Alumni News



TASCHEN store sale

The TASCHEN store in SoHo is to be relocated later this year and will host the last of its bi-annual sales from January 24th – 27th. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to browse and stock up on books and limited editions at low prices. Opening hours: Monday to Saturday: 11:00 a.m. to …


2017 Street Seats Won Core 77 Community Choice Grand Prize!

The community has spoken! 2017 Street Seats is the grand prize winner of this year’s Community Choice. Congratulations to all the students and faculty involved in the project. Design Build Students: Reem Abi Samra, Katelin Collier, Javier Contreras, Russell Conway, Shaya Gansburg, Finn Harries, Charlotte Hoefer, Seung Chae Kang, Pranati …


MFA Industrial Design Students Are Core77 Runners-up!

  Congratulations new MFA graduates Sarah Templin, Gregory Beson, Danielle Connelly, and Wenny Chen for receiving the Runner-up in Core77 Design Awards: Design for Social Impact. Their project, BinBin, proposes a produce system that puts a strong focus on the circular economy. It combines the lightweight convenience of cardboard produce …


Street Seats 2017 Received a Core77 Notable Mention!

Class group photo. Top (left to right): Carlos, Gabrijela, Michael, Charlotte, Maha, Alyson, Shaya, Huy, Javier. Bottom: Finn, Jeana, Pranati, Phil, Naiky, Reem, Seung, Katelin, Russell.   Congratulations to Design Build: Street Seats 2017 for receiving a Notable Mention in the Core77 Design Awards: Design Education Initiatives.   The 2017 iteration …


“Thing-Like Being” Group Design Show

Group exhibit by 5 BFA PD alums from 2016 and 2017. Their exhibit is part of the TriBeCa Design District and NYCXDesign. Opening Party: May 17th 7-10pm One Art Space 23 Warren Street, NY 10007 RSVP


Product Alumni, Pilsoo Jang & Guewan Kim, received an honor from Dieline Awards 2018.

Pilsoo and Guewan (BFA Product Design ’17)  received a second place award from Dieline Awards, Concept Design category, for their shampoo packaging that they designed for their capstone project at Parsons SCE. Congratulations Pilsoo and Guewan! For more information, please visit here.    


Congrats Parsons Alum Julia Liao, winner of 2018 Core77 x A/D/O Residency

Julia graduated with a dual degree from the New School with a BFA in Product Design from Parsons School of Design and a BA in Sociology from Eugene Lang College. As a 2018 Core77 x A/D/O designer in residence, Julia will be working on creating various inclusive and accessible design …


Parsons Named the Best Art and Design School in the Country in 2018

  QS World University Rankings named Parsons number 1 on its list of best art and design schools in the U.S., and number 2 on its list of best art and design schools in the world. The rankings highlight the world’s top universities in 46 individual subjects, based on academic …


Renata Souza (BFA Product Design ’17) Presents at 2019 Design Indaba Conference

  Souza presented Thomy, an insulin kit for children with type 1 diabetes that uses temporary tattoos to help them remember where they have previously injected the insulin.  


Product Design Alumna’s Create SoaPen To Make Hygiene Fun For Kids

Product Design Alumna’s Create SoaPen To Make Hygiene Fun For Kids. These women created an innovative ‘soap’ pen that encourages kids to wash their hands which consumers hope to see in stores in 2018. Congratulations to Yogita Agrawal, Amanat Anand and Shubham Issar. To read more, please click HERE! and full story in …