Jason Wu on Meghan Markle, Next Generation and Letting His Guard Down The designer was in L.A. over the weekend to mentor Otis College seniors and give a talk at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. By Marcy Medina on October 29, 2018 Jason Wu is doing his part to inspire future designers, acting asa…
Jason Wu is encouraging a touch of LA-based leaning, and is collaborating with the Otis College of Art and Design – the city’s first independent school of art, and Mary and David Martin’s MADWORKSHOP Foundation to mentor 15 students this autumn. Wu is a stalwart of the New York Fashion Week calendar – having established his eponymous label in 2007…
New York-based fashion designer Jason Wu discusses his creations, career, and current collaboration with Otis College of Art and Design and the MADWORKSHOP Foundation with LACMA senior curator of costume and textiles Sharon Takeda.
Jason Wu and LACMA Teamed Up for a Workshop on How Women Dress for Work The designer and a group of students went through LACMA’s costume vaults to make something new By Brittany Martin – October 25, 2018 Fashion designer Jason Wu understands the political significance of how women dress. He designed many of Michelle Obama’s…
Fashion designer Jason Wu, famed for his designs for First Lady Michelle Obama, joins Sharon Takeda, LACMA’s senior curator of costume and textiles, to discuss his career designing for Mrs. Obama, Reese Witherspoon, Julianne Moore and other influencers, as well the history and symbolism of woman’s uniform. The latter is the subject of a collaborative…
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Reinventing the Women’s Uniform: A Fashion Design Masterclass with Jason Wu, MADWORKSHOP, and LACMA SourceBy Michaela Hansen, Curatorial Assistant On the morning of September 14, a group of 15 students selected from Otis College of Art and Design arrived at LACMA to participate in the first day of a fashion design masterclass: Reinventing the Women’s Uniform…
Talk: Conversation with Jason Wu and Sharon Takeda
Riccardo Blumer Atelier worked with a team of students to create this machine on show at the Venice Architecture Biennale, which is programmed to build and repair an 11-metre-long bubble wall.
Particularly intriguing were the paired projects presented by Riccardo Blumer, architect and professor of architecture and industrial design at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio-USI.