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Design-driven Swiss watchmaker Rado announced its continued sponsorship as the official watch brand of NYCxDESIGN, New York City’s official celebration of global design
Design-driven Swiss watchmaker Rado announced its continued sponsorship as the official watch brand of NYCxDESIGN, New York City’s official celebration of global design. As part of NYCxDESIGN, together with WantedDesign, Rado will launch, for its second year, the U.S. edition of the Rado Star Prize, which is held internationally to promote the …
Destiempo: Dynamogram, Puerto Casado, Paraguay – Exhibition opening March 3!
The exhibition “Destiempo: Dynamogram, Puerto Casado” is the result of a design and art residency with five renown Paraguayan artists and two Parsons students, Isabel Saffon and Elena Habre. Research took place in June of 2016 in the Paraguayan Chaco, an area currently under threat of deforestation. The works displayed in …
Street Seats Design-Build Studio, an elective within the School of Constructed Environments
The Street Seats Design-Build Studio, an elective within the School of Constructed Environments, is off and running with the first design prototypes for the 2017 installation. These early schemes are in the process of being synthesized and refined into a final proposal. Stay tuned for the next iterations and prototypes. …
Andy Bernheimer and Brian Young participate in “Turning Point” panel at the Center for Architecture, comprised of 5 of 6 current or former Parsons faculty members
When: Wednesday, March 1, 6-8pm Where: Center for Architecture; 536 LaGuardia Place Join the AIANY New Practices Committee for a panel disucssion about turning points in the profession. Six firms of varying sizes will talk about the moments in their careers that allowed them to progress. Each architect will expose …
Sheila Johnson Design Center – Light Focus Spring 2017
Each Semester a group of students from the MFA Lighting Design program design and aim the lighting for a new exhibition in the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery. This hands-on experience offers an invaluable education regarding light source performance, optics and source/subject geometry.
Sheila Johnson Design Center – Light Focus Fall 2016
Each Semester a group of students from the MFA Lighting Design program design and aim the lighting for a new exhibition in the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery. This hands-on experience offers an invaluable education regarding light source performance, optics and source/subject geometry.
Derek Porter and Jean Gardner Speak at Enlighten Europe
Derek Porter, Associate Professor of Lighting Design, and Jean Gardner, Associate Professor of Social-Ecological History and Design, gave a lecture at Enlighten Europe in Prague, The Czech Republic, last fall. Their presentation, (Your) Body Sensing: An Ecological Approach to Lighting Design, introduced ecological design considerations and multi-sensorial ways in which …
MFA Industrial Design Students Win “Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge!”
MFA Industrial Design Students Win “Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge!” We congratulate 2nd year MFA Industrial Design students Ari Elefterin and Matt Callahan for their “Leave No Trace Leaf Knife” in the “Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge!” Projects were created in the course entitled Life Cycle Analysis in which students entered the …
Be Original Americas is launching call for student applications for its Design Fellowship
Following a great inauguration year, Be Original Americas is launching their call for student applications for its Design Fellowship. The non-profit organization advocating for authentic design is offering two- 2nd or 3rd year students the opportunity for a 7 week fellowship program to work with the below companies, learning – on site : Design / Research / Manufacturing/Sales/Marketing/Distribution/Digital Promotion and …
PARSONS NAMES FIRST YABU PUSHELBERG SCHOLAR
PARSONS NAMES FIRST YABU PUSHELBERG SCHOLAR In fall 2016, the Toronto-based interior design firm Yabu Pushelberg provided a generous gift to endow a permanent, named scholarship for a student in the Interior Design Program at Parsons. This scholarship honors the firm’s ongoing commitment to excellence in design education and …