Under a TEDC grant, BFA Architectural Design Director Emily Moss and Part-Time Faculty Carolin Mees repurposed SCE’s Spring 2019 Street Seats, originally located on East 13th Street outside the University Center. The temporary installation was repurposed for the Moore-Jackson Community Garden, a half–acre site located next to high-rise residential buildings …

Parsons Lighting design program hosts an interactive conversation to promote advocacy of marginalized groups as part of the lighting designers’ role. In addition to connecting likeminded people across the global lighting design community, this program will seed supportive structures to sustain action required to achieve greater diversity and inclusion in the lighting design industry. Watch the video recording!

SCE Dean Robert Kirkbride will join the 16th annual Deans’ Roundtable organized by the Center for Architecture on November 6th at 6:00 pm. Representatives from several local schools of architecture will discuss current directions and challenges in architectural education. Registration is free and open here. Learn more about the event here.

Join Monica Rhodes, Professor Randall Mason, and Mark Gardner for a conversation on preserving the legacy of civic rights history, and the creation of a new center at the Weitzman School focused on the preservation of civic rights sites. The talk will be hosted on November 12th at 12:00 PM …

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 …

For a limited time only, students can receive a one-year subscription to AZURE, an award-winning magazine dedicated to contemporary design and architecture, for just $25 — that’s a 68% discount. Take advantage of this limited-time offer and subscribe today at http://azuremagazine.com/2020student.