ÉCOLE PARSONS À PARIS

Ed Alcock / Photography
Photographer represented by Agence MYOP Clients: New York Times, Guardian, Le Monde, Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Observer. B.Sc, University of Sheffield M.Sc, University of London, Ph.D, University of London.

Isabelle Alfonsi / Design Management
Founder and Co-Director, Galerie Marcelle Alix, Paris. Assistant Curator, Palais de Tokyo; Professor, University of Paris. Member of AICA. BA, Science Po, Paris; MA, Art History at the University College in London; MBA, Cultural Management at Sciences Po, Paris.

Sharam Alijani / Design Management
Assistant Professor of Economics, Business Administration and Communications, The American University of Paris. BA, BS at The American University of Paris; DEA, University of Reims; DEA, University of Marne-la-Vallée; DEA, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées; Docteurés Sciences Economiques, University of Marne-la-Vallée.

Yong Anderson / Fashion Design
Fashion Designer and Illustrator. Clients: Li Edelkoort, Madame de Paris, Sibilla Pavenstedt, Descampes, Jeu de Paume, Tokyo. Diploma LISAA, Paris.

Anne Attali / Foundation
Scenographer and Assistant Professor of at the Illinois Institute of Techonology. Regular contributor to the University of Illinois-Chicago, l'École Nationale Supérieure. Des Arts Décoratifs, Design School les Ateliers. Theater work on set design and costumes, acting with various companies. Graduated in textile design from l'École Nat. Sup. Des Arts appliqués; winner of the Ville de Paris scholarship for a year study at Parsons NY; Diploma in scenography from l'ENSAD; Artist residence at the Ville Medicis in Rome.

Lorraine Audric/ Critical Studies
Art Historian, Independent curator. Active member of L'hivic, on the Editorial Board of Culture Visuelle, currently Research Fellow at IMEC, worked at Curatorial Dept Guggenheim Museum NYC.; BA, l’École du Louvre; MA from Columbia University; PhD candidate, l’École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.

Holly Barton / Critical Studies
Art Historian specializing in depictions of War in France and Britain, 1914-1918. Museum Guide: Paris Muse; Imperial War Museum, London. Picture researcher, Phaidon Press, London. BA, Goldsmiths College, University of London; MA, Brikbeck College, University of London; PhD candidate, Reading University, UK.

Sam Basu / Fine Arts
Artist. Director of Treignac Projet. Exhibitions: Kate MacGarry, London & One in the Other. London, Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Camden Arts Centre, London. BA, Goldsmiths College London.

Caroline Benedetto / Critical Studies
French language instructor and translator. Clients:UNESCO, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Eurologos Group, Whitworth University, Istituto Marangoni, Axel Conseil, Cannes International Film Festival. BA Modern Languages (English + Italian), MA in translation, Université Aix-Marseille I, MA in English, Ecole Normale Supérieure – Université Paris VII.

Robert Bishop / Photography
Photographer and Editor. Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris; Arles Photography Festival and Honolulu Academy of Arts. "Route 66 Revisited" photo series included in the book "Art and Technique of 70 Modern Masters." Founding editor of parisvoice.com website and magazine. Paris photography PBS television feature "Corpus Christi". BA, Northern Illinois University; MTS, Lutheran School of Theology.

Ivo Bonacorsi / Foundation
Visual Artist and Writer. Solo Exhibitions: Chisel Gallery Milan- Genoa; Bordone Gallery Milan; Care/of Gallery, Milan; Galerie Arkos, Clermont�Ferrand. Group Exhibitions: Quarter/The Gesture, Florence; Desideretur, Bergamo; A Noir Triennale, Milan; Art Fair Basel. Featured: Flash Art, World Art, Gran Bazaar, Picabia. Publication: il Manifesto, Arearevue, Vogue Italia. D.A.M.S., University of Bologna

Chloe Briggs / Foundation Chair
Artist. Recent Projects/Events: 'Instructions for a Drawing Class', Experimental educational project piloted in Manchester, Glasgow, Marseilles and Berlin, 2009 – ongoing; Visiting Artist, La Seine, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 2009; 'Experimental Drawing Day', 'Speakeasy' events, Wimbledon School of Art, 2008; Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Art and Design, University of the Arts; BA, Fine Art/ Painting, Winchester School of Art; MA, Drawing, Wimbledon School of Art.

Andreas Brünglinghaus / Photography Chair / Communication Design / Foundation / Design Management.
Photographer, multi-disciplinary artist, art director & graphic designer. Clients: MoMA, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Sotheby's NY, Addison, Wechsler Ross & Partners, Chamelion Group, MBNA, Neuberger Berman, Deutsche Bank, FashionWeek NY, Olympus, etc. AAS Parsons The New School for Design, NY, BFA City University, NY, MFA, ICP/BARD.

