Joel Stoehr – Director BFA Product Design – Presents collaboration with artist Sue Jeong Ka as a part of Banned Books Week

Dear Readers Beyond Bars Date and Time Monday, September 27, 2021, 10 AM – 5 PM End times are approximate. Events may end early or late. Location Seward Park Library Fully accessible to wheelchairs Event Details Title: Book Cart      |               Year: 2015 Artists: Joel Stoehr, Maria Rico, Mikhail Volf, Lisanne Rissik, Jasmine Wright, Mike …


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 …


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 …


SCE Dean Robert Kirkbride Featured on PBS Documentary “Mysteries of Mental Illness”

PBS Documentary Announcement Mysteries of Mental Illness PBS 4-part documentary series June 22-23, 2021   On Wednesday, June 23 at 9 pm EST, Dean Robert Kirkbride is featured in Episode 3, “The Rise and Fall of the Asylum,” of a new 4-part PBS documentary series, Mysteries of Mental Illness, premiering …


Book Launch | MFA ID Environmental Design faculty Nina Edwards Anker’s new book Cocoon House launches at Venice Biennale

MFA ID Environmental Design faculty Nina Edwards Anker launches new book at the 2021 Venice Biennale of Architecture Watch the Venice Biennale Book Launch where participants address the Venice Biennale question: “How will we live together” EIGHT BOOKS in Eighty Minuets LIVE on YouTube with Chee Pearlman / TED Moderator, …


MFA ID Faculty Spotlight: Maria Linares Trelles and Lluís Alexandre Casanovas Blanco: Expansions – Biennale di Venezia 2021

Expansions, edited by Hashim Sarkis and Ala Tannir, gathers over 80 responses to the question posed by the Biennale Architettura 2021’s theme – How will we live together? These contributions act as an extension to the different thematics presented by participants in the galleries in Venice. Assembling the voices and …


Design Talks | The Deans’ Table – Compassionate Leadership: Facing crisis with heart

The Deans’ Table | Compassionate Leadership: Facing crisis with heart ft. Dr. Robert Kirkbride We will remember this period in time for the rest of our lives. We witnessed a global pandemic, national calls for racial reckoning and social justice, and a significant presidential election within a divisive political environment. …