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 …

Concept 2 Urban Sprout Farms ecovillage lodging. By Jennifer Simonton, Isabella Teran, and Brigid Wright Parsons SCE faculty have been an immense source of support, inspiration, leadership and community work. And while finding a perfect media blurb to summarize their projects, vision, pedagogy and activism may feel like a nice …

Congratulations to Aashna Singh, current BFA Architectural student, on becoming one of the recipients of the 2021 Brooklyn Architects Scholarship. Every year, the Brooklyn Architects Scholarship Foundation awards scholarships to deserving architectural students attending an accredited architecture program in New York City. Aashna’s project, Community Music Works, imagines a collaborative, art-driven space …

TNS’s summer seminar Revealing NYC is pleased to invite you to attend an upcoming lecture on Food and Justice. How, during a crisis, do individuals and communities come together to support and nourish each other? We will hear from the founders of Feed the Frontlines NYC and co-op members from …

Image courtesy Hou de Sousa Congratulations to Joshua de Sousa, Parsons architecture faculty and co-founder of award-winning architectural studio Hou de Sousa, for being selected as one of the 2021 Design Vanguard winners. Each year, Architectural Record selects 10 innovative architectural practices advancing work on form, construction, sustainability, and community …

Pinky Thinker Press, a digital interdisciplinary magazine curated by mignolo arts center, is looking for submissions across a wide range of disciplines and forms of artistic expression: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, film, dance, visual art, and more. Submission price: $3.50 Deadline to apply: July 1st for the upcoming issue …

Join WantedDesign Emerging Designer Showcase that will be hosted on June 3 and feature BFA Product Design graduate Abby Meyer. Abby, whose thesis project recently received one of the 2021 Conscious Design Awards, will join the official competition jury and her peers from other design schools for a virtual design …

Congratulations to Abby Meyer, 2021 BFA Product Design graduate, on receiving the Conscious Design Award in the Ready to be Implemented category for her capstone project. Every year, WantedDesign honors innovative student work from around the globe that unpacks a broad range of issues, from equity and social justice to …

Victoria Milne, Parsons faculty and creative adviser at 6￠ Design, has recently shared thoughts on the importance and value of public space and her experience working with the Times Square Alliance on the creation of The Times Square Design Lab. “When you show respect for the public, when you provide resources,  …

May 13th panel, Student Work Gets the Immersive Treatment, is hosted by the Architect’s Newspaper in partnership with Eventscape, and will feature Dean Robert Kirkbride as one of the panelists. This one-hour discussion will focus on how architecture schools have been adapting their end-of-year exhibitions for a digital format, providing new …