Martine Bruno / Design Management Assistant SNE Weil-Besançon: Collection Director for Gian Alberto Caporale; Vestra International: Pierre Cardin; ECCE : Arrow ; Bidermann Industries: Yves Saint Laurent; MAS Production : Calvin Klein, André Balzac. DEUG in Languages, Ozenne, Toulouse.

Anne Bugugnani / Design Management
Consultant in Design Management and Interior Design. Artisitic and Project Director: Dragon Rouge Indentités & Architectures, Paris. Creative Director: Siette Identités Architecturales, Barcelona. Editor: Cyl-MODA, Barcelona. Consultant: Boncompte & Font Arquitectes, Barcelona. BBA, Marketing, University of Hartford; MA, Media Ecology, New York University; Interior Architecture Degree, BAU Escola de Disseny, Barcelona.

Catherine Carloni/ Fashion
Freelance fashion designer for women, men and children ‘s collections. Fashion illustrations for Nelly Rodi trends’ books. Fashion coordinator and teacher for Esmod International (Norway, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, France.) Creation of personal company and personal brand. Graduated from Esmod Paris in fashion design.

Marie-Hélène Carpentier / Critical Studies
Professor of French (Language, Literature, Cinema and French Society) at American University of Paris, New York University, Boston College, Vassar-Wesleyan, Hamilton, EDUCO, Sweet Briar, Skidmore, Smith. Ph.D in French, NYU. Doctorat de l’Université, Sciences des Textes et Documents, Paris VII.

Rebecca Cavanaugh / Critical Studies
Design Historian. Freelance writer and translator specializing in Design and Decorative Arts. Publications include articles in Metropolis Magazine (NY, USA) and French-to-English translations of art and design-related texts. Docent for art, design, and history-based educational walking tours in Paris. Jazz vocalist, performing in clubs in Paris and the United States. Education: BS, Skidmore College, NY. MA, Parsons the New School for Design/Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, NY.

Victoria Chi-Combettes / Foundation / Design Management / Communication Design
Senior designer: J.P. Morgan, New York. Basel School of Design; MA, Product Design in Visual Option, North Carolina State University.

Daniel Clarke / Fine Arts
Painter and Printmaker. Exhibitions in institutions, galleries & fairs throughout Europe and The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. BFA, Yale University.

Guillaume Constantin / Foundation
Artist. Exhibitions 2009/2008 “Copies Cachées” Parc Saint léger centre d’art, Pougues-Les-eaux; “Répertoire pour une Forme” la Vitrine, Paris; “Let’s Just Imitate the Real Until We Find a Better One” Galerie Bonneau-Samames, Marseille; “…/…” with Raphaël Zarka, Cardenas Bellanger, Paris; “A Split Single” with Claude Lévêque, Frac Haute-Normandie; “Playtime” Bétonsalon, Paris. Visual arts curator, Instants Chavirés, Montreuil Sous Bois, France.

Assaf Dagan / Communication Design Web Designer.
Clients: Audi, Diesel Frangrances, Orangina, Van Cleef & Arpels, Grant's Whiskey, Wrangler. Senior Art Directior: Fred & Farid Group, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Designer: Mobles114, Barcelona. Graphic Design Diploma, Instituto Europeo di Design, Barcelona

Sony Devabhaktuni / Foundation
Architect. Practice: Dorrell Ghotmeh Tane Architects; Ateliers Jean Nouvel; Studio Andrew Todd. Exhibitions: "Three Facade Study Models" in /Mies In America/, Whitney Museum of American Art. Publications: "The Gathering" and "Study Three Times" in /Architects Draw/, Princeton University Press. Education: BA – English and Political Science, Stanford University; BArch – Architecture, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art; Masters(ongoing) – Etudes Indiennes, Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle. Awards: American Institute of Architects Gold Medal Prize; United States Department of State J. William Fulbright Scholar to France.

Véronique Dévoldère / Fine Arts Chair / Atelier of Art Head/ Illustration
Artist. Exhibitions in Cologne: Galerie Benninger, Art Fair, Galerie B2, ADH Hammelrath. Exhibitions in Paris: Gs Art, Galerie Olga Soe, Cité Internationale des Arts, Fiac Edition. Studies: BA Fine Arts, Connecticut College; Graduate degree (MFA) of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris.

