Wonder how textile scraps from upholstery production and recycled aluminium caps can be turned into noise mitigation soundsticks? Industrial designer and Parsons Assistant Professor Andrea Ruggiero explores this option in her recent acoustics project focused on achieving zero waste with design: “This project evolved through many discussions and various attempts at …

Join the Sustainable Furnishings Council for their GREENLeaders Sustainability Training at the Parsons Healthy Materials Lab on Friday, March 8, from 9:00 – 5:00 PM. This course provides an excellent grounding in sustainability issues and offers practical solutions for growing an eco-friendly home furnishing business. The Council have reserved 15 …

The NYCxDESGIN 2019 Awards is currently accepting submissions for its annual program that spans major areas of design – from architecture and interiors, products to accessories, craft to technology. Taking place this year from May 10-22, NYCxDESIGN showcases over a dozen design disciplines through exhibitions, installations, trade shows, panels, product launches, open studios, and …

Join us today for the Interschool Housing Studio hosted by Parsons SCE. As a collaborative effort among six New York metro area schools/programs of architecture, it will allow participants to share best practices in housing studio pedagogy. For spring 2019, the participating schools — City College, Cooper Union, NJIT, NYIT, Parsons …

Aakriti Kumar, Parsons alumna, started a venture to reclaim discarded floorboards, beams, and other woodwork, and convert it into sustainable yet intricate pieces of new furniture. Having started her journey with just one carpenter, Aakriti now has an established furniture design atelier, Differniture, based in New Delhi. Her practice embraces …

Lisa Marks, recent alumni of MFA Industrial Design at Parsons SCE and currently faculty at Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named one of the Lexus Design Award finalists for 2019. Working at the intersection of craft research and algorithmic design, she designed a three-dimensional lace bra for breast cancer …

Dear SCE Community, SCE Interior Design Professor Christopher Kitterman of STADT Architecture’s project Chelsea Pied-à-Terre has been selected through a competitive juried review process to receive a 2019 AIANY Design Merit award in the Interiors category!  To see the official AIANY Design Awards announcement and list of winning projects, please click here.

Dear Students,   AZURE is offering two exciting announcements below including a discount subscription and the opening of submissions for the AZ Awards: 1. An exclusive discount on subscriptions to AZURE. From now until March 1, 2019, students can receive a 68% discount on a one-year subscription to AZURE, for just …

The world is growing at a break-neck speed today and with rapid urbanization and industrialization, it is demanding a constantly changing human intellect. To face the gradual transformations, the upcoming generations need to be moulded in a way that they can cope efficiently with the variations. Education can help initiate …

Students from the BFA Product and MFA Industrial Design participated in the Collab Student Competition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on November 12th. 2018. This year the competition was inspired by Dieter Rams and the study of his ten principles for Good Design. The work presented by our students …