- Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963 in New York City) is an American fashion designer. He attended the High School of Art and Design and graduated in 1981. From there, Jacobs entered the Parsons School of Design in New York City. At Parsons, Jacobs won the Perry Ellis Gold Thimble Award in 1984, and in the same year was also awarded the Chester Weinberg Gold Thimble Award and the Design Student of the Year Award. - Tom Ford
Tom Ford (born August 27, 1962) is an American fashion designer. He gained international fame for his legendary turnaround of the Gucci fashion house and the creation of the Tom Ford label, becoming one of the world's most influential designers. - Derek Lam
Derek Lam is a fashion designer from San Francisco, California. He is a graduate of the Parsons School of Design. Lam started out as an assistant for Michael Kors in the 90s. In 2005, Lam won the CFDA Perry Ellis Swarovski Award for new designers and started his own line of clothes. In addition to clothes, Derek Lam also has a line of shoes and jewelry. He is known for his pretty, girly fabrics backed by clean, crisp silhouettes. - Katie Salen
Katie Salen is a game designer, interactive designer, animator, and design educator. She has taught at universities including MIT, the University of Texas at Austin, Parsons School of Design, New York University, Rhode Island School of Design, and School of Visual Arts. Salen was one of the animators who worked on the film Waking Life, directed by Richard Linklater and produced with Bob Sabiston's software. - Tracy Reese
Tracy Reese (born on February 12, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American fashion designer. Tracy is the daughter of Claud (a manager) and Pat (a modern dance teacher). The women in the family always had an interest in sewing and would have contests to see who could complete an outfit first. This was when Tracy's interest in fashion first emerged. Tracy attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit where she was initially interested in interior design and architechure. - Eric Zimmerman
Eric Zimmerman is a game designer and the co-founder and CEO of gameLab, a computer game development company, which is known for the game "Diner Dash". Each year Zimmerman hosts the Game Design Challenge at the Game Developers Conference. He is also the co-author of 4 books including "Rules of Play" with Katie Salen, which was published in November 2004. He has taught at universities including MIT, the University of Texas at Austin, Parsons School of Design, … - J. P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan (born 1957) started drawing in second grade, where he confounded teachers with his elaborate, scar-covered drawings of Frankenstein monsters. As he reached high school, he became a fan of Warner Bros. classic cartoons, " Rat Fink" creatures and hot rods, even making some sales to Hot Rod Cartoons, followed by CARtoons (with some longer comic stories). After graduating, Morgan entered Parsons School of Design for three years, learning more about illustration, … - Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger (b. 1945) is an American conceptual artist. She was born in Newark, New Jersey and left there in 1964 to attend Syracuse University. After a year at Syracuse, she moved to New York, where she began attending Parsons School of Design. She studied with Diane Arbus and Marvin Israel, who, as a graphic designer and art director for Harper's Bazaar in the 1960s, introduced Kruger to photographers and fashion/magazine sub-cultures. - Paul Rand
Paul Rand (born Peretz Rosenbaum, August 15, 1914 - November 26, 1996) was a well-known American graphic designer, best known for his corporate logo designs. Rand was educated at the Pratt Institute (1929-1932), the Parsons School of Design (1932-1933), and the Art Students League (1933-1934). He was one of the originators of the Swiss Style of graphic design. From 1956 to 1969, and beginning again in 1974, … - Behnaz Sarafpour
Behnaz Sarafpour is a New York City-based designer who introduced a line of women's apparel bearing her name in 2001. She attended Parsons School of Design, where she was honored with the prestigious Golden Thimble Awared, and has held design positions at Anne Klein, Isaac Mizrahi, Narciso Rodriguez, Richard Tyler, and Barneys New York. Her collections are presented in New York with the aid of various sponsors- her Spring 2005 sponsor, Tiffany & Co, … - Norman Norell
Norman Norell (born Norman David Levinson April 20, 1900 in Noblesville, Indiana - died in New York, October 25, 1972) was an American fashion designer, known for his elegant suits and tailored silhouettes. The son of a haberdasher, from early childhood Norell had an ambition to become an artist. After spending a short period at military school during World War I, he studied fashion design at the Pratt Institute. - Albert Hadley
Albert Hadley (1921 -) is an influential American interior decorator born in Nashville, Tennessee. His long-time design partner was Sister Parish. He is a graduate of Peabody College, Nashville, and a graduate of and teacher at Parsons School of Design, New York City and Paris. He trained with the South's best-known decorator, A. Herbert Rodgers. After serving overseas in WW II he studied and taught at Parsons, and then formed his own studio. - Lela Rose
Lela Rose (born in Texas) is an American fashion designer. Lela grew up in Dallas, Texas. She attended University of Colorado where she was a painting and sculpture major and graduated in 1991. She had a business in college making vests from vintage scarves and decided to go into fashion. She moved to New York City and headed to Parsons School of Design which she graduated from in 1993 with an associate's degree. She worked under Christian Francis Roth, a fashion designer, … - Patrick Robinson