Claire Downey / Critical Studies
Communications consultant and journalist. National Endowment of the Arts 1989. Director: This City Communication, clients: YSL Beauté, Lancôme, Areva and Alstom Grid. Creator and Editor: This City Paris. Articles Published: Travel + Leisure, Architectural Record, ID, Blueprint, Metropolis. Author: Neo-Furniture, published by Rizzoli 1992. B.Arch, Georgia Institute of Technology; M.Arch, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Marion Dufour-Lahore / Design Management
International Fashion and Beauty Journalist. Fashion & Beauty Editor in Chief, Marie Claire International. Partnerships with luxury advertisers for Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, L’Oréal, Shiseido. Editor: MODS.

Bertrand Duplat / Communication Design
Co-founder (1993) of Virtools, a software development company that creates interactive real-time 3D authoring software for games, virtual reality and multimedia, and inventor of its visual programming interface. Co-founder (2009) of les Editions Volumiques and industrial design studio Absolut Design in 1990. Masters of Engineering, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées (ENSTA), Paris.

Natalie Ebenreuter / Communication Design
Interaction Design Researcher. Employers: Alcatel- Lucent Bell Labs France, Gobelins l'école de l'image, Carnegie Mellon University, Swinburne University of Technology, Dtdigital and Momentum Animation Studios. Research: presented in Canada, USA, Mexico, Europe and Australia. Recipient: Vice- Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Away, Carrick Citation Award. BDes, MMD Honors, Swinburne University of Technology; PhD, Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Fulbright Scholar.

Thomas Engel Hart / Fashion Design
Creative Director, Thierry Mugler Homme. Previously: Veroniqe Leroy, Martine Sitbon. Featured in Dazed & Confused, Another Magazine, V, Self-Service. Award: ANDAM prize in 2002. FIT, Studio Berçot.

Ivan Fayard / Fine Arts
Artist featured at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Geneve, Switzerland), the Fonds National d’Art Contemporain (Paris, France), the Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Franche-Comté (Dôle, France). Awards: Villa Medici Hors-les-Murs Prize at the 18th Street Art Center of Santa Monica, CA. BFA, MFA, Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, France.

Camille Ferrera / Photography
Independent Art Director, Graphic Designer. Specialized in Corporate Identity. Clients: Antidode Magazine, Le Temps des Cerises, Euro RSCG, BNP Parisbas, Carolina Herrera. BFA, Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam. MA in Art direction, Esag Penninghen, Paris.

Nicolas Giraud / Photography
Artist, Art Critic, Independant Curator. Michèle Chomette gallery, Le troisieme pole cultural engineering agency. BA Lille management school. MA, École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie MFA, Le Fresnoy, studio national des arts contemporains.

Géraldine Goddat / Fashion Design
Textile Designer, Embroidery Designer. Owner of KUCHI KOMI; designer for Anchor, DMC, Bergère de France; trend forecasting for Promostyl, Nelly Rodi, Li Edelkoort; costume design in advertising and film (MAAF, Chanel & Stravinsky); owner of SHARMILA (fashion accessories). Graduated from ENSAD with a textile degree and a certificate in Imaging.

Franki Goodwin / Communication Design
Art Director, Designer, Illustrator. Owner, Franki & Jonny agency. Author and illustrator of "Mademoiselle London" Clients: Channel 4, Pathé Films, Disney, Warner Bros, Western Edge Pictures. Contributor: New Media Age, Screen International and Creative Review. Visiting lecturer Glasgow School of Arts. Awards: 2 BAFTA Interactive awards, numerous Adobe Site of the Day, FWA (Favorite Web Awards) and IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) Creative Showcase awards. BA, Glasgow School of Art.

Jane Grey / Fashion Design
Fashion Designer / Consultant in Creative Direction. Designed and manufactured own signature label in Paris 1985-1992. Assistant designer for Alyce Hamm and J&C Couture in Chicago. AAS Fashion Design, Harper College, Illinois; BSc, MSc and PhD Metaphysical Theology, American Institute of Holistic Theology.

Tatiana Grigorenko / Photography
Artist featured at Jason McCoy Gallery, NYC; Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, CT; Thomas Werner Gallery, NYC; Eighth Veil Gallery, Los Angeles; David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago; Luminary Center for the Arts, St. Louis, MO; Belfort International Film Festival, France; Struts Gallery, New Brunswick, Canada. BA, Amherst College, MFA, Yale School of Art.

Rebecca Hargreaves / Foundation
Freelance Art director, Graphic designer (digital and analogue). Clients: Les éditions allia, Les editions Dehors, La Mac de Creteil, Feuilleton, Moriarty, Celsa, Centre Culturel Français de Moscou, les éditions Gallimard, IRCAM, Celsa, Cain&Abel, Lithiumproduction, MikrosImage, ThalesGroup, Accenture, Angie. BA, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris.

