Nicole McLaughlin is a designer based in New York City. Her first major steps towards establishing an independent practice started at Reebok, where she worked as a graphic designer for main-line products as well as collaborations with brands like Vetements. An eager autodidact, McLaughlin started teaching herself product design on the side by thrifting discarded miscellanea and upcycling them into wearable goods. Since uploading her first viral designs to Instagram (which include a shirt made from Dover Street Market wrapping paper, shoes made from Patagonia sweaters and slippers built from Carhartt beanies), McLaughlin has come to personify the intersection between sustainable manufacturing practices and DIY creative processes.