Patrick Robinson is an California-born American fashion designer who has worked for such names as Giorgio Armani, Anne Klein, Perry Ellis, and Paco Rabanne. A graduate from the Parsons School of Design, Robinson has been a member of the Council of Fashion Designers since 1994 and was named one of "Vogue"s 100 rising stars in 1996. - Michael Vollbracht
Michael Vollbracht, born 1947 in Quincy, Illinois, is head designer of Bill Blass Limited. He has had previous success in that field, although he is primarily an illustrator. He began his career in fashion as a student at what was then Parsons School of Design in 1965. Four years later, Geoffrey Beene hired him as a member of his design team, and Donald Brooks followed suit two years later. In 1973 he went to work for Henri Bendel as their in-house illustrator. - Duane Michals
Duane Michals (b.February 18, 1932) is an American photographer. Largely self-taught, his work is noted for its innovation and artistry. Michals' style often features photo-sequences and the incorporation of text to examine emotion and philosophy, resulting in a unique body of work. Michals grew up in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. In 1953 he received a B.A. from the University of Denver. - Donald Brooks
Donald Brooks (January 9, 1928 - August 1, 2005) was an American fashion designer. Born Donald Marc Blumberg in New Haven, Connecticut, Brooks attended Syracuse University followed by the Yale School of Drama, where he first decided to become a costume and clothing designer. He studied design at the Fashion Institute of Technology and then the Parsons School of Design in New York. - Camille Utterback
Camille Utterback is an interactive installation artist. Initially trained as a painter, her work is at the intersection of painting and interactive art. Camille received her undergraduate degree from Williams College and her Masters degree from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited at the New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York), the American Museum of the Moving Image (New York), … - Alfred Sung
Alfred Sung (b. 14 June, 1948) is a Canadian fashion designer, producing apparel, fragrance, accessories and home fashions for women and men. He was born in Shanghai and raised in Hong Kong. Sung aspired to become a fine artist contrary to his parents' wishes that he pursue a traditional profession. In time, his father compromised and agreed to send him to Paris where he studied couture at the famous Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. - Thakoon
Thakoon Panichgul (born in Northern Thailand) is an American fashion designer. Panichgul moved to the United States with his family when he was 11 years old, and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. Panichgul has a talent for blending distinctly different influences into his work, imparting a feminine spirit into a youthful, sporty line. The result is clothing that projects poised elegance with an underlying hint of playful wit. - Brian Wood
Brian Wood (born January 29, 1972) is a writer, illustrator, and graphic designer living in Brooklyn, New York. He is known primarily as a comic book creator; Wood both writes and illustrates graphic novels and serialized monthly comic books for a variety of publishers. During his comics career, Wood held a day job for several years as a staff designer for Rockstar Games, designing for video game franchises such as "Grand Theft Auto", "Midnight Club", … - Patti Rothberg
Patti Rothberg (born May 4, 1972) is a New York-based singer, songwriter, recording artist, multi-instrumentalist and painter/artist. Born in New York City Rothberg grew up in Scarsdale, NY, playing piano from the age of 3 and writing songs by the age of 15, joining a high school Rod Stewart covers band. She later travelled through Europe and America, busking to support herself (an activity which would later inform the lyrics to the Song "Inside" on her debut album). - Jerry Herman
Jerry Herman (born Gerald Herman on July 10, 1931 in New York City) is an American composer/lyricist of the Broadway musical theater. He composed the scores for the hit Broadway musicals "Hello, Dolly!", "Mame", and "La Cage aux Folles". - Arlene Raven
Arlene Raven (born Arlene Rubin 12 July 1944 in Baltimore) was an art historian, author, writer, editor, critic, lecturer, art curator, feminist and award winner. She was a founder of the Women's Caucus for Art, (1972) the Los Angeles Woman's Building (in 1971, with other women) and "Chrysalis" magazine. - Hanna Liden
Hanna Liden (born Stockholm, 1976) is a Swedish-American photographer working in New York City. Liden graduated with a Photography B.F.A. from Parsons School of Design and was included in the 2006 Whitney Biennial. - Lynne Barasch
Lynne Barasch was born in New York City and grew up in Woodmere, New York. She studied at Rhode Island School of Design, and holds a BFA from Parsons School of Design. She is the author/illustrator of several picture books. She currently lives in New York City with her husband. She is the author of several children's books including "Ask Albert Einstein, Hiromi's Hands, Knockin’ on Wood, A Country Schoolhouse, Radio Rescue, The Reluctant Flower Girl, Old Friends, … - Seymour Chwast
Seymour Chwast is an illustrator and graphic designer. He, along with Milton Glaser and Edward Sorel founded Push Pin Studios in 1954. Along with Glaser, Chwast created "The Push Pin Graphic", an award-winning bi-monthly publication from the Push Pin Studios which achieved a worldwide reputation. He has since done many posters, food packaging, magazine covers and publicity art. - Charles Harbutt
