Krissi Riewe Stevenson

Krissi Riewe Stevenson holds an M.F.A. and a B.F.A. in Fashion Design from the University of North Texas, where she began her applied research on the use of both traditional craft methods and emerging digital tools to bring innovation into the design process. In her design work, she embraces value of physical, material knowledge as a critical component to incorporating and using new technologies for creative innovation. Specific research projects include an ongoing collaborative project exploring the impact of design on the spaces around bodies form both intimate (apparel design) and more public (architecture) spaces. Her prior experience working in the bra industry supports an on-going project to use digital knitting to improve bra design; this also includes research on best practices to move between technology applications in the design process. She is a Certified Clo 3D instructor, and this supports both her research but also teaching efforts, as she uses hands-on projects to help students learn to move intentionally between the digital and physical spaces of design.

Website: www.krissiriewe.com

Expertise: Digital Knitting, 3D Design, Digital Patternmaking, Patternmaking, Craft Practice, Sustainability