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MFA Lighting Design Faculty Glenn Shrum discusses Lighting Education on “Get A Grip” Podcast

Associate Professor of Lighting Design Glenn Shrum discussed how to obtain credentials as a lighting designer on Episode 252 of “Get a Grip on Lighting” Podcast.     “How do you gain credentials as a lighting designer? You go and learn under Henrik or Glenn. Our host and his guest talk …


A Decarbonized & Decolonized Dinner Party: SCE & School of Fashion Earth Day Exhibition

Friday, April 22, 2022, 6:00PM to 9:00PM (EDT) A Decarbonized & Decolonized Dinner Party Sheila C. Johnson Design Center 2 W 13th Street, 4th Floor Please join us for a carbon free “Dinner Party” on April 22nd, Earth Day. This interdisciplinary exhibition and performative event asks big questions on socially just approaches to the future of eating …


SCE Public Program: Design in a Post-Colonial Context: Singapore

SCE Public Programs Presents: Design in a Post-Colonial Context: Singapore Thursday, April 7 7-8pm EST Zoom Link   Hosted By: Yu Nong Khew, Dir. BFA ID Program; Assistant Professor of Interiors, Objects and Technology Cotter Christian, Assoc. Dean SCE; Assistant Prof. of Interior Design What does it mean to design …


SCE Students and Faculty featured at IDEC Annual Conference 2022

2022 Virtual Annual Conference Reconnect + Recalibrate March 1-4   This year’s conference is an opportunity for interior design educators, students and stakeholders to reconnect, share scholarship, learn about new teaching practices, forge industry partnerships, and explore opportunities for collaboration. The 2022 conference seeks to foreground our individual and collective …


Parsons School of Design Ranked Among Top 15 Best Bachelor’s in Interior Design

Parsons School of Design Ranked Among Top 15 Best Bachelor’s in Interior Design November 9, 2021 – Parsons School of Design (The New School) has been ranked among the top 15 best bachelor’s in interior design degree programs for 2022 by CollegeRank. The ranking was recently published on the organization’s …


A Conversation with Actor + Director Daniel Wu

A Conversation with Actor + Director Daniel Wu: What I Learned in Design School On October 28, the Interior Design program at Parsons School of Constructed Environments hosted an online discussion with actor, director, and producer Daniel Wu about how studying architecture influenced his career in film. Daniel has 78 …


SCE Graduates Shortlisted in ARTSTHREAD Global Design Graduate Show 2021

Twenty-one recent Parsons graduates—eight of whom came from SCE—have been shortlisted by a panel of industry experts for the Global Design Graduate Show 2021, the second edition of ARTSTHREAD x GUCCI’s design showcase for emerging creatives. This initiative was open to all art and design students graduating in the year …


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 …


Abby Meyer Receives 2021 Conscious Design Award

Congratulations to Abby Meyer, 2021 BFA Product Design graduate, on receiving the Conscious Design Award in the Ready to be Implemented category for her capstone project. Every year, WantedDesign honors innovative student work from around the globe that unpacks a broad range of issues, from equity and social justice to …


Tommy Yang and Cia Siab in Wisconsin explores home and healing in The Battlefields of Memory

The Battlefields of Memory explores “cia siab” (hope) to understand Hmong youth, elders, LGBTQ, and women’s lived experiences of war, historical trauma, memory, resilience, and healing through unpacking home narratives of the bedroom. Historical trauma shows up in traces; whether that is the trace of the refugee camps in an …