Charles Harbutt (born July 29, 1935) is an American photographer, a former president of Magnum, and full-time Professor at Parsons School of Design in New York. - Dorian Corey
Dorian Corey was an American transgendered performer and designer featured in the 1990 documentary "Paris Is Burning". Corey grew up in Buffalo, New York. After study at the Parsons School of Design, Corey toured in the 1960's in the Pearl Box Revue, a cabaret drag act. Corey died of AIDS at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan. After Corey's death, a mummified body with gunshot wounds was found in Corey's belongings. - Sonya Sklaroff
Sonya Sklaroff (November 7, 1970 - present) is a contemporary American painter best known for her cityscapes of New York City. Born in Philadelphia, Sklaroff attended the prestigious Friends' Central School before going on to earn her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). While at RISD, Sklaroff won the Providence Art Award and was selected for the European Honors Program, where she studied under Friedrich St.Florian. - Kenneth Paul Block
Kenneth Paul Block is among the foremost American fashion illustrators of the 20th century. He worked as an in-house illustrator for Fairchild Publications for more than 40 years, drawing numerous covers for W magazine and Women's Wear Daily. He also drew advertisements for Bergdorf Goodman, Bonwit Teller, and Lord & Taylor department stores in New York. In addition to his career in fashion, Block drew program covers for the Ballet Society, the forerunner to the New York City Ballet. - Robert White
Robert Winthrop White (1921-2002) was a highly-respected American sculptor and educator who lived for much of his life in St. James, Long Island, New York. He was a grandson of the architect Stanford White. Born in New York in 1921, Robert White attended the Portsmouth Priory School (now Portsmouth Abbey School) in Rhode Island, and the Rhode Island School of Design. - Rosemary Brantley
Rosemary Brantley ia a fashion designer. She began her career as a runway model in Dallas. She then attended Parsons School of Design in New York. When she graduated in 1973, she was named "Designer of the Year." She worked for companies in London and New York as a designer, illustrator, and merchandiser. In the late 1970s, she was named head designer of the Jaeger American Line, London. In 1980, Brantley moved to Los Angeles and co-founded her own sportswear company. - Melora Creager
Melora Creager (born March 25 1966) is an American cellist and singer-songwriter. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, she grew up in Emporia, Kansas, with an older brother and a younger sister; all children were adopted. Her mother was a graphic designer and her father was an administrator and physicist at a university; both were very supportive of the arts, and encouraged their children to take up musical instruments. Creager began playing the piano at age five, … - Elizabeth Enright
Elizabeth Enright (September 17, 1909 - June 8, 1968) was an American children's author and illustrator. She was born in Oak Park, Illinois. Her father, Walter J. Enright, was a political cartoonist; her mother, Maginel Wright Enright, was a magazine illustrator and the sister of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Enright studied at the Art Students League of New York in 1927-28, and at the Parsons School of Design. - Ben Caldwell
Ben Caldwell (born 1973) is a cartoonist who has worked in a variety of art and design fields over the past decade, including toy design, animation development, children's book illustration, and comic book illustration. Most of his work has been for Toybiz, on projects including The Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man, the X-Men, WCW, and Harry Potter. He has contributed to Justice League Unlimited covers, Wonder Woman children's books, and Star Wars: Clone Wars comic art. - Candida Royalle
Candida Royalle (born Candice Vitala on October 15, 1950 in NYC) is an American producer and director of couples-oriented pornography and a former pornographic actress. She is member of the XRCO and the AVN Halls of Fame. Initially trained in music, dance, and art in New York with studies at the New York High School of Arts and Design, Parson's School of Design and the City University of New York, she eventually entered a career as a porn star, … - Jacques Maroger
Jacques Maroger [pron. ma - ro - ZHAY](1884 - 1962) was a painter and the technical director of the Louvre Museum's laboratory in Paris, France. He devoted his life to understanding the oil-based media of the Old Masters. In 1907, Maroger began to study with Louis Anquetin and worked under his direction until Anquetin's death in 1932. Anquetin worked closely and exhibited with the artists Vincent van Gogh, Charles Angrand, Emile Bernard, Paul Gauguin, Camille Pissarro, … - Ida Applebroog
Ida Applebroog is an American artist. Her work is featured in numerous permanent collections of international institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum, and Museum of Modern Art. A major solo exhibition of her work was organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC in 2003. Also, in 1998 she received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and in 1990 the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. - Susan Weber Soros
Susan Weber Soros (born 1954, New York City, USA) is the founder and director of the Bard Graduate Center (BGC) for studies in the decorative arts, design, and culture in New York City. She was married to George Soros. Susan Weber was born in Brooklyn and studied at Barnard College, New York, the Parsons School of Design, New York and the Royal College of Art where she gained her PhD in 1998 with a thesis on the furniture of E.W. Godwin.
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