to celebrate Pascale (and the knighting of Otto)

LOVE

Wrapping up the Fall 2o11 semester, the Love classes joined forces to put on a wonderous inspired showcase of their heartful projects. Be inspired and fall in love with more pics here !

Come and join the F'11 (Un)Fashion presentation,

the Sophomores will be exhibiting and wearing their best projects.

Saturday December 10th, 6-8pm
338 south 5th street, Brooklyn

Friday night ! Come and join for an inspiring evening

full of beautiful works and projects

from the Juniors and Seniors in the IDC Interfaces: Love class.

Friday, December 9th, 7-9pm,

6 east 16th street

rooms 1103 + 1200

Inclusive Practices Brunch

a big thank yous to all those that made our Inclusive Practices Brunch- whew, what a loving day  !

we enjoyed so many special slideshows and heard so many inspiring words, while sitting on a collage of quilts. The feast made by Athena was truly spectacular (if we ever wondered, now we know what love tastes like)! And the afternoon of workshops had a such a wonderful fluidity, from embroidery with Painted to zine making with Otto to creative cutting with Elisa to spinning with Laura, quilting with Michael- oh, what fun was had!
WAY MORE WARM MEMORIES HERE

PLDS 4078 Senior Seminar: Crafting Tradition: Textiles in a Changing World

This class will investigate the negotiations made to bring traditional textile objects and techniques from varying cultures to the contemporary market. In each class, we will examine a traditional, indigenous textile object and technique in terms of production, formal qualities, and cultural context. We will also investigate the work of a contemporary organization or company working to preserve, and in some cases, revive, that particular object or technique. Using this case-studyapproach, different strategies for promoting indigenous textile crafts will be examined, including artisan-run cooperatives, micro-lending situations, fair trade businesses, and other sustainable business models. Each strategy will be analyzed in regards to its “success” in promoting prosperity for the artisans, as well as for its impact on the techniques, skills, and/or visual traditions it seeks to preserve. Students will gain a deeper knowledge of world textile history, and simultaneously delve into issues surrounding cultural preservation, global politics, social entrepreneurship, and sustainable design. We will uncover some of the many complexities that arise alongside the shift to consumption of artisan-produced goods in a globalized society.

join the fun...

             rsvp here:http://inclusivefashionpractices.eventbrite.com/

Inclusive Fashion Practices

How can fashion spark inspiration for systems of production and consumption that are inclusive, participatory, abundant, plural, and dedicated to mutual growth and learning?

The event ‘Inclusive Fashion Practices’ hosted by the Fashion track of the Integrated Design program in the School of Design Strategies of Parsons will offer a vivid context to a new generation of artist and designers proposing new models of practice for fashion and our everyday lives moving beyond established notions of fashion that promote exclusivity and scarcity, appropriated by capitalism and staged by the spectacle. It will embrace the inclusive, dynamic and all evasive reality of fashion. Fashion is an expression of our vitality, a celebration of our creativity, our vulnerability and our dedication to share ourselves and be touched by others.

Inclusive Fashion Practices will bring together an exceptional group of practitioners that share an integrated and holistic approach to designing, living and making, and whose premises are joy, beauty, collaboration, play, sharing and open source. The practitioners invited come from different fields of practice, economy, food, community practices, fashion, craft and art.

The event aims to spark discussion and insight about our current models of consumption, production and creation, imagining new models for being in this world, supporting values like love, abundance, respect, sharing and beauty.

participating practitioners:
Painted (Saskia van Drimmelen and Margreet Sweerts) 

Michael DiPietro 

Otto von Busch 

Athena Kokoronis
Caroline Woolard 

Huong Ngo 

Elisa van Joolen 

Laura Sansone 

Frau Fiber
Gabi Asfour

Join us on November 13th, from 11-6, in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnold Hall, 55 W 13th street, 2nd floor, for an amazing brunch, inspiring talks, immersive workshops and an open exchange of ideas and iterations.

Hosted by the students and the faculty of the Fashion Area of Study in the Integrated Design program of Parsons.

This event has been generously funded by the School of Design Strategies, Parsons and the Mondriaan Foundation, The Netherlands

love open class

more pics here

save the date..

Made in Haiti

      Economics as if people mattered- EF Schumacher
Otto's recent trip to California brought back this treasure of a newspaper, explaining Frau Fiber's project Made In Haiti (http://madeinhaiti09.wordpress.com/). To protect Haiti's textile industry from the exploitation of multi-national brands, Made in Haiti seeks to create a collective system of production by the people of Haiti for the people of Haiti. Awesome! Check out some of the details:

Fashioning Endurance

This semester, a brand new class, Materiality: Fashioning Endurance,was added to the Uptown fashion repertoire. Lucky for IDCers we can take it too! It's exciting to see Parsons' two fashion programs rubbing shoulders, and exchanging ideas about repair and sustainability. Taught by Timo Rissanen, he asks students to think about how design can play a role in repair, prior to the consumer who traditionally (if at all) performs the task of repair. While students explore traditional repair techniques, they are encouraged to invent new ways too- check them out in action below!

a lovely unfashion installation in Parsons re:D

to stay alive in white walls

a trip to After Shelley Duvall ’72 (Frogs on the High Line) from IDC Fashion on Vimeo.
a class trip sparks a discussion of how to keep what we make alive, be it a curated gallery show, or a painting. something to think about...

Being Singular Plural 'the Family' Spring 2010

Parsons IDC: Student Sales Event 11/14/2010 from Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons on Vimeo.

love open studio

come visit and see what Pascale's Love class is up to!
From 1 to 3 @ 25 E 13th St Room 400

joy

critiques and schemes of forming dream bands : )

happiest birth on earth day!

an inspiring reminder

Skywriting by artist Kim Beck in Manhattan skies on Sunday

work hard, bike hard

Susan Cianciolo Spring 2012

Susan Cianciolo - Hearts Break Open To Revelation Sky from dataharvest on Vimeo.

the house that love built

Last spring, some of us in The Gift created one gift of a house in Bushwick. Using Bushwickian found materials, we sought to create a home away from home, encouraging community interactions like communal performative dinner parties : ) We entitled the piece FUCk this: MAke your home in my heart

dream team collab: Sarah Aphrodite + Lilah Horwitz

More pics and interview to come! In the meantime, go here>

http://www.sarahaphrodite.com/

Hi Jessi, Hi Notebook, Hi Backpack

Jessi is an IDC senior, temporary tatoo maven, and doodle drawing extraordinaire! She was recently featured in the Huffington Post for her beautiful handmade backpack (below and here) For more heartfelt creations go on http://jessihighet.wordpress.com/

memento amouri

memories from Unfashion 09 event! 

more pics here

just another lovely LOVE class!

Last Monday, the beautiful Emma performed an interactive dance in which she asked the class to record her movements with drawings and come up with one word to describe the experience. She also asked those ipod commuters to add their own soundtrack with a song they listened to on the way there. The whole process was a heartfelt way to start the week. Thanks Emma!

cOntent

Content, a collaboration formed between Chleo Bensahel, Ryan Trapp and Daniela Jacobs for Being Singular Plural Spring 2011, makes incredible build your own necklaces. Their crafty minimalist aesthetic and beautiful shapes are the by product love children of Mayan architecture, Surrealism, and Scandinavian design. Check out their blog here.