Jennifer Whitty

Director / Co-Founder

Jennifer Whitty is a sustainable design educator, researcher, designer, facilitator, writer and activist. Originally from Ireland, she went on to teach and practice at Massey University’s School of Design in New Zealand as Senior Lecturer of Fashion Design. She now teaches with Parsons School of Design and is director of Space Between's second iteration.

She is focused on developing new green business models and systems for alternative ecologies of fashion practice, which are connected to and have an impact on society. She strongly believes in the positive aspects that fashion can impart to both the individual and to our culture.

Jennifer is involved in taking action to harness this power and to catalyse change in the current system by developing alternative roles for the fashion designer through activism and social innovation.

Projects involved with

Open Design

Open Design (circles within circles) is a sustainable fashion/textiles decision making service and experience.

Space Between China Tour

In 2015 a group of 12 designers and fine artists from different disciplines at Massey University traveled to China as part of Space Between's China Tour.

Space Between Overview Film

The overview film is an important tool to communicate the concept of Space Between a new social enterprise for fashion. The film uses motion graphics (after effects, and cinema 4d) is an inspiring and thought provoking method of explaining this complex, innovative initiative effectively and efficiently.

The Wardrobe Hack

The Wardrobe Hack (2014) explores the emerging field of enriching the fashion user experience utilising digital platforms for disseminating and extending this engagement.

Fashion Revolution/Space Between pre-launch

This event at Midland Park in Wellington's CBD was a pre- launch for Space Between and was an event to raise awareness of Fashion Revolution Day, commemorating the second anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh.

The Fundamentals range Film

Designed by Space Between ‘employees’ and made locally by Earthlink a not for profit, this project produced garments with waste from industry.