Timothy M. Gunn is Chair of the Department of Fashion Design at Parsons The New School for Design. In addition, he serves as an on-air mentor to designers on the Bravo reality television program "Project Runway".
Gunn has been a vital part of the Parsons community for more than 23 years. In August 2000, he was appointed Chair of the fashion design program with the charge of retooling and invigorating the curriculum for the 21st century. Under Gunn's direction, the department has strengthened its position as the indisputable leader in fashion design education in America and as one of only a handful of leading programs in the world.
Prior to his appointment as Chair of the fashion design program, Gunn spent most of his career at Parsons as Associate Dean of the school. In that capacity, he worked closely with the academic departments and helped develop programs and relationships abroad, including the international spectrum of Parsons affiliates in Paris, Korea, Japan and the Dominican Republic.
Gunn has lectured widely on fashion and lifestyle design and Parsons' influential role in putting America on the global design map. His interviews have appeared in publications as diverse as Time and Newsweek, Crain's New York Business, Martha Stewart Living, Elle Magazine and Women's Wear Daily, and his television interviews have appeared on CBS, NBC, and the Metro Channel.
Timothy Gunn holds a B.A. degree from Yale University and a B.F.A. in sculpture from the Corcoran School of Art & Design.
So, the Parson students were so important to me, and the faculty was actually saying things to me like, Why are you listening to them? Why, because they are our constituency. And most of those people don't work at Parsons anymore So, for introducing th...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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