Craig Bernecker, Ph.D., FIES, Associate Professor of Lighting Design, was presented the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Distinguished Service Award at the IES Annual Conference on August 12, 2017.  The IES Distinguished Service Award is presented in recognition of continuous dedicated service to the Society, “having significantly furthered the purpose for which …

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 …

Lunch and Learn with Thread Event Details: Wednesday, November 8th, 12:00-1:00pm Donghia Gallery, 25 E 13th Street, 3rd Floor Thread transforms trash from the developing world into dignified jobs and sustainable fabrics. Come learn insights into their best practices and how they are working towards a healthier textile industry. Eventbrite …

Congratulations to Christine Facella on receiving the 2017 ASLA Student Award! Facella earned her Masters from City College in 2017 receiving a degree in Landscape Architecture (MLA) and is an alumna of Parsons BFA Product Design program. Please find below Facella’s project statement in which she received her award for. To read …

RADICAL RELEVANCES CONFERENCE 2018 Radical Relevances is a conference and peer reviewed multidisciplinary journal addressing complex global phenomena of our time, such as climate change, biodiversity, income inequality, and mass migration. We invite researchers and artists straddling multiple (or within one) disciplines to submit papers and artworks that go beyond the …

As part of the Fast Company Innovation Festival on Work and Place Parsons’ MFA Industrial Design program Director Rama Chorpash will participate in a panel discussion and roundtable titled Designing the Workplace of the Future: Imagining and Inclusive and Equitable Workplace. The event is Thursday, October 26, 2017 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT at LMHQ, 150 …

Natural light sources and their associated phenomena are distinguished by their capacity to incite awe, fear, curiosity, and fascination –– emotions that contribute to the sense that we are part of a larger system we may never fully understand. Solar light, which encompasses both sunlight and daylight, offers an opportunity …

National Building Museum, Washington D.C. Museum exhibit: Architecture of an Asylum: St. Elizabeths 1852-2017 October 26, 2017: Event details   Columbia University GSAPP, NY, NY Preservation Lecture Series November 2, 2017: Event details   How many ghosts can haunt a building at once? When the building at question is one of …

Nancy Hou of AAS and BFA ID and Joshua de Sousa whom teaches in AAS ID recently received much praise on their entry for The National Museum of World Writing. The duo was awarded Second Prize. The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism held a blind international competition for …

  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 …