I have become inextricably enmeshed with the Bravo TV program Project Runway. This week is the final episode of the first season, and I realized last week that I will miss it terribly. Part of me wants to rush off to whereever to audition for the second season, if there would be such a thing. It has been a quite entrancing - to be back behind the scenes in essentially what would be compared to a series of charrette design problems - termed design challenges - which were all to be executed in ridiculously compressed time frames. My position has always been that almost anyone can design a great project - as long as they have a lot of time. It does make sense to weed out designers of less capability by making them work under severe time constraints. The brilliance of the producers, also the ones associated with Project Greenlight, was to affiliate with Parsons School of Design - Tim Gunn in particular. I am sure his collaboration on the devising of all of the design challenges are what made the process so fascinating. The caliber of the challenges was very high - no silly manufactured exercises. All of the challenges had practical and aesthetic criteria that are in the real world of the fashion business.
On the Bravo TV web site affiliate with the program, one of the most enlightening aspects is “Tim’s Take” - Tim Gunn’s analysis of the process and results of each challenge. I have really enjoyed reading his perspective and comparing it with my own. You can read
Tim’s Take atProject Runway
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