ABOUT ME

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Patrick Duffy

Patrick Duffy is the founder of Global Fashion Exchange, a company catalyzing positive impact through strategic consulting roadmaps focusing on supply chain transparency, worker rights, responsible production for B2B as well as consumer facing programming and community building focusing on aligning people or communities with the SDGs.

Experience developing networks and activating ideas, guiding creative teams globally, and working with institutions like the Victoria and Albert Museum and UNESCO, and iconic spaces such as Federation Square Melbourne, Madison Square Garden, Bryant Park in New York City, and The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Patrick has produced clothing swaps all over the world from, with GFX Active in over 100 countries. Each GFX event focuses on building community, education and transformational business models. Partnering with global brands, key stakeholders, and academia to help create awareness and positive impact through conscious consumption

Patrick harnesses the power of media to create positive social and environmental impact. Through storytelling, education, and advocacy, he raises awareness, inspires action, to catalyze change. By highlighting issues and solutions, Patrick creates strategic campaigns to engage audiences, influence attitudes and behaviors, and contribute to a more sustainable and just world. Additionally, Patrick is the Sustainability and Positive Impact Director of Paris based @IRKMagazine and Editor In Chief of @IRKLiving

Patrick has produced and co-curated events and marketing/PR campaigns for recognized brands across art, fashion, and tech spaces including @virginhotels @britishfashioncouncil @mspdid @moethennessy @microsoft @lagosfashionweekofficial @perutradenyc @fashionimpactfund @istitutomarangonidubai @peaceboatus @lisboafashionweek and more spanning 15 years and hundreds of events in 5 continents.

Let’s work together!

Alan Cumming: The Art of Being Entirely Himself

After four decades of refusing to fit neatly into any box, Alan Cumming, one of Britain’s most fearless performers, reflects on craft, community, and why authenticity has become his greatest role. There are actors who…

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Hermès petit h in Hawaiʻi

Look Again: Hermès petit h and Marques Hanalei Marzan in Honolulu In Honolulu, Hermès’ mischievous petit h workshop meets the material intelligence of Hawaiian fiber artist Marques Hanalei Marzan. The result is a spirited conversation…

20 Washington: An Icon Reborn

How Minoru Yamasaki’s 20 Washington Masterpiece Found a Second Life, and Why Its Next Chapter May Be Its Most Public Yet The first thing people do when they arrive at 20 Washington is look up….

Sweet Land, Twenty Years Later

At the Walker Art Center and the Hewing Hotel, Minneapolis celebrated Sweet Land. This film is about immigration, memory, farming, and the melancholy of belonging. There are films that age into nostalgia, and then there…

WAÏ and BABËL: A Shared Rhythm

WAÏ has spent more than a decade asking a question that feels increasingly urgent in modern life: what creates belonging in a world where so many people feel disconnected from one another? The artist, cultural…

Blaise Hayward and the Art of Attention

Some artists photograph objects, and then there are artists like Blaise Hayward, who photograph reverence itself. The first time I encountered Blaise Hayward’s work at CLIC Gallery NY, I experienced the rare sensation of silence…

New York Hot Spots With Katja Zwara

Get inside tips on New York hot spots from model and insider Katja Zwara There are women who move through New York, and then there are women who seem to unlock it. It is as…

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NYCxDESIGN 2026

Design Connects Us. New York Proves It at the NYCxDESIGN 2026 In a city that never stops redesigning itself, NYCxDESIGN 2026 returns with a quiet but urgent message: design is not just aesthetics. It is…

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Radius and Resonance – Michael Legan

Michael Legan on Designing Objects That Listen Michael Legan is a Minnesota-based designer whose work moves fluidly between sound, structure, and sculpture. Additionally, he is rooted in his training as a musician and shaped by…