Student Projects for A|N Best of Design Awards
The Architect’s Newspaper’s Best of Design Awards 2017 is just around the corner. They are seeking submissions for Urban Design, Research, and Digital Fabrication categories. For more information, please visit Here!
Great Scholarship Opportunities for M. Arch students.
Gensler is proud to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2018 Brinkmann Scholarship and the 2018 Gensler Diversity Scholarship. In an effort to expand and include more inclusive design perspectives, the Diversity Scholarship is now open for underrepresented and minority students to apply. Your academic institution is invited to join …
SCE faculty member, Andreas Benzing, helps support the Mayor’s new energy mandates.
Part time SCE’s faculty, Andreas Benzing, who teaches in both Undergraduate and Graduate Programs, was present to support the Mayor’s efforts and announcement about energy efficiency for NYC buildings. The new mandates which “will compel [building] owners to meet fossil fuel caps– requiring deeper upgrades to boilers, water heaters, roofs, …
Grad Fair at the Metropolitan Pavilion
Courtesy: Google Images The Admissions and Recruitment Coordinator, Lauren Hoover, and a current student from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Design will be in NY, at the Idealist Grad Fair on Tuesday, September 19, 5:00pm-8:00pm, at the Metropolitan Pavilion. You will have the opportunity to ask them any questions …
Lisa Marks, MFA Industrial Design ’17, Preserves Craft Techniques Through Parametric Modeling
Lisa Marks, MFA Industrial Design ’17, Preserves Craft Techniques Through Parametric Modeling. Parametric modeling is widely utilized by Western architects and designers, but the way Marks is using it is truly innovative. The technology can serve as a tool for both cultural preservation and job creation. Using mathematical inputs, designers can …
Parsons SCE + Roche Bobois to design “Seating for Eating”
Photo by Matt Mathews MFA Industrial Design and BFA Product Design programs are collaborating with the prestigious French furniture design and distribution company, Roche Bobois, in the form of design studios. Students enrolled in the studios will work in teams of two to design innovative prototypes that leverage technology while …
Parsons SCE Street Seats featured in the NYTimes
The Spring 2017 Design Build course, taught by instructors Huy Bui and Carlos Gomez de Llarena, converted the parking space at the corner of 13th Street and Fifth Avenue into a parklet stocked with tables and chairs. The seating area is separated from the street by solar-powered bamboo lattice fence. …
COTTER CHRISTIAN – New Director of BFA Interior Design
After studying theater at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, Cotter began his professional career by holding various roles in the field from performing, directing, designing, scenic painting, and development. In the theatre he cultivated a love of storytelling, suspension of disbelief, and how an audience can be transported …
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) International Conference
MFA Industrial Design and BFA Product Design programs enjoyed a strong showing at the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) International Conference, called “Design IS Business” in Atlanta from 16 – 20 August. Ariane Elefterin (MFA IDD 2017) presented her thesis research “Being in Touch” at the IDSA Education Symposium “Emergent Pedagogy …
Parsons Graduate Student Awarded AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded a 2017–18 Selected Professions Fellowship to Angela DeGeorge of Norwood, MA. She is a master’s candidate in Architecture at Parsons School of Design. “It is both humbling and galvanizing to receive this honor. I have immense gratitude for the AAUW and their …