Christian Hoeltzer / Fashion Design
Fashion and Costume Designer. Freelance costume designer for Theatre National de Chaillot, Theatre du Chatelet, Opera National de Paris, Caraco. Free lance fashion designer for Djam, Morgan, Peclers Paris. Senior designer for Kookai, Naf Naf. Launched own label in 2006. Diploma Studio Berçot, Paris.

Taylor Holland / Communication Design / Design Management / Photography / Foundation
Art Director, Graphic Designer, Photographer, Journalist, Film Composer, and Musician. Designer: Holland Design, Austin Texas; Art Director, The Austin Chronicle, 1997-2007. Photographer: Exhibited in Paris, France and Montreuil, France (2008), and Austin, Texas (2009). Film Composer: "The Winnebago Man" (2009) and "The Creek Runs Red" (2006). Musician: JagJaguwar recording artists Monroe Mustang. BA in Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Oklahoma.

Magdalena Jarvin / Design Management & Critical Studies
Sociologist-Anthropologist. Fields of specialization: customer behavior, youth and adolescent sociability. Clients: Bouygues Telecom, RATP, Aéroports de Paris, What If (British innovation company), IDEO. Assistant Professor: IRFASE, Université de Lille III, IUT de Tourcoing, Université de Paris V. BA, MA, Ph.D in Sociology, Sorbonne University, Paris V; Post-doc, University of Ottawa, Canada.da.

Karina Jensen / Design Management
International Marketing and Cross-Cultural Management Specialist: Founder Global Minds Network; Visiting Professor, UC Berkeley Extension, Art Institute of California. Work history: Macromedia, ENPC School of International Management, NEC, SILMA, SYMANTEC. BS/BA Business Administration/Public Relations, UC San José; MBA, ENPC School of International Business, Paris; PhD in progress, ESCP-EAP European School of Management, Paris.

Claire Jochum / Fashion Design
Textile Designer. Work history: Christian Lacroix, Sic Amor, Miss China, University of St. Quentin en Yvelines. Studied at École de Beaux Arts de Strasbourg, Atelier d'Art Arc en Ciel, Chambre des Metiers.

Tove Johansson/ Fashion
Fashion and print designer and trend consultant. Peclers Paris – trendconsultant for Okaidi, Obaibi. Designer for DPAM, Naf Naf kids Rosetta- running and designing own womenswear label, Christian Lacroix and Top Shop. BA Fashion Design and Marketing Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.

Brigitte Kahane/ Design Management
Consultant and Innovation Design. Clients: PSA, Danone, Nestlé, Pernod, Piper-Heidsieck, Bourjois-Chanel, Ratp, Monoprix. CEO of PimliKo, Innovation EcoDesign Agency, Founder of L’Observatoire de l’EcoDesign and Les Cafés de l’EcoDesign.

Emmanuel Kerner / Illustration
Illustrator. Editorial work: Libération, Les Echos, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal. Published by: Albin Michel, Le Seuil, Actes Sud Hachette.

Sibylle Klose / Fashion Chair
Designer. Fashion designer inter alia for Thierry Mugler, Kenzo, Chloé, Givenchy, Lacroix, Montana. Textile and interior designer inter alia for Decamps, Dorma France. International teaching. MA Fashion, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London.

Shezana, Kraguly / Critical Studies
Art historian specializing in 20th and 21st century art. Regular contributor to Beorama, Vreme and Project. Curatorial activities at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. Affiliated with the Vassar-Wesleyan University in Paris. DEA, Sorbonne, Paris.

Frédérique Krupa / Communication Design Chair/ Design Management / Critical Studies
Interaction Designer. Partner at game and software design company, Simple Is Beautiful. Former Web and Documentation Manager: Virtools/Dassault Systemes. Formerly taught at: Parsons New School, RISD and University of the Arts. Former Assistant Editor of I.D. Magazine. BFA Product Design and MA Design Criticism, Parsons New School for Design

Shirley Lambert / Critical Studies
Instructor of English as a Foreign Language, Critical Reading and Writing, Editor and Library Consultant. Former Vice President, Associate Publisher and Editorial Director of Scarecrow Press, a division of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Lanham, MD. Member TESOL France, consultant for Terra Foundation Library, Paris Research Center (American Art). BA (Honors and Phi Beta Kappa) Wellesley College, Wellesley MA; MLS (Lib and Info Sci, with honors) Simmons College, Boston; MBA Univ. of Colorado, Denver.

Romaric Le Tiec / Design Management
Product Designer, Founder: Romaric Le Tiec Studio. Clients: Arik Levy Studio, Sebastien Wierinck Studio, Dan Yeffet Studio. Studies: B.A. Université de Paris VIII, MFA in Product Design, ENSAD; Atelier de Sevres.

