IDSA STUDENT MEMBER HELPS UNVEIL NEW WEARABLES AT SXSW

In March 2017 at SXSW Interactive in Austin, TX, Tim Ronco, S/IDSA, was among a group of Parsons School of Design students who unveiled new, wearable technology devices and experiences to transform wellness. Göbie and Sleepwise were designed by students from Parsons MFA Industrial Design, MFA Design and Technology and BBA Strategic Design and Management programs, along with members of Game Changer Catapult—which …


Product Design Director Daniel Michalik to lead panel discussion at the 2017 Architectural Digest Design Show

Daniel Michalik has built a design practice centered on new uses for sustainable materials, and will lead a panel discussion with 4 leading furniture designers and gallerists on that very subject at the 2017 Architectural Digest Design Show. Participants will include designers Kim Markel, Ara Levon Thorose, Cody Hoyt, and gallerist Lora Appleton. Schedule …


Product Design Faculty Tucker Viemeister and Steph Mantis to present at the 2017 IDSA NE Regional Conference

Product Design Faculty Tucker Viemeister and Steph Mantis to present at the 2017 IDSA NE Regional Conference Tucker Viemeister and Steph Mantis are two faculty from the BFA Product Design Program that come from different professional backgrounds and generations. However, when they teamed up in Fall 2016 to lead a …


The submission period for CONTAINER is now open and due APRIL 14TH!

The submission period for container is open! SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE APRIL 14TH There is no specific “topic,” but all work should be framed under the theme “THE EXTENDED PHENOTYPE.” Any and all design and written work performed while attending the SCE is acceptable.The interdisciplinary design journal published through Parsons School of Constructed …


LEVENBETTS wins NY AIA Award for Brooklyn Heights Interim Library

David Leven’s office LEVENBETTS wins AIA Award in the Interiors Category for the design of the Interim Library for the Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn Heights branch. The design of the Library space conflates translucency with text graphics to celebrate the open light filled space of the reading room and pervades …


Call for Proposals: Kalil Endowment for Smart Design

  Call for Proposals: Kalil Endowment for Smart Design: The Michael Kalil Endowment for Smart Design Application Deadline: April 23, 2017 Three $5000 Fellowship Project Grant will be awarded this year to support the project of an undergraduate and graduate student, or a team of students working in collaboration across the …


Lunch + Learn_ECOVATIVE_ WEDNESDAY, March 15th

WE LUNCH + LEARN FROM 11:00 – 12:00! Donghia healthier Materials Library and the Healthy Materials Lab present the seventh in our series of Lunch + Learns with Ecovative Ecovative is a leading biomaterials company growing high performance, premium, award-winning products that are safe, healthy, and certified sustainable. Since 2007 the New York based company manufactures, and markets low embodied energy, compostable, …


Montreal Architectural Review publishes That Dark Cabinet: Building the Morbid Anatomy Museum

Montreal Architectural Review publishes That Dark Cabinet: Building the Morbid Anatomy Museum   The Montreal Architectural Review recently published Dean Robert Kirkbride’s article, That Dark Cabinet: Building the Morbid Anatomy Museum, which details the museum’s origins and creation. Designed by Dr. Kirkbride and his collaborator, Anthony Cohn, AIA, the Morbid …