About Mariaclara Golfo

An NYC-based multi-disciplinary designer with 14 years of experience in UX/UI Design and an M.A. in Sustainable Fashion Technology. Mariaclara solves complex product and service design challenges for companies that seek to have a positive mission on people or the environment.

Fashion illustration ignited her creative journey, establishing the foundation for a multidisciplinary practice spanning traditional painting, sustainable fashion design, and human-centered innovation. Her path has woven through fashion startups to leading design for teams at Brit + Co, Samsung, Spotify, Netflix, and more designing tools for thousands of global users.

As a dedicated catalyst for positive change through design, environmental needs compelled her to analyze the impact of creating, from both narrative and waste perspectives, leading her to pursue a Master's in Sustainable Fashion Technology at IED Istituto Europeo di Design in Barcelona. There, she explored the critical question: What responsibility do we have as creators to create consciously?

Currently, she creates at Greenpoint Gallery Studio while threading the needle between art on cotton canvas and patchwork collage from rescued textiles. Working with pre-consumer textile waste, she explores fashion art as a means to extend textiles' lifecycles through new forms at Studio Visit. Additionally, she is writing her first memoir, leveraging her passion for poetry and personal narrative.

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