Christine Le Bugle / Design Management
Specialized consultant in brand strategy in the fashion / textile sector at the international Center of Research and Studies in Fashion (CIREM)/ Extensive teaching experience in Marketing at ESMOD, Mode Estah, Espaces et Matières, Negocia, as well as in textile companies. Licence, Université Paris VIII.

William MacKendree / Fine Arts
Artist Exhibitions: Galerie Foex, Geneva; Center for Contemporary Art, St. Fons; Galerie Patricia Asbaek, Copenhagen; Gallery Thoman, Innsbruck; Gallery Vidal-St. Phalle, Paris. Featured in Le Monde, Art Press, Opus International. Collections: Museum of Modern Art, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Statts Museum. BFA, MFA, Georgia State University.

Juliette Marchand / Illustration
Specialized in Stop Motion movies. Clients: Folimage, Amuse Films Studios. Instructor Gobelins, Paris; MICA, USA. BA, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris; Artist residence in MICA.

Yumna Masarwa-Abbad / Critical Studies
Lecturer at the Council on International Educational Exchange. Associate Member at CNRS Islam Medieval. Archaeologist at the Israeli Antiquities Authority.BA Ben-Gurion University, Israel Teaching Certificate, Princeton University, USA. MA Princeton University, USA. Education – PhD Princeton University, USA

Isabelle Massu / Photography / Fine Arts
Work history: La compagnie, lieu d'art contemporain, France; Studio xx, Montreal; Constantvzw Association pour les arts et medias, Brussels; Les Pénélopes, Paris; Arab Image Foundation, Beyrouth; San Francisco Art Commission; San Francisco Public Library; San Francisco International Film Festival; Office de la Culture, Marseille; European North American Women Action, Amsterdam; Civic Actions, San Francisco;  San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco; Camerawork, San Francisco; Kawenga, Montpellier; Musée de Préhistoire des gorges du Verdon, Quinson; Casa factori, Marseille; 2nd floor project gallery, San Francisco; Walter and McBean Gallery, San Francisco. American Center, Paris, MA, École supérieure des arts appliqués, École Duperré Paris, MFA, Ecole supérieure d’art, Rueil Malmaison.

Lucas Mathger / Fashion Design
Creative Director, Senior Fashion Designer, Photographer. Launched own signature fashion label, L&A Mäthger in 2006, Creative director for Costume Carbone, Head of design for Celio Club and Costume designer for Lionel Hun.Work history: Antonio Miro, Barcelona, Johanne Riss, Brussels, Dirk Bikkembergs, Antwerp. BFA, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp.

Stephen McClymont / Fine Arts
Painter. Solo exhibitions: F.C. Craig, Paris; Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris; Villa Radet, Paris; Salon du TRAIT, Paris. MFA, National Art School, Sydney.

Andrew McKim / Photography
Photographer. Exhibits: Maison Europeene de la Photographie, Paris. Magazines: Arena Homme +, Harpers Bazaar, Vogue. Advertising: Gucci, Armani, Comme des Garçons. BAA Ryerson University, Toronto.

Kristin McKirdy / Foundation / Fine Arts
Ceramist. Exhibitions: Galerie Pierre, Paris; Movements Modernes, Paris; Funky Zen, Mairie du 6e, Paris; Espace GrandJean, Vallauris; Elementarisme, Biennale de Chateauroux, France; Faenza Biennale, Italy. MFA, UCLA; MA, Art and Archeology, Paris IV-Sorbonne

Guénolée Milleret / Critical Studies
Fashion History professor, ESMOD Paris, Rennes, Mode ESTAH Paris, EIML Paris. Author : "Modes du XXe siècle – Le streetwear" (Editions Falbalas, avril 2011), "Le petit musée des modes – Tenues des grands jours" (Editions Falbalas, octobre 2011). Responsible for the Yves Saint Laurent Archives (1999-2008). Tri-lingual secretarial Baccalareate, Paris.

Barbara Montefalcone/ Critical Studies
Research Assistant, Terra Foundation for American Art Europe, 2011. Lecturer Université Paris Ouest-Nanterre 2009-2011. Symposium Grant Terra Foundation for American Art, 2011 Collectif Génération Books, Exhibition catalogues, 2008, 2009. Terra Summer Residency Fellowship, Giverny, 2006. OIP Research Felloswhip, Brown University, 2004. Member of the French and Italian Associations of American Studies, AFEA and AISNA. BA, Università G. D'Annunzio Chieti, Italy. MA, Université Lyon 2, France. PhD, Université Lyon 2, France.

