Alumni News
Trinetra Manickavasagam, MFA Lighting Design 2020, Receives Richard Kelly Grant
Trinetra Manickavasagam, MFA Lighting Design 2020, was selected for a Richard Kelly Grant. Trinetra Manickavasagam recently received her MFA in Lighting Design from Parson School of Design. She received a Grant for her work that examines the perception of source color changes in LEDs while dimming. Manickavasagam applied an evidence-based design …
Emma Fuller for Madame Architect
Madame Architect has recently launched a summer series of conversations with recent alumni from a wide range of architecture programs taught it NYC. And while #NextGen may seem to gravitate towards commons questions, those basic quires are gaining additional value in the light of current crisis, uncertainties and challenges that young professionals …
New Architecture Alumni Win NYCxDESIGN Architecture Graduate Showcase Award
Congratulations to our new alumni, Luis Urribarri and Jakub Klaban (BFA AD), and Tommy Yang (MArch), and their respective studio faculty, Brian McGrath, David Leven and Peter Robinson for contributing award-wining projects to the annual NYCxDESIGN festival. While the NYCxDESIGN Award program spans a broad range of design disciplines, including …
Alumni Spotlight: Angran Li
Angran Li graduated in 2016 from the Interior Design BFA program. Three years after finishing at Parsons, she moved to LA and received an MFA degree in Film Production Design at the American Film Institute. Upon graduating, she received an offer from Star Trek Discovery’s production designer to become …
Devon Reina Has Been Featured in Icon
Congratulations to Devon Reina, Parsons alum in the BFA Product Design program, for having his work featured in Icon. PseudoPhysical series focuses on the importance of interactions and questions our perception by subverting design and physical laws. Everyday objects, from cups and pencils to dice and chess-men, are manipulated in such …
Azimut Yachts Competition 2019
Azimut Yachts is calling for a highly innovative and creative project aimed at transport and industrial designers as well as interior spaces designers. The task is to design the exterior OR the interior of a new day cruiser to be launched under the Atlantis Collection of the brand. THE PRIZE: …
New Practices in Hong Kong Architecture: A Symposium
Dear all, Please add March 1, 2019 to your calendars and join a symposium organized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in conjunction with the exhibition, Paul Rudolph: The Hong Kong Journey. Taking Rudolph’s work as a jumping off point, the symposium will explore the innovative design and architectural …
Differniture – a new venture to re-use discarded woodwork
Aakriti Kumar, Parsons alumna, started a venture to reclaim discarded floorboards, beams, and other woodwork, and convert it into sustainable yet intricate pieces of new furniture. Having started her journey with just one carpenter, Aakriti now has an established furniture design atelier, Differniture, based in New Delhi. Her practice embraces …
Lisa Marks, Parsons, named one of the 2019 Lexus Design Award finalists
Lisa Marks, recent alumni of MFA Industrial Design at Parsons SCE and currently faculty at Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named one of the Lexus Design Award finalists for 2019. Working at the intersection of craft research and algorithmic design, she designed a three-dimensional lace bra for breast cancer …
SCE Interior Design Professor Christopher Kitterman of STADT Architecture wins Chelsea Pied-à-Terre Award
Dear SCE Community, SCE Interior Design Professor Christopher Kitterman of STADT Architecture’s project Chelsea Pied-à-Terre has been selected through a competitive juried review process to receive a 2019 AIANY Design Merit award in the Interiors category! To see the official AIANY Design Awards announcement and list of winning projects, please click here.