Competitions



Jonsara Ruth Jurying Next Generation Design Competition

Jonsara Ruth, Director of the MFA Interior Design Program, will be a judge in Metropolis Magazine’s Next Generation Design Competition. The competition encourages young designers to challenge the limits of design.


SCE’s Andy Bernheimer Juries Little Free Libraries Competition

Andy Bernheimer of the School of Constructed environments will be jurying the Little Free Libraries/New York Project. This competition will award ten design teams with $1000 to design and create small-scale libraries to house books. The deadline to submit is Monday, March 4, 2013.


Proposals due for The Vera List New School Art Collection Writing Award

A unique writing competition open to all New School students in all divisions and all programs.
First place award of $400 and a second place award of $200.


Timber in the City: Sustainable and Affordable Urban Housing

This event brings together two architects, Andrew Waugh and Michael Green, leading the design exploration of timber buildings, and Cees de Jager who directs the Binational Softwood Lumber Council, a nonprofit organization established by the Canadian and U.S. Governments to increase the use of wood products as part of the shift to green building. Thursday 11th October 2012, 6-8PM


Wedgwood Award for Best Presentation to Product Design Senior Jarong Koo

Parsons students were invited to participate in the fourth annual Wedgwood competition. Seth Nagelberg and his Ceramic Design 1 course visited the Waterford Wedgwood Showroom to receive the design brief in February. This years theme, “What is old is new” asked students to look back at Wedgwood’s 254 year history …


Junior BFA ID students Hayden Manders and Meredith Woolfolk win The Decorators Club Education Fund Scholarship Award

We are proud to announce that Junior BFA ID students Hayden Manders and Meredith Woolfolk were awarded First Prize of $6000 for outstanding student achievement in Interior Design, April 12, 2012 by The Decorators Club Education Fund,Inc. Scholarship Award. The award was for their co-housing project from fall 2011 in …


Design Competition for the New York City AIDS Memorial Park Campaign

The New York City AIDS Memorial Park Campaign is hosting a design competition with Architectural Record and Architizer for a new park and memorial.


SCE Students win Wedgewood Design Competition

The awards ceremony for the Josiah Wedgwood Design competition took place on April 28, and our Parsons students, guided by Seth Nagelberg, did extraordinarily well, capturing 4 of the 6 awards!


VIDEO: Walter Hood, 2011 Kalil Fellow Lecture, March 4th

Kalil Endowment for Smart Design Awards: Project Grant Recipients and Event Plans Announced


Parsons Awarded Lower 9th Ward Ingenious Award

Parsons alumna Sarah Green received the award in New Orleans on behalf of the school.