Christina Grace Bifano

educator, Consultant, and Designer in Barcelona, Spain

Christina Grace Bifano

educator, Consultant, and Designer in Barcelona, Spain

I help clients and students find value opportunities through the methods and tools of qualitative primary and secondary research.

Current work includes:

Ambassador for futuredays.io platform and event happening in Lisbon March 21-23, 2024.

Head of Research for thematehouse.com

Senior researcher and lecturer for http://inquirestudio.com/

Recent work includes Bespoke trend tours for http://www.abcurated.com/, https://trendwatching.com/, and private clients and Trend reports focusing on the activities and mindsets of local innovators and tastemakers for http://lateral-thinking.net/. Macro, micro, and CMF trend reports and moodboards for https://www.eclectictrends.com/.

I'm a member of Trend Atelier a platform changing the path of trend forecasting to a powerful force of change.

For the last 15+ years, I've focused on coordinating and teaching courses in trends and futures research, the history of fashion, and textile design and tutored master students for their final theses and collections in Barcelona and Warsaw's top international design and management schools.

Current courses are open at IED Barcelona/: 2-week professional summer course in Innovation and Future Thinking, Master courses inDesign Management, Fashion Creative Direction and a new master in 2024 in Fashion Innovation.

Trends Investigation and History of Fashion for the Bachelor's in Luxury Management at: https://www.tbs-education.es/en

Final Portfolio and Collection tutoring and online classes at: https://mskpu.pl/

Guest lecturer at: https://www.global-business-school.org/

I have 27+ years of experience in textile/surface design, archival textiles, and photography so when I manage to get away from a screen, I indulge in slow sustainable design and visual communication projects.

  • Work
    • consultant
  • Education
    • Fashion Institute of Technology
    • Accademia Italiana Moda
    • University of Massachusetts at Amhearst
    • Fitchburg State University