Charlotte Moth / Fine Arts
Artist. Participated in residencies at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Le Pavillon of Le Palais de Tokyo Paris. Selected Exhibitions: The Absent Forms Halle für Kunst Lüneburg, Germany; Comma 18 Bloomberg, London; ‘remade’ Marcelle Alix, Paris; ‘Noting Thoughts’ Musée départmental d’art contemporain Rochechouart; Displacements, Carlier Gebauer, Berlin. BA hons Fine Art, UCCA, Canterbury, U.K, MFA, Slade School of Art (UCL).

Joseph Neill / Fine Arts / Foundation
Sculptor. Exhibitions include: Galerie Lelia, Murdoch, Paris; OK Harris Gallery, NYC; Alain Oudin Gallery, Paris. Featured in Art in America, The New York Times, The Village Voice. MFA, Bowling Green University.

Peter O’Brien / Foundation
Architectural Illustrator, Instructor:Ecole d’Architecture de Versailles, Columbia University GSAPP, Paris. Conferencier, Centre Georges Pompidou. BFA, Rhode Island School of Design. European honors Program, Rome. MFA, Bennington College, Vermont.

Alexandre Oudin/ Photography
Artist & Associate Director at “Labandeoriginale”. Galerie Frederic Lacroix, Paris – La générale, Sèvres – Galerie Immix, Galeries de l’ENSBA, Paris – Cooper Union, NYC – La Vitrine, Paris. Consults as artistic director and strategic planner for companies such as L’Oreal, Microsoft, Samsung. Master of Communication at Sciences Po, Paris -DNSAP at ENSBA, Paris – MA Fine Arts and Applied Arts at La Sorbonne, Paris.

Katarzyna Ozga / Critical Studies
Sculptor and installation artist. Grants from: Kosciuszko Foundation, Polish Ministry of Culture, Harriet Hale Woolley, and Jerome Fellowship. BFA, SMFA and Tufts University; MA, University Paris VIII, MFA, Krakow Academy of Fine Arts.

Ian Paterson / Foundation/ Photography
Artist. Solo Exhibitions: Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Musée Carnavalet, Paris; Centre Cananadien d'Architecture, Montreal. Group exhibition: clouds Musee Malraux, Le Havre, Oct.2009. Publications/articles: "Les Stenopé" Robert Delpire 2008, "Anarchroniques", Daniel Arasse, Gallimard, 2008; Featured in L'Histoire des Jardins. Honors BA, Trinity University of Toronto.

Bogdan Pavlovic / Fine Arts
Painter. Awards: Prix Des Artistes Du Monde Crous 1997. Solo Exhibition: Fondation Atelier De Sèvres Paris. Projects: Illustrations for the film Super 8 Stories. MFA, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts; Post-Grad degree, School of Fine Arts, Belgrade. Painting solo exhibition Black Horizon 2010. Foundation Atelier des Sevres Paris. Prix des Artistes du Monde Crous 1997. Illustration of L’afiche pour le film 3USTRATION DE LAFFICHE POUR LE FILM ““Super 8 stories”“ d’Emir Kusturica. DNSAP. École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris/ graduate degree (MFA) of the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts. Master d’Art Plastique Faculteé des Beaux-Arts de Belgrade/Post-graduate degree of the School of Fine Arts Belgrade 2002.

Colleen Pearl / Critical Studies
Teaches at NYU in France and University of Paris-Dauphine. Tours at the Louvre. BA University of California at Santa Cruz. MA University of California at Berkeley. PhD University of California at Berkeley.

Alice Peinado / Design Management Chair
Anthropologist. Areas of study: education management, personal development and team dynamics, multicultural theory and practice, globalization. Work history: ISM, ESC Reims, ENPC MBA, UNESCO, UNICEF. BA, Barnard College, Columbia University; MA, M.Phil, ABD, Columbia University.

Cécile Petit / Critical Studies
Professor of French as a foreign language: NYU in France. BA, Sorbonne Nouvelle; Masters, Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Sébastien Picard / Design Management
Managing Director: Edgecombe Group, Hong Kong. Operations and Business Development director: Xin Shi Shang Zi Xun, Hong Kong. Air Commando Officer, French Air Force. PhD in Strategic Management in progress, ESCP- Europe; Master II in Research, IIM-CNAM, Paris; MBA IIM-CNAM, Paris; Air Commando Diploma, French Air Force School, Dijon.

Christophe Pradère / Design Management
Managing Director, Absolut Reality. Work history: Johnson & Johnson; Beghin Say, Korea and France; Pentagor, France; EURO RSCG Design, France. BBA, ISG École de Commerce, Paris; University of California, Berkeley; Sophia University, Tokyo; MA, Domus Academy, Milan, Italy.

