STUDIO VON CURRY IS A MATERIALS-LED CREATIVE STUDIO BASED IN LONDON, UK & PORTLAND, OREGON – SPECIALISING IN DESIGN, MATERIAL STORYTELLING, COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING, AND SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION.
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2026 (upcoming) – Critical Costume Conference, Ecology & Costume podcast
2026 – Material Ecologies Symposium, V&A
2026 – International Bioeconomy & Macroalgae Centre Annual Meeting, SAMS (Scottish Association for Marine Science)
2026 – Modelling Your Future, University of the Arts London
2025 – PubTalks, Hoxton Social Club
2025 – Material World Festival, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London
2024 – Imagining Possibilities, Centre for Sustainable Fashion
2021 – Climate Action Corps: Circular Design Strategies, Outdoor Industry Association
2021 – Climate Action Corps: Scope 1, 2 and 3 Reduction Strategies, OIA
2021 – OIA Climate Actions Corps & the Role of EPA’s GHG Management Tools, EPA
2021 – Climate Change Action: Demystifying Your Carbon Footprint, People for Bikes
2020 – Launching the OIA Climate Action Corps. OIA Sustainability Conference at OR
2020 – Industries Working Together to Advance Circularity Goals, Recycled Colorado
2020 – Campfire Conversation: Climate Action After a Pandemic, OIA Podcast
2020 – Sustainability in the Outdoor Industry, Texworld
2019 – Sustainability Boot Camps – New York, Denver, Portland & Los Angeles
2019 – Sustainability Seminar, Surf Industry Manufacturers Association
2019 – Getting Started in Sustainability, TOMS shoes
2019 – Getting Started in Chemicals Management, OIA Sustainability Conference at OR
2019 – Paul Hawken Interview on Drawdown & Climate Action, OIA Podcast
2018 – Five Quick Wins to Kick-Start Your Sustainability Strategy, Outdoor Retailer
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2027– (upcoming) Routledge: Responsible/Digital Fashion, chapter co-author
2026 – Centre for Sustainable Fashion, Drawing Lines of Care, contributor
2023 – UAL Postgraduate Research Proposal, author
2022 – The Biomimicry Institute: Design For Decomposition, Microfibers Brief, author
2021 – Outdoor Industry Association Climate Action Corps Impact Report, co-author
2020 – OIA Climate Action Greenhouse Gas Emissions Guide, co-author
2019 – OIA Durable Water Repellent (DWR) Summary Brief, co-author
2019 – OIA Solvents Management Priority Issues Brief, co-author
2018 – OIA Renewable Raw Materials Priority Issues Brief, co-author
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2025 – Best Activism in a Fashion Context Award, LCF Future Fashion Film Festival, London, UK
2024 – PhotoVogue Select, Home Ecologies (collaboration with Antonia Penia), Vogue, Milan, IT
2023 – Finalist, World of Wearable Art Competition, Wellington, NZ
2023 – Better Lives Scholarship, Procter & Gamble, London, UK
2023 – UAL International Postgraduate Scholarship, LCF, London, UK
2017 – Collaboration in Industry Award, Colorado Business Roundtable
2011 – Best in Show Award, Recycled Fashion Show, Oregon State University, USA
2010 – Most Creative Collection Award, Annual Fashion Show, Oregon State University, USA
Jessie Curry (Founder) is an artist and designer exploring the body as a site to examine our material relationships with other species.
Blending speculative storytelling with fashion, costume, sculpture, and performance, her work creates multi-sensory experiences shaped by the animacy of materials and ecology. Through her interdisciplinary studio, Studio Von Curry, she builds partnerships with museums, universities, brands, and publications to design experiences and narratives of sustainable futures.
Previously, she led community and industry partnerships for 1,000+ companies climate and sustainability initiatives at the Outdoor Industry Association and led brand marketing and storytelling at outdoor apparel innovator Nau Clothing.
Her work has been shown at Dutch Design Week, Melbourne Design Week, and World of Wearable Art, and featured in 10 Magazine, PhotoVogue, Sticky Mag, and Lula Japan.
Portfolio Available Upon Reuqest.
