EXD Architecture by Professors Victoria Benatar & Michelle Cianfaglione featured in NYT

New York Times article “8 Items for Your Home That Do More Than One Thing” features the work of EXD Architecture. EXD is a startup created in 2016 by Victoria Benatar and Michelle Cianfaglione while teaching together at Parsons.  We have been working in all aspects of space optimization and …


SCE Alumna Sana Garner stars in Design Show on Peacock TV

Sana Garner, AAS ID (’16) will star in the new Peacock Original Series, Backyard Blowout. “In 2013, I changed careers from being a modern dancer and working in communications to studying interior design at Parsons. Prior to starting the AAS program, I wanted to design hotels and spas but didn’t …


Extended Deadline for BraunPrize 2021

This year’s BraunPrize is honoring Great Designs, Visionary Ideas and Clever Solutions that will help promote behavioral change and make an impact on today’s society and the future of our planet. Entries must be product design and/or product interaction concepts that are not yet on the market or in production. …


Architectural League Student Program

Do not miss the chance to join the Architectural League Student Program! The student program offers a look at the architectural profession and highlights companies and studios based in New York. This year’s professional lists includes: Adjaye Associates Body Lawson Associates (BLA) MODU Marvel Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) …


Job Opportunity: Junior Interior Designer

JOB DESCRIPTION Top residential interior design firm seeks highly motivated, obsessively organized & creative Junior Interior designer to assist principal and senior designers with all aspects of projects from design development through completion. Individual should share the firm’s clean lined modern and classic aesthetic sensibility. Firm is looking for a …


MFA Interior Design Director Michele Gorman participates in Colloquium: Towards an Alternative/Inclusive Paradigm

MFA Interior Design Director Michele Gorman will participate in the upcoming Colloquium 3: Towards an Alternative/Inclusive Paradigm – hosted by the School of Built Environment & Development Studies at the University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, and facilitated by Dr Yashaen Luckan.   Presenters are Jolanda Morkel, Hermie Delport, Michele …


Sarah Templin for Core77

Sarah Templin, SCE Part Time Faculty of Product Design, has shared her thoughts on design for disassembly with Core77. With more than 10 million tons of furniture ending their cycle in US landfills each year, healthier making and sourcing methods come to the forefront of thinking about how we make …


Town Hall | Climate Mobilization

New York Passive House invites SCE faculty and students to reimagine the future of New York City buildings at a Passive House Town Hall. The event will include presentations and panel discussions featuring key policy-makers, designers, and developers, as well as interactive sessions addressing the urgency of Local Law 97. …


SCE Spring Exhibition is Featured in Dezeen

Despite this year’s limitations and abbreviated framework for the much-anticipated Parsons Festival, the SCE Spring 2021 Exhibition has been able to travel, albeit virtually, providing a chance to share and celebrate amazing student work across all disciplines. In addition to NYCxDesign, ArtsThread x Design Pavilion, NY Now and other festival …


Parsons BFA AD Grads Win Role Models Contest

In Spring 2021, Parsons Healthy Materials Lab hosted the sixth annual Role Models Contest. The Lab initiated this contest to challenge students to combine design innovation with advocacy for healthier futures. The choices we make as designers can have profound and lasting impacts on our bodies, our communities, and our …