Mark Gardner, Director of the Masters of Architecture program, has talked to the AIA about the role the current generation of students has in challenging the existing institutional landscape, including the university, and domineering pedagogies. “If you want diversity, it’s an action. You actually have to create it.” Although he …

The Vitra Summit, a two-day global digital conference on design and its role in today’s world, has opened registration for Parsons students and faculty. Including films, conversations, presentations and performances, the Vitra Summit 2020 will feature a host of scientists, creatives, and business leaders. Speakers include Ilse Crawford, Beatriz Colomina, Virgil Abloh, architecture curator Beatrice …

International Casual Furnishings Association is now accepting applications for the 2021 Richard Frinier Design Scholarship. The scholarship provides a conduit for students of design to explore the category of outdoor living products for residential, contract and hospitality environments, from furnishings and accessories to textile and lighting, The competition is open to …

Congratulations to Mikiya Suzuki, Parsons Product Design alumnus, for winning in the Furniture category of the ARTSTHREAD competition, the first ever online global graduate show. Mikiya’s project, “Okina,” is the third iteration of the design aiming to making the bulb itself into the switch. The name and design is inspired by Taketori …

Congratulations to Andrew Bernheimer, Parsons SCE faculty in Architecture, on publishing a new book. “Fairy Tale Architecture”, which has already been featured in The New York Times, reimagines the relationship between the magical realm of every fairy tale inhabited by characters as well as architectural structures of all sorts, and …