pale pink coat adjusting the collar of a robot mannequin in matching pink tailoring on a palm-lined street

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Creative lead

Irina Raicu works at the intersection of fashion, artificial intelligence and public storytelling.

A creative director and AI researcher, Irina brings technical fluency to image-making. She brings a fashion point of view to emerging machines.

  • PhD in Artificial Intelligence
  • Tommy Hilfiger AI Fashion Prize, 2023
  • Work presented at CVPR Art Gallery
  • Speaker at Cannes Lions, Harvard and London College of Fashion

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FAQs

Do you build or engineer the robot?

No. I direct the public image, movement language, character and campaign world around an existing robot or concept.

Do you handle production?

I can lead the creative direction through production. The production company, crew, talent, fabrication, travel and usage are scoped separately.

Can you work alongside our existing partners?

Yes. The practice is designed to give existing technical, brand and production partners one coherent creative system to execute.

Motion

The work in movement.

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