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  • Jennifer June

    Part-time Lecturer

    Email
    junej123@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    A - 66 West 12th Street

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    Jennifer June

    Profile

    Jennifer June is a multi-disciplinary designer whose work weaves together materiality, sustainability, and human-centered design.    As founder of Loose Parts, she crafts furniture and objects that embody circular design principles - prioritizing disassembly, repair, reuse, and recycling of materials.   June's design practice extends beyond product creation. She is an interior and lighting designer who has shaped residential spaces and boutique hospitality environments with her distinct aesthetic vision.    Additionally, June is an adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design, teaching principles of circular and sustainable practices in the MFA School of Constructed Environments.    Her work has been shown in Business of Home, Domino, Dwell, Metropolis among other publications. As well as Alcova Milano, the Newark Museum, NYCxDesign and WantedDesign.   She is based in Hudson, New York.  

    Degrees Held

    Double Masters in Interior and Lighting Design from Parsons School of Design.

    Post-Bachelorette in Printmaking from Oregon College of Arts and Craft

    BA in Studio Art from San Francisco State University

     

    Performances and Appearances

    2024 - Exhibiting Partner of The Crossroads ICFF.

    Dialogues at The Crossroads Panelist - "Endurance: What does it mean to make an object that lasts?"

    2023 - Furnishing Utopia Public Access Exhibitor 

    2022 - Alcova 2022 Exhibitor

    Mebl Panelist - Demystifying Circular Design in Furniture and Furnishings 

    2021 - Wanted Design Look Book Exhibitor

    Circular City Week Panelist - Full Circle Furniture

    Research Interests

    Interiors, Light Art, Decorative Arts, Craft, Vernacular Architecture, Adhocism, Contemporary Art, Circular Design, Urban Design, Entrepreneurialism

    Awards And Honors

    2023 - Sustainable Furnishings Council High Wood Score 

    2022 - The Dwell 24: The best new designers of 2022

    Sustainable Furnishings Council High Wood Score 

    2021 - Sustainable Furnishings Council High Wood Score 

    Portfolio

    Loose Parts

    Past Courses

    Design Studio 3
    PGID 5201, Fall 2024

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