Gerard holds degrees in Film Direction and Media Design. He co-founded blablabLAB, an art collective. Two award-winning projects developed during that period, Be Your Own Souvenir and Haberlandt, took him to numerous conferences and exhibitions around the world.

At design school Gerard watched fashion students struggle with old knitting machines. In contrast to the revolution made possible by affordable 3D printers, automated digital knitting machines have been out of reach due to high...