Dr. Vivian Rehberg / Critical Studies Chair
Art historian/critic, specializing in modern and contemporary art. Founding editor of Journal of Visual Culture, regular contributor to frieze and Modern Painters. Former curator at ARC/Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris. BA, SUNY Cortland; MA, SUNY Stony Brook; PhD, Northwestern University.

Katarina Rimarcikova / Fashion Design Coordinator
Fashion Designer. Launched own signature label in 2006, participated in Unique Form Charity Project, Switzerland, freelance designer for Sharon Wauchob. Worked for Gucci, Alexander McQueen, London. BA (HON) Fashion, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London.

Francisco Rocca Lynn / Fine Arts
Artist, Printmaker. Exhibitions: National Library of Colombia, Bogotá; Cáceres Museum; Salon d'Automne, Paris. Graduated from School of Fine Arts, National University of Colombia; Printmaking studio: S.W. Hayter, Paris.

Patricio Sarmiento / Fashion Design Senior Coordinator
Fashion Designer. Worked for Louis Vuitton Malletier, DKNY Jeans, Calvin Klein Jeans, Celine, freelance designer for Linde, Maurizio Galante, art director for Devine Intervention Paris. BFA Parsons School of Design, New York, MA Fashion (Création) IFM, Paris.

Sally Sasaki / Communication Design
Designer, Researcher. Work history: Cities x Design, UNESCO, Culture360.org, ICSID, ICOGRADA, Thinklab, Korean National Commission for UNESCO, IdCN Nagoya, Posters for Tomorrow, Open House Tokyo, City of Gwangju. BFA, Parsons the New School NY;. MA, Royal College of Art, London.

Wade Saunders / Fine Arts
Sculptor. Solo exhibitions: Art Resources Transfer, Inc., New York. Musée National de la Céramique Adrien Debouché, Limoges. Diane Brown Gallery, New York. MFA, UC San Diego.

Olivia Sautreuil / Foundation
Printmaker (silkscreen) and Illustrator. Clients : Muze magazine, Les Belles Histoires, Pomme d’Api, Bayard Editions Jeunesse. BA, L'École des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, MA Communication Design/Typography and Language, Central Saint Martins, London.

Susann Schweizer / Fashion Design
Fashion Designer. Work History: Fabio Piras, London; Zaha Hadid, London; Cacharel, Paris; Princesse tam.tam, Paris. Graduated from College of Art and Design, CH-Basel and holds a MA in Fashion (womenswear) from Central St. Martins, London.

Loic Secheresse / Interim Illustration Chair
Writer, Editor, Artist. Clients: Société Générale, SNCF, Strategies, Le Nouvel Obs Publicité: BBDO, Société Générale, Volkswagen, Toys ‘R’ Us. Published by Gallimard. D.N.S.E.P, Institut d’Arts Visuel, Orleans; Diplôme National d’Arts Plastiques, Institut d’Arts Visuel, Orléans.

Barbara Skuczik / Fashion Design
Illustrator, Textile Designer. Founder (2005): "Barbara Agnes". Clients: Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Diane von Furstenberg, Oscar by Oscar de la Renta, DKNY, Victoria’s Secret, Top Shop. BA (HONS) in Fashion Design & Print, Central St. Martins, London.

Karel Steiner / Photography
Photographer. Exhibitions : Espace Robespierre, Ivry-sur-Seine, 2007; La Maison des Sciences de l'homme, Paris 2007; Galerie Vysehrad, Prague; 2007; Prachenske Muzeum, Pisek, CZ, 2007; Europe House, Pilsen, CZ, 2007; Embassy of the Czech Republic in Luxembourg, 2007; Clients: Unilever, Pilsner Urquel, Daewoo and Mazda, La Croix, International Fertilizer Association, JPG, Skoda, Maxi, Plein Ciel. AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BA, Hamilton College.

Brad Tabas / Critical Studies
Philosopher and Critic. BA, University of Pennsylvania, MA, New York University, Ph.D, New York University.

Roger Thorn / Design Management
Retired Investment Banker. Former Chairman of Thorn Lefèvre Investments. Former M&A Director of Banque de la Société Financière Européenne. Lecturer in Corporate Finance and Corporate Development at IPAG, ISEG and ISM. M.A. French and German, Exeter College, Oxford University. Executive Program, London Business School.

Dr. Kimberly Timby / Photography
Photography Historian. Independent consultant. Specialties: 3D and color photography, amateur practice and popular imagery. Teacher at École du Louvre and École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris. Former curator at the Musée Carnavalet and the Musée Nicéphore Niépce (Director of Collections). Member of the editorial board of History of Photography. BA, Connecticut College; DEA in Social Anthropology and PhD in the History of Photography, EHESS, Paris.

