Call for Submissions: Parsons Student Senate Gala
The Annual PSS Gala is a black tie event held at the end of the year to celebrate student work and build a community within Parsons. Students get a chance to showcase work, eat, drink, and network on the dance floor before the end of the semester! Students whose artwork is chosen …
Open for Applications: FAO Schwarz Fellow at Mural Arts
The FAO Schwarz Fellow will work with youth, communities, and public schools connected to the Restored Spaces Initiative, which uses socially engaged public art practice as a platform for neighborhood change grounded in environmental justice. In addition to achieving outcomes in the communities it engages, Restored Spaces has a significant influence …
Collaborating and Building Futures at VANTAN DESIGN INSTITUTE, Tokyo
On January 11, faculty from Parsons AAS design programs each presented workshops related to their field of work with members of the Vantan Design Institute in Tokyo, Japan, as part of a renewed and ongoing partnership between the two institutions. Nadia Elrokhsy, Associate Professor of Ecological Design and current director …
Gaining STEAM/D, SCE Interior Design Faculty Join the Conversation with Other Educators
Interior design faculty, Nadia Elrokhsy, and Yu Nong Khew join the IDEC (Interior Design Education Council) discussion on “The Role of Interior Design in STEM/STEAM/STEAMD Initiatives” in the Fall 2019 issue of IDEC Exchange. The Exchange publication is a forum to reflect on critical issues facing the field of interior design …
Habitat Workshop selected as Interior Design’s Best of Design 2019 in the residential category
Habitat Workshop’s recently completed renovation of West Village Apartment was selected as Interior Design’s Best of Design 2019 in the residential category. Read the article here.
Gloria Cortina, AAS Interior Design Alum, at Cooper Hewitt Museum
Gloria Cortina, Parsons AAS Interior Design Alum 1999, with an interior design practice in Mexico City has three pieces in the current Cooper Hewitt Museum exhibition, titled ‘Nature by Design’. The exhibition is open through September 2020. Her console titled ‘Black Hawk’ was acquired by the Museum last year for their permanent …
Pamela Klein, SCE Emeritus Faculty of Color, interviewed in Interior Design Media
Pamela Klein, SCE Emeritus Faculty of Color, was interviewed in Interior Design Media and weighed in on the Color of the Year projections. Read the full article here.
Alumni Spotlight: Angran Li
Angran Li graduated in 2016 from the Interior Design BFA program. Three years after finishing at Parsons, she moved to LA and received an MFA degree in Film Production Design at the American Film Institute. Upon graduating, she received an offer from Star Trek Discovery’s production designer to become …