Conversation with Timo Rissanen, Associate Professor, UTS

Conversation with Timo Rissanen, Associate Professor, UTS

Timo Rissanen challenges listeners with innovative ways to think more sustainability about the fashion system, including design and retail. He focuses on the role that consumers play in this complex system and discusses the intrinsic connection between sustainability and social justice. Timo is a newly appointed associate professor in fashion and textiles at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). During his decade at Parsons School of Design, he was associate professor of fashion design and sustainability within the School of Fashion. He also served as the School Associate Dean of the School of Constructed Environments, and he was one of the Associate Directors of the Tishman Environment and Design Center. He was born in Finland and trained as a fashion designer at the UTS in Australia. Rissanen completed a practice-based PhD on zero waste fashion design at UTS in 2013. As an artist he has focused on labour, politics and love through installation, performance and cross-stitched poetry. Rissanen co-curated Fashioning Now with Alison Gwilt in 2009 and Yield with Holly McQuillan in 2011, and he has co-published two books on fashion and sustainability, Shaping Sustainable Fashion with Gwilt in 2011 and Zero Waste Fashion Designwith McQuillan in 2016. Rissanen is a founding member of the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion. Learn more: LinkedIn Hosted by: Christopher Lacy, Assistant Professor, Parsons School of Design Produced by: Joshua Williams, Assistant Professor, Parsons School of Design Executive Producer: Fashion Consort Follow the podcast on Instagram: @RetailRevolutionPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episoder(73)

Summer Intern Takeover: Influencers and Authenticity

Summer Intern Takeover: Influencers and Authenticity

Maria Soubbotina discusses the foundation for authentic influencer campaigns with Gabrielle Lamy. Maria and Gabrielle are both graduates of the Fashion Management program at Parsons School of Design i...

9 Sep 202111min

Summer Intern Takeover: Creating Your Fashion Brand

Summer Intern Takeover: Creating Your Fashion Brand

Maggie Kanan gets tips on how to develop a new fashion brand in a saturated market with designer and professor Susanna Moyer. Maggie is a graduate student in the Fashion Management program at Parsons ...

9 Aug 202114min

Summer Intern Takeover: Experiential Retail Post Covid

Summer Intern Takeover: Experiential Retail Post Covid

Naomi Kennedy discusses the tenets of experiential retailing with PhD candidate and retail specialist, Kelcie Slaton, and how the pandemic has accelerated its shift. Naomi is a graduate student in the...

15 Jul 202120min

Summer Intern Takeover: Diversity, Inclusivity and Swimwear

Summer Intern Takeover: Diversity, Inclusivity and Swimwear

Maggie Kanan discusses the intersection between body diversity and inclusivity in swimwear with Creative and Casting Director Gilleon Smith-Mercado. Maggie is a graduate student in the Fashion Managem...

14 Jul 202115min

Summer Intern Takeover: Women's Leadership in Fashion

Summer Intern Takeover: Women's Leadership in Fashion

Maria Soubbotina discusses the lack of women in leadership positions in the fashion and retail industries with Natalie O'Neal. Both are graduate students in the Fashion Management program at Parsons S...

13 Jul 202111min

Conversation with Camilla Olson, CEO, Savitude

Conversation with Camilla Olson, CEO, Savitude

Born in Alaska, Camilla Olson is an inventor and holds two U.S. patents with three more in process. She is a serial entrepreneur; was a venture capitalist. She founded two big data predictive modeling...

4 Mai 202129min

Conversation with Tricia Carey, Director of Global Business Development, Lenzing Group

Conversation with Tricia Carey, Director of Global Business Development, Lenzing Group

Tricia is a results-focused professional with over 20 years of experience in progressive merchandising and marketing roles within the fashion industry. She is experienced in supporting supply chain re...

27 Apr 202134min

Conversation with Sass Brown, Author / Educator

Conversation with Sass Brown, Author / Educator

Sass Brown is a writer, journalist, researcher, educator and activist in ethical fashion. She was the former acting dean of the School of Art and Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in...

20 Apr 202134min

Populært innen Business og økonomi

stopp-verden
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
dine-penger-pengeradet
e24-podden
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
rss-borsmorgen-okonominyhetene
rss-pa-konto
pengesnakk
pengepodden-2
utbytte
finansredaksjonen
morgenkaffen-med-finansavisen
liberal-halvtime
livet-pa-veien-med-jan-erik-larssen
tid-er-penger-en-podcast-med-peter-warren
stormkast-med-valebrokk-stordalen
rss-sunn-okonomi
rss-skravla-gar
rss-markedspuls-2
lederpodden