2024-11-23T04:31:40-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150142349/the-manifold-transparencies-of-virgil-abloh Shane Reiner-Roth 2019-06-28T12:03:00-04:00 >2019-06-27T21:03:39-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3b/3b58128ddbcde3fbe1ceac5534f94cca.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Archinect has published news posts about fashion designer, artist and Louis Vuitton director <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1293183/virgil-abloh" target="_blank">Virgil Abloh</a> in the last year, but only to announce any time that he had collaborated with an architect or an architectural theorist. What we had never mentioned, however, is that Abloh is himself trained as an architect, having obtained a Master of Architecture degree from the <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/393/illinois-institute-of-technology-iit" target="_blank">Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)</a> in 2003, and has since gone on to describe the lessons learned and architecture studied during these years as crucial to his current success.</p>