Nino Trentinella / Fine arts / Photography / Illustration
Multi-disciplinary artist. Permanent collections: Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan. Exhibitions: Baltimore Museum of Art, Soho Photo Gallery, Creative Alliance, Maryland Art Place, Consulate General of the Slovak Republic. Presidential Scholars Program Teacher Recognition Award. MFA, University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Mark Tungate / Design Management
Freelance writer, British journalist and author. Specialist subjects: media, marketing, travel, French culture and lifestyle. Experienced reporter, editor and copywriter; publications include "Media Monoliths," "Fashion Brands," "Fifty: The Amazing World of Renzo Rosso and Diesel," and "The Epica Book." Copywriting clients have included Coca-Cola, MTV, Diesel and Initiative Media. Westminster Press Editorial Training College, Hastings, UK.

Alicia Vaisse / Photography
Artist. Work history: Christie’s Paris photography studio; assistant to artist Jean Michel Alberola. Exhibitions: Galeries de l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des beaux Arts de Paris, Musée des Arts et métiers, Paris, Musashino Art University, Tokyo. Publications: L’élan créatif, Lienart, 2009; Photographies for La Vente du Siècle : La Collection Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent, Flammarion, 2009. BA, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Paris. MA, Law and Art History, Université Paris I, Paris.

Philippe Van Caenegem / Design Management
Founder and managing partner of ThinkingArch, a consulting firm specialized in front and innovation. Work History: Partner at Altran Group, Director at Synectics (Altran Group), Clients include: AXA, Coca-Cola, Dim, Eads Innovationworks, Gemalto, Philip Morris, Sodexo, Volvo, Areva, Vodafone. Served as a member of the French MEDEF Innovation Committee from 2004-2007, Teaches innovation and creativity in several universities (HEC, Supelec, SupOptique);
MSc. in Architecture, Saint Lucas, Gent, Belgium.

Veronique Vienne / Illustration
Graphic Designer, Art Director, Art and Cultural critic, Writer. Art Director & Editor: House & Garden, Communication Arts, Eye, Graphis, Aperture, Print. Author: John Rombola, Eclectic Excentric, Chronicle Books, 2009; Citizen Designer, Allworth Press; The Education of an Art Director, Allworth Press; Fresh Dialogue Three & Fresh Dialogue Four, Princeton Architectural Press; Something to Be Desired, Graphis Editorial work: The Art of Doing Nothing, Clarkson Potter. Faculty Member: School of Visual Arts, New York. Baccalauréat, École Nationale Superieur de l'Architecture.

Charlotte von Poehl / Design Management
Artist. Selected Exhibitions: "Break of Dawn", Swedish Cultural Center, Paris. Flagey, Brussels. Bergman week, Fårö. "The Notepiece", The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. "7000 Newton" Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö. "De la representation à l'action", Le Plateau, Frac Ile-de-France, Paris. BA, Fine Art, Luther College. MA, Fine Art, Goldsmiths College.

Deborah Wickham / Communication Design
Freelance Graphic Designer. Clients include: The Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology/University of Cambridge, Maison de l’Europe des Yvelines, Mairie de Chatou, Paris Voice magazine (layout & production), Association Mouvement Art Contemporain de Chamalières. BA (Honors) London College of Communication, The University of the Arts London.

Catherine Winsnes / Foundation
Graphic Designer and Artist. Clients: École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Office National du Tourisme de Norvège en France, Crédit Mutuel. Recent installations and films: École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris; Hôpital Psychiatrique Maison Blanche, Neuilly-sur-Marne; Parsons The New School for Design. Exhibitions in France and Norway. Graduated from the École Supérieure d'Arts Graphiques.

Carole Xenard / Illustration
Illustrator. Employers: Bayard Presse, Hatier, Hacheete. ENSAD- Illustration, Paris.

Damian Yee / Fashion Design
Fashion Designer. Work history: Martine Sitbon, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Mila Schon, Barbara Bui, Guy Laroche, Chef d’atelier de costume pour La Mome-Edith Piaf, Ghadah Paris. Clients: Gucci, Jil Sander, Shiseido, Lancome, L’Oreal, Kodak, IBM, Gitanes, Barclay’s, Kylie Minogue, Lenny Kravitz, Blur, The Cranberries, Native. BAA, Ryerson Polytechnical University, Toronto, Canada.

Sylviane Yzet / Fashion Design
Freelance fashion designer. Work history: Chloé, Carlin International, Réné Dherhy, DIM, LeJaby, Le Chat. Current clients: Galeries Lafayette, Monoprix, ETAM, Orcanta. Graduated from ESMOD, Paris.