| Oct. 21, 2008 | Posted by: Sheri |
Making it Work
Yesterday Marc and I had the pleasure of participating in the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum’s Teen Design Fair. This was our second year of joining well known graphic, fashion, industrial designers and architects to speak to high school students on what it means to pursue a career in art and design. The program is part of National Design Week at the museum and the purpose is to bring awareness to the design professions as a whole.
Participants at the fair have included: Issac Mizrahi, Liz Lange, Cynthia Rowley, Milton Glaser, Deborah Adler, Ema Frigerio from C&G Partners, Georgianna Stout of 2×4, Brian Chui of Smart Design, Michael Chung of IDEO, Gregory Stanford of the Rockwell Group, and our personal favorite, Tim Gunn of Project Runway. Not a bad crowd to be associated with.
Tim is a true gentleman, and very approachable. I did get a rush telling him to “make it work.”
It’s time I have a catch-phrase of my own.
I am pthalo green with envy that you got to meet Tim Gunn. And congrats on the Wigwam Award! I always think of you when I see them hanging in stores. I also want to rearrange them when they are not displayed together or place them more prominently. It’s the Martha Stewart in me!
I knew you would freak out. You know what the best part was, he was SO super nice, taking tons of time to talk to us and thank us for our work with the Cooper Hewitt.
He spoke to the crowd about how he got started om Project Runway which basically involves a cinderalla story of a shy guy with a stutter who went in and revamped Parson’s Fashion Design program and as a result was asked to participate in the first test season of Runway as a way to prod the participants to talk about their work during the design development stage.
Years later he has 2 tv shows,an Emmy, and a book!
You do know last year he autographed copies of his Guide to Quality, Taste, and Style for everyone in the Education department, right? I wanted to sell mine on ebay, but it was personalized…
Very impressive!