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Office Hours: Heron Preston, founder of Heron Preston (Audio)

Nov 09, 2018
Produced by Food New York.

Heron talked to us right before opening his first brick-and-mortar store and presenting his debut show at Paris Fashion Week.

Heron's interview originally aired on November 9, 2018.

Heron Preston is a multifaceted creator who lives and works in New York and Milan. His varied roles include fashion designer for his eponymous clothing label, creative director, DJ and artist. He was voted into the BoF 500, Business of Fashion’s list of The People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry, and the Hypebeast 100, which spotlights innovators across creative realms. Born in San Francisco in 1983, Preston explored creative concepts from a young age. In 2003, he created a line of t-shirts he screen printed himself and sold in accounts around the world. He went on to study design and management at Parsons School of Design, graduating with a B.B.A. in 2008. Shortly after, he began a career with Nike, developing solo projects like “The Young and The Banging”, a yearbook-style art book of polaroid photos featuring over 200 New Yorkers. He later worked as a creative director for Kanye West. In 2016, Preston released his “UNIFORM” collection series, a collaboration with the NYC Department of Sanitation with zero-waste themed clothes and accessories highlighting the importance of environmental awareness in the fashion industry. Since “UNIFORM”, he’s continued to explore upcycling and sustainable processes in his work. He has also created collaborations with NASA, Carhartt, Off White, and Nike.

Food Radio is a radio station started by Food New York. For season one, Office Hours, we took over a storefront in Chinatown and interviewed over 50 artists, designers, chefs, architects, entrepreneurs, and one politician, all to find out how they managed to make money doing what they love. The space was open for anyone to visit, hang out, attend workshops and ask questions. All of the interviews were recorded live. A special thanks goes out to Jelisa Blumberg, Wave Farm, Montez Press Radio and Patrick Nininger.