victor chu product design
21st century design
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fashion
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fashion technology
consumer intelligence

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second skin II / vitra design museum
parsons school of design
cooper-hewitt national design museum

conceptual design & research
cosmetec
solar tree
natural light battery
museum top display
monkey brains will change everything
where are my robots it’s 2010 already
biogenetic
psychokinesis

invention
intelligent authentication
networked products
high heel fitness
music in utero

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Victor Chu

Bio
Victor's unique design expertise blends fourteen years of professional experience in the industries of fashion and technology. He has designed and developed fashion and consumer products for Ralph Lauren and American Express as well as technology for JP Morgan Chase/Flatiron Ventures and Dow Chemicals.

Victor's study, practice and work focuses on the nexus of fashion, technology, culture and data.

"Successful 21st century products depend upon the balance of fashion + technology + culture + data. One may drive while the others support. However, they are in constant interdependence and can never again be independent."
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Victor is a designer and technologist living and working in New York City.
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Education
The College of Design at North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
The School of Design foundation studies are based upon the teachings of the Bauhaus school of design.

Bachelor of Arts Environmental Design in Product Design, 1994
minor Textile & Apparel, Technology & Management
Focus on fashion and apparel products. Designed, patterned, sewed, styled, produced four full fashion collections with accessories for a total of 2400 pieces; sponsored by Cotton Inc, Cone Mills, Burlington Industries, Sara Lee, Hanes, Champion, Kaiser Roth. Internship at FINIS in New York during the first two seasons of 7th on 6th Fashion Week, 1992. Was offered design positions by Calvin Klein and Nike junior year.