Yang Soon Ju - Professor of Fashion Design

About

Yang Soon Ju is an interdisciplinary designer and entrepreneur, currently Assistant Teaching Professor in the Fashion Program at ASU FIDM. She holds an MFA in Design Studies and a BFA in Fashion Design from Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar.

Practice and partnerships

Design, enterprise, teaching

Most of the work here was made with an organisation rather than for one - film, healthcare, architecture, retail, and the conference floor each set their own constraints, and the constraint is usually the brief.

  • Korea, Singapore, Thailand

    Two decades of ventures

    Couple decades of diverse ventures from teaching Chemical Engineering, founding an English-speaking school, and running businesses...

  • Consulting

    Auditing and business management

    Financial auditing, bookkeeping, and business management advisory - the accounting side.

  • Doha

    Projects and collections in partnership

    Designs, collections, and events developed with Doha Film Institute, Tim Makower Architects, Sidra Medicine, Heya Arabian Fashion Exhibition, Doha Festival City, Galeries Lafayette, and the Tasmeem Biennial Art and Design Conference.

  • Current

    Fashion Program, ASU FIDM

    Teaching construction, pattern making, draping, tailoring, and fashion drawing by hand and by computer, alongside digital jewelry and surface design for textiles.

Curriculum vitae

Education

  • -MFA, Design StudiesVCUarts Qatar
  • -BFA, Fashion DesignVCUarts Qatar

Appointments

  • -Assistant Teaching Professor, FashionASU FIDM, Arizona State UniversityCurrent
  • -Founder & DirectorVentures in Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Qatar
  • -Consultant, Auditing & Business ManagementIndependent

Specialties

  • -Garment constructionPattern making, draping, tailoring
  • -Fashion drawingIllustration and technical drawing, hand and digital
  • -Digital jewelryDesign and fabrication
  • -Surface design for textilesDigital tools