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8 Parsons Lighting Design faculty and alumni present their work at 2017 Professional Lighting Design Convention in Paris!

This biannual Convention was created for the global lighting design market. Lighting designers, architects, researchers, universities, industry and clients use PLDC as a platform to meet, learn about the latest developments in lighting design, and discuss the future of the lighting design profession. “Incidents of Lightness” – Glenn Shrum, Director MFA …


Parsons Lighting Design alumni excel Professional Lighting Design Conference international lighting student competition

Parsons lighting design program had the greatest participation of any University and Zhuofei Ren (MFALD ’15) was named the winner to the PLDC 2017 Challenge Competition.” The Challenge consists of four Rounds through which the best students will be selected. Five experienced designers from different parts of the world coached the …


2018 Hart Howerton Travel Fellowship Program

Fellowship provides students with an opportunity to enrich their education with both travel and office experience. The Fellowship is available to undergraduate and graduate students in planning, architecture, landscape architecture or urban design who will be entering their final year of study in September 2018. Travel Study Focus:   The firm currently …


BFA Product and MFA Industrial Design Students Visited Roche Bobois Showroom

  Parsons BFA Product Design and MFA Industrial Design visited Roche Bobois Showroom in New York, and had an opportunity to meet with the Creative Director of Roche Bobois, Nicolas Roche. This is part of the partnered studios between Parsons SCE and Roche Bobois which give students an opportunity to design …


Deadline Extended. Daltile Interior Design Scholarship

Deadline Extended. Daltile Interior Design Scholarship – read more here!


Student Projects for A|N Best of Design Awards

The Architect’s Newspaper’s Best of Design Awards 2017 is just around the corner. They are seeking submissions for Urban Design, Research, and Digital Fabrication categories. For more information, please visit Here!  


Great Scholarship Opportunities for M. Arch students.

Gensler is proud to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2018 Brinkmann Scholarship and the 2018 Gensler Diversity Scholarship. In an effort to expand and include more inclusive design perspectives, the Diversity Scholarship is now open for underrepresented and minority students to apply. Your academic institution is invited to join …


Grad Fair at the Metropolitan Pavilion

Courtesy: Google Images The Admissions and Recruitment Coordinator, Lauren Hoover, and a current student from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Design will be in NY, at the Idealist Grad Fair on Tuesday, September 19, 5:00pm-8:00pm, at the Metropolitan Pavilion. You will have the opportunity to ask them any questions …


Lisa Marks, MFA Industrial Design ’17, Preserves Craft Techniques Through Parametric Modeling

Lisa Marks, MFA Industrial Design ’17, Preserves Craft Techniques Through Parametric Modeling. Parametric modeling is widely utilized by Western architects and designers, but the way Marks is using it is truly innovative. The technology can serve as a tool for both cultural preservation and job creation. Using mathematical inputs, designers can …


Parsons SCE + Roche Bobois to design “Seating for Eating”

Photo by Matt Mathews   MFA Industrial Design and BFA Product Design programs are collaborating with the prestigious French furniture design and distribution company, Roche Bobois, in the form of design studios. Students enrolled in the studios will work in teams of two to design innovative prototypes that leverage technology while …