MFA Industrial Design student Jessica Thies has been named the Winner for the 2022 / Special Awards / FOOTWEAR INNOVATION with her project: Shrooes.

Shrooes are a footwear design which collaborates with living mycelium to bond with a knitted textile upper. Mycelium, the root-like structure of fungi, are sentient organisms which can bond with textile materials. As footwear today uses synthetic foams, are constructed with toxic adhesives, and unable to biodegrade, I am exploring …

MAYOR’S OFFICE OF CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SELECTS INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH TEAM LED BY THE NEW SCHOOL TO STUDY CLIMATE VULNERABILITY, IMPACT AND ADAPTATION IN NEW YORK CITY

Partners from Academic Institutions, NGOs, and Private Sector to Work with NYC’s Department of Citywide Administrative Services and the Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice to develop data and analysis on future climate conditions and the socio-economic impacts of climate risks New York, September 8, 2022—A team of interdisciplinary …