Deciding the objects we surround ourselves with in our homes can be a journey of self-exploration. In this Lesson on What We Keep, Jean Lin, Founder and Curator of New York City design gallery and studio Colony, speaks about her new book, what designers make, what they collect and understanding the creative power of collecting.
A Lesson On What We Keep with Jean Lin
Deciding the objects we surround ourselves with in our homes can be a journey of self-exploration. In this Lesson on What We Keep, Jean Lin, Founder and Curator of New York City design gallery and studio Colony, speaks about here new book, what designers make, what they collect and understanding the creative power of collecting.
Jean Lin is a New York City–based design entrepreneur and the founder of the downtown design gallery and studio Colony. Trained as a fashion designer, she has professional experience as a fashion designer, an interior designer, editor, writer, trend forecaster, educator, and curator. She has served as part-time faculty at her alma mater, Parsons School of Design, and as a guest lecturer and critic at Rhode Island School of Design, Pratt Institute, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and Tama Art University in Tokyo.
ABOUT COLONY
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN “WHAT WE KEEP”
- Jean’s earliest memory of being creative.
- How Jean’s family influences her worth Ethic.
- Why Hurricane Sandy is part of Colony’s origin story.
- When and why Jean founded Colony.
- The inspiration and editor of Jean’s new book What We Keep.
- The three categories of people Jean wanted to feature in the book and why.
- How creative work often has its own life.
- What makes creative work commercial.
- The evolving definitions of feminine and masculine.
- Why Jean agrees with the concept of feminine leadership.
- Jean’s “first baby” and what her second baby Juno have taught her about femininity.
A Lesson on What We Keep with Jean Lin
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