Parsons BFA Product and MFA Industrial Design students swept all but one place with six awards at the prestigious Collab Competition

Students from the BFA Product and MFA Industrial Design participated in the Collab Student Competition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on November 12th. 2018. This year the competition was inspired by Dieter Rams and the study of his ten principles for Good Design. The work presented by our students …


2019 SmithGroup Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Scholarships – Call for Entries

  At SmithGroup, we are focused on exploring ways to Design A Better Future. We know that one of our opportunities to achieve this objective is by promoting efforts to create a more diverse workforce in our industry. In support of this goal, we are proud to announce that we …


Students Learn About Disaster Preparedness at Earth Manual Project Exhibit

A new study by researchers at the University Hawaii found that the increase of simultaneous natural disasters caused by climate change in the next 100 years would be disastrous for society. During the last 20 years, the United States has suffered among the greatest number of natural disasters according to …


SCE faculty Matt Burgermaster wins award for Mass Timber structure

SCE faculty Matt Burgermaster is an award winner in the 2018 Maine Mass Timber Design Competition.  Sponsored by AIA Maine and the Maine Mass Timber Commercialization Center, this competition sought to promote innovative thinking and sustainable uses for Mass Timber construction through the design of a wilderness lodge in the …


Free 2 day Conference ANYWHERE & ELSEWHERE Featuring SCE Faculty Mark Gardner

ANYWHERE & ELSEWHERE (2018) Art at the outermost limits of location specificity 15-16 November 2018 at School of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, NY 10011. Free registration links:  Anywhere & Elsewhere Biennial Conference | DAY 1 Anywhere & Elsewhere Biennial Conference | …


Jeremy Barbour’s Tackle Box Architecture designs storefront for Claus Porto First International Store

  Congratulations to SCE’s very own Jeremy Barbour, adjust professor of Architecture for designing Claus Porto’s first international store in Soho. “Stretching across the length of the ground-floor space, Tacklebox’s principal Jeremy Barbour has created a 42 ft long archway made entirely from Portuguese cork, which visitors can step into …


MFA ID Director Alfred Zollinger’s Matter Architecture Practice Featured on the News

Matter Architecture Practice  designed the pavilion for the Cooper Hewitt for the London Design Biennale 2018. Matter Architecture Practice has created an artificial garden of reeds to serve as visual adhesive for Lieberman and DuBois’s installations. It is a surreal splicing of nature and technology that suggests a surprisingly intrinsic side …


AIANY fourth-annual Residential Review showcases two SCE faculty, Andrew Bernheimer of Bernheimer Architecture and Christopher Kitterman of STADT Architecture

The fourth-annual Residential Review, organized by the AIANY Interiors Committee showcases two SCE faculty, Andrew Bernheimer of Bernheimer Architecture and Christopher Kitterman of STADT Architecture. Residential Review exhibits the best work in residential interiors projects by New York City architects. Ten selected works will be on display in the gallery …


Third Biannual Conference for Timber In The City 10/4- 10/5

Parsons School of Design invites you to New York City this fall for the third biannual timber conference sponsored by the Binational Softwood Lumber Council.   Timber has the potential to play a vital role in the design and creation of healthy and vibrant urban space on a large scale. …


GreenHomeNYC July Forum: Certified Living – The Living Building Challenge, Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 6:30 PM

The concept of buildings performing as an ecosystem is becoming a reality as advancing design strategies and certifications strengthen the integration of the natural and built environments. Living Building Challenge, administered by the International Living Future Institute, challenges buildings to function as a sustainable system by encouraging thoughtful and holistic …