For MakerBot’s 2018 NYCxDESIGN 3D Printing for Smarter Living Challenge, Industrial Designer and Director of Parson’s MFA Industrial Design program Rama Chorpash selected dry-cleaning wire garment hanger proliferation and blight as his focus. With little public consciousness, approximately 3.5 billion garment hangers go into landfills annually. Nearly all community-recycling programs do not accept them as they jam machinery and pose risk-of-injury to workers. Produced …

FREE 4 DAY WORKSHOP WITH LEADING HOUSEWARES COMPANY @ PARSONS WHAT:  Looking for design students or 2018 recent graduates with strong visualization skills interested in participating in an intensive 4-day workshop to design new products & patterns for a global leader in housewares. Students will work in groups of two to propose concepts which both refresh …

Group exhibit by 5 BFA PD alums from 2016 and 2017. Their exhibit is part of the TriBeCa Design District and NYCXDesign. Opening Party: May 17th 7-10pm One Art Space 23 Warren Street, NY 10007 RSVP

Photo Courtesy: Smart Design   BFA Product and MFA Industrial Design faculty Tucker Viemeister was featured in NYTimes article around gadgets and cooking. “To an industrial designer, the universe of possible kitchen tools is infinite. Very few objects would not benefit from a good rethinking, said Tucker Viemeister, a founder of …

Not limited to the School of Fashion, reducing waste in fashion is also one of the topics that SCE faculty and students have been exploring. They look at various ways to utilize unsold or worn fabric into useful furnishings. Shanya Lewis, a graduate student in industrial design, partnered with The New …

Pilsoo and Guewan (BFA Product Design ’17)  received a second place award from Dieline Awards, Concept Design category, for their shampoo packaging that they designed for their capstone project at Parsons SCE. Congratulations Pilsoo and Guewan! For more information, please visit here.