John Bartlett Director of Fashion for Executive and Professional Studies An award-winning designer and proponent of sustainability, John Bartlett brings to The New School more than 30 years of fashion industry experience. For his namesake collection he received Swarovski’s Best Newcomer Award and was named Best Menswear Designer of the Year by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) in 1997. He also received the Designer of the Year award from the American Footwear and Apparel Association in 2010. Bartlett received a Lexus/CFDA Eco-Challenge grant in 2012 to create a collection entirely from upcycled and recycled material for New York Fashion Week. He has worked only with recycled or organic materials for more than a decade and promotes the use of earth-friendly alternatives to animal-derived materials such as leather, wool, and down. https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-bartlett-a1a9946/ Read more
Ashok Som Academic Director of the EMiLUX Program; Management Professor, ESSEC Business School Ashok Som teaches strategy at ESSEC. He holds a PhD in Business Administration and conducts research in three areas: organization redesign, innovation in human resources management, and innovation in Asia. Som is the academic director of the EMiLUX program and is the founder of the India Research Center at ESSEC.