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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 …
MFA ID Faculty to Present at 7th Annual Symposium of Latin American Art – Friday, March 31st
MFA ID Faculty member Maria Linares Trelles will present her research on cartographies at the 7th Annual Symposium of Latin American Art this Friday (March 31st). The Seventh Annual Symposium is presented by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA), …
LEED Training – NYC – Spring Webinars
Boost your career prospects with the prestigious LEED Green Associate designation! LEED is the benchmark for green building certification, and having this accreditation demonstrates to employers and clients that you have a certified expertise in the field. With the LEED Green Associate exam having a less-than-stellar pass rate, the value …
Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton, FAIA OPENING KEYNOTE: 2023 TOPAZ MEDALLION Annual Meeting ACSA
The Topaz Medallion, presented jointly by AIA and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, honors those who educate others to ensure architecture’s enduring excellence. An educator, author, and citizen architect with worldwide reach, Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton, FAIA, has shifted the profession of architecture toward a more equitable, diverse, …
Art by Architects 2023 Reception- Free for Students
Part Time Faculty Ahmed Wafik will be featured at this years Art by Architects Reception. Art By Architects NYC was founded in 2018 to highlight the creative multimedia exploration of architects that is often hidden behind the daily efforts of creating the built environment as we know it. Join us …
“On Hope” featuring Nishan Kazazian, AIA at King’s College
On March 10, 2023, Nishan Kazazian will be presenting via zoom with the British Psychoanalytical Society in Collaboration with the Centre for Philosophy and Art at King’s College, London as part of the ‘Questioning the Obvious’ series, “On Hope”. Dostoevsky was emphatic about hope: “To live without hope is to cease to live. …
From Field to Form: An Introduction to Building with Plants and Earth
David J. Lewis, Dean of SCE, and Jonsara Ruth, Design Director, Healthy Materials Lab, is forming, alongside Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, Lola Ben Alon Yona, and Mae-Ling Lokko, the introductory event of this important series, From Field to Form, next Wednesday, February 15th at 7:00pm at the Scholastic Auditorium. From …
LEED Green Associate (GA) Training – Webinar and Online Self-Paced Options
Start off the year by making your resume stand out with the premier sustainability designation called the LEED Green Associate! LEED is simply a sustainability scorecard for green buildings. As buildings can become LEED Certified, people can become LEED accredited! The best way to break into the sustainability space is to attain …
Aya Maceda (ALAO) Named A Design Awardee at AIA Connecticut
Congratulations to MFA Interior Design faculty member, Aya Maceda, (ALAO) on being the recipient of an interior design award at AIA Connecticut! For more information on the winning project, click here.
Call for Proposals: Architecture and Design Students
Attention all Architecture and Design students the Vera List Center for Art and Politics needs your help! Launched in 2017, the reading room has traveled to art spaces and museums around the world, and is presented at The New School’s Social Justice Hub from April 1 to May 23, 2023 …