{"id":10716,"date":"2013-05-14T10:56:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T14:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/?p=10716"},"modified":"2013-07-18T17:44:28","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T21:44:28","slug":"instructor-spotlight-gregg-woodcock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/2013\/05\/14\/instructor-spotlight-gregg-woodcock\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructor Spotlight &#8211; Gregg Woodcock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/Untitled-1.jpg');\"  href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/Untitled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10925\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/Untitled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/Untitled-1.jpg 274w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/Untitled-1-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gregg Woodcock is a Adjunct\u00a0Instructor at the Fashion Institute of Technology.\u00a0 He hails from the Bronx and has a degree in Industrial Design with a minor in Transportation Design from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Woodcock teaches this awesome class:\u00a0 <strong>HLD 031 SK8, Run and Jump into &#8220;SNEAKEROLOGY&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Sneaker freakers, fashionistas and advocates of all things different will love this course.\u00a0 This class will walk you through the development of professional sketches for your own sneaker design.\u00a0 You\u2019ll learn the importance of design research in various markets including vehicle design, cultures, and music, and then use this research to develop drawings from thumbnails to ink line drawings of your original ideas.\u00a0 You\u2019ll learn the lingo of athletic shoe parts and become familiar with the process of creating product specifications to present to a company. You\u2019ll also learn basic sketching and presentation techniques required for your portfolio.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Professor Woodcock&#8217;s<\/em> <em><strong>Teaching Philosophy:<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To engage the a student&#8217;s individuality; channeling what is great in them and how it applies to the course they are enduring.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On Precollege Programs:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a child at heart.\u00a0 Teaching here takes me back to my younger days as an artist.\u00a0 I know what I would have wanted to learn, who I would have modeled myself after and who I was impressed by and wanted to learn from.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Industry\u00a0Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lead designer for P. Diddy&#8217;s footwear operation<\/li>\n<li>Designer of luggage and sport bags for <em>Nautica, Chaps <\/em>and<em> Trump<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Launched footwear for <em>Mossimo\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Designed for <em>Fila, FUBU Phat Farm, <\/em>and <em>Diane von Furstenber<\/em>g<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Advice for Students:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong> <\/strong>&#8220;Be humble.\u00a0 Find a way to absorb new knowledge.\u00a0 Open your mind, eyes, ears and be fearless of any question.\u00a0 Keep a sketch book- not only for sketches but for questions, passions, desires and dreams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/armadillo-1.jpeg');\"  href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/armadillo-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10930\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/armadillo-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/armadillo-1.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/armadillo-1-300x193.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/armadillo-1-1024x659.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/armadillo-1-466x300.jpeg 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/Sean-John-Window-1.jpg');\"  href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/Sean-John-Window-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10931\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/Sean-John-Window-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/Sean-John-Window-1.jpg 428w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/Sean-John-Window-1-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/ProfWoodcock_Art.jpg');\"  href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/ProfWoodcock_Art.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10926 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/ProfWoodcock_Art.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/ProfWoodcock_Art.jpg 444w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/ProfWoodcock_Art-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/ProfWoodcock_Art-401x300.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/ProfWoodcock_2Art.jpg');\"  href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/ProfWoodcock_2Art.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10927\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/ProfWoodcock_2Art.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/ProfWoodcock_2Art.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/ProfWoodcock_2Art-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2013\/05\/ProfWoodcock_2Art-416x300.jpg 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gregg Woodcock is a Adjunct\u00a0Instructor at the Fashion Institute of Technology.\u00a0 He hails from the Bronx and has a degree in Industrial Design with a minor in Transportation Design from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. 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