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Parsons SCE Street Seats featured in the NYTimes
The Spring 2017 Design Build course, taught by instructors Huy Bui and Carlos Gomez de Llarena, converted the parking space at the corner of 13th Street and Fifth Avenue into a parklet stocked with tables and chairs. The seating area is separated from the street by solar-powered bamboo lattice fence. …
COTTER CHRISTIAN – New Director of BFA Interior Design
After studying theater at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, Cotter began his professional career by holding various roles in the field from performing, directing, designing, scenic painting, and development. In the theatre he cultivated a love of storytelling, suspension of disbelief, and how an audience can be transported …
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) International Conference
MFA Industrial Design and BFA Product Design programs enjoyed a strong showing at the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) International Conference, called “Design IS Business” in Atlanta from 16 – 20 August. Ariane Elefterin (MFA IDD 2017) presented her thesis research “Being in Touch” at the IDSA Education Symposium “Emergent Pedagogy …
Parsons Graduate Student Awarded AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded a 2017–18 Selected Professions Fellowship to Angela DeGeorge of Norwood, MA. She is a master’s candidate in Architecture at Parsons School of Design. “It is both humbling and galvanizing to receive this honor. I have immense gratitude for the AAUW and their …
Fall 2017 Public Programs
SCE is excited to announce that there will be eight 2017 Public Programs. More information on the events along with dates, times & locations can be found HERE at the Parsons Events Calendar. We look forward to having you in attendance!
A New Pavilion at the East Harlem Community Garden
Parsons School of Constructed Environments teamed up with Union Settlement Association and New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services to build a new pavilion for a community garden on East 104th Street. Under the guidance of Parsons faculty members Nicholas Brinen and Victoria Marshall, 15 graduate students collaboratively designed and …
2017_REVISION THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF THE ARTS
Design Workshop takes on the challenge of redesigning and rethinking museum space. Nine graduate students from Parsons School of Constructed Environments has been working diligently over the summer to create a more easy flowing and exciting lobby and lounge area for The Children’s Museum of the Arts in Tribeca, Lower Manhattan. …
BFA ID students have been announced as two of the thirteen winners of the Angelo Donghia Foundation 2017 Scholars
“Anne-Sophie Granger and Jesse Cermak, BFA Interior Design students have been announced as two of the thirteen winners of the Angelo Donghia Foundation 2017 Student Scholarship Program in Interior Design. Their work was selected out of a pool of 69 student projects from accredited interior design institutions across the country. …
Affordable Housing in the Age of Trump
Affordable Housing in the Age of Trump – New York architect, Andrew Bernheimer, once a luxury condo designer, has embraced the challenge of building affordable housing. The current administration is about to make his job even harder. But over the past decade or two, good, thoughtful architects have become passionate about …
IESNYC Announces the 2017 Service Award Recipients
Congratulations to Derek Porter to being one of the IESNYC 2017 Service Award Recipients. Porter is the Principal Designer of Derek Porter Studio and Associate Professor, MFA Lighting Design at Parsons School of Design. Porter received the 2017 Special Recognition Award which was presented by the New York City Section of …