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ECOLOGIES: (UN)FASHION One of the courses PASCALE GATZEN designed and enjoys teaching most in the BFA Integrated Design program (IDp) is IDC Ecologies: (un)Fashion. “Students explore identity and challenge their assumptions. They develop critical abilities and a point of view while researching, reflecting, and making,” says Gatzen. IDC Ecologies: (un)Fashion is the first course in IDp’s Fashion Area of Study core sequence. For the class, each student creates an outfit for him or herself weekly. The assignment requires them to research dress and identity broadly and develop self-awareness while acquiring sewing skills. It results in garments that meet a variety of needs. “(un)Fashion erased complacency from my interactions with clothing,” says junior EMMA HOETTE. “Clothing is an interface between my body and the world; it shapes my identity and experience.” Shown here are projects from a recent class; they were presented in the Tishman Auditorium, where viewers witnessed impressive displays of creativity and fabrication techniques.
TAG HEUER MONACO WATCH REDESIGN Product design students recently reinterpreted TAG Heuer’s iconic Monaco watch in a competition. Faculty members ANNA RABINOWICZ and PETER ALLEN guided student teams through the creative brief, which required that redesigns retain the watch’s signature square face. The teams generated 100 concepts, with each presenting three final designs. Judges included designer and alumnus NARCISO RODRIGUEZ ’82; Renaud Dutreil, chairman of LVMH Moët Henessy Louis Vuitton Inc. and Parsons trustee; TAG Heuer president and CEO Ulrich Wohn and VP and master watchmaker Andre Fortier; and RAMA CHORPASH, director of Product Design. Shown here is the top winner, by YONG YI LEE, YOAV MENACHEM, and AMIT RAN, which features a sliding shield, stamped with its unique edition number, to protect the watch face. Second place went to ENRIQUE DIAZ RATO DE ZABALA, MICHELLE ORGAN, and YOU JIN SUNG and third place to YUSUKE SEKIGUCHI, CHRISTOPHER BEATTY, and HELEN KIM.
Opposite, IDp Ecologies: (un)Fashion work; by Chloe Bensahel, Amy Brueck, Mary Handsaker, Monica Hofstadfer, Emma Hoette, Daniela Jacobs, Urnika Kapur, Isabella Scott.
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