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  • David Goldsmith

    Part-time Assistant Professor

    Email
    david.goldsmith@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    A - 66 West 12th Street

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    David Goldsmith

    Profile

    I teach technical, design, artisanal, social, "sustainable" and communicative aspects of textiles at Parsons, The Swedish School of Textiles in Borås, and The Handloom School in Maheshwar, India.|

    My professional experience includes interior design, fashion-textile design, contemporary art, and teaching literacy and English language learners in all of the boroughs of New York City.     

    Degrees Held

    BFA in painting, sculpture, textile design. Parsons School of Design
    Teaching English Language Learners, Certificate, The New School
    Masters, Licentiate, and PhD in Textile Management, The Swedish School of Textiles
     

    Professional Affiliation

    Lots and Pots
    1 KVM LIN
    Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion
    ACT-UAW Local 7902 

     

     

    Recent Publications

    Carbonaro, Simonetta and David Goldsmith. (2013) Fashion and The Design of Prosperity. In: Black S, et al. (ed) Fashion Studies Handbook. London: Berg.

    Carbonaro, Simonetta and David Goldsmith. (2014) Branding Sustainablity: Business Models in Search of Clarity. In: Fletcher K, and Mathilda Tham (ed) The Routledge Handbook of Fashion and Sustainability. Oxford: Routledge.

    Goldsmith David. (2014) Local Fashionalities: Växbo Lin and WomenWeave.  Borås: University of Borås.

    Goldsmith, David. (2018) WomenWeave Daily: "Artisan Fashion" as "Slow and Sustainable Fashion" PhD dissertation.

    Research Interests

    Textiles
    Handloom in India
    Less-Unsustainable and Less-UnFair Enterprise and Economics
    De-Coupling from Fashion
    Fashion Marketing
    Language and Communication
    Textile Innovation

     

    Past Courses

    Textile Design Exploration
    PSOF 2151, Fall 2023

    Textiles
    PSOF 1150, Fall 2023

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