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  • Yu Chen Zhang

    Part-time Lecturer

    Email
    yuchenzhang@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    A - Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall - 66 West 12th Street

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    Yu Chen Zhang

    Profile

    Yuchen Zhang is a fashion tech designer, entrepreneur, and a lecturer at Parsons School of Art and Design. After Yuchen received her master’s degree from Parsons in Design and Technology. She has been working as a fashion technology specialist with companies such as Zac Posen, Google, and Loomia. She was recently a fashion technology research fellow at the MIT Open Style Lab and the Brooklyn Fashion Design Accelerator. Yuchen is currently the CEO of Wearable Media Studio, a New York-based fashion technology design service provider.

    Degrees Held

    2006 - 2010, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design,  MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART 2013 - 2015, Master of Fine Arts, Design & Technology, PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN

    Research Interests

    fashion technology, design and technology, branding, entrepreneurship

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    Yuchen Zhang

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    Current Courses

    Design Studio 4 (Spring 2020)

    Integrated Media

    Integrated Media (Spring 2020)

    Major Studio 4

    Major Studio 4 (Spring 2020)

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