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Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) International Conference

MFA Industrial Design and BFA Product Design programs enjoyed a strong showing at the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) International Conference, called “Design IS Business” in Atlanta from 16 – 20 August. Ariane Elefterin (MFA IDD 2017) presented her thesis research “Being in Touch” at the IDSA Education Symposium “Emergent Pedagogy …


Parsons Graduate Student Awarded AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded a 2017–18 Selected Professions Fellowship to Angela DeGeorge of Norwood, MA. She is a master’s candidate in Architecture at Parsons School of Design. “It is both humbling and galvanizing to receive this honor. I have immense gratitude for the AAUW and their …


Fall 2017 Public Programs

SCE is excited to announce that there will be eight 2017 Public Programs. More information on the events along with dates, times & locations can be found HERE at the Parsons Events Calendar. We look forward to having you in attendance!


A New Pavilion at the East Harlem Community Garden

Parsons School of Constructed Environments teamed up with Union Settlement Association and New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services to build a new pavilion for a community garden on East 104th Street. Under the guidance of Parsons faculty members Nicholas Brinen and Victoria Marshall, 15 graduate students collaboratively designed and …


2017_REVISION THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF THE ARTS  

Design Workshop takes on the challenge of redesigning and rethinking museum space. Nine graduate students from Parsons School of Constructed Environments has been working diligently over the summer to create a more easy flowing and exciting lobby and lounge area for The Children’s Museum of the Arts in Tribeca, Lower Manhattan. …


Internship position at the Architectural League of New York

  A great opportunity for students in Architecture, Urbanism, Design, and related fields. The Architectural League of New York is seeking an intern to serve as Urban Omnibus Project Assistant, beginning in September 2017. For full position description and application instructions, please click HERE!


BFA ID students have been announced as two of the thirteen winners of the Angelo Donghia Foundation 2017 Scholars

“Anne-Sophie Granger and Jesse Cermak, BFA Interior Design students have been announced as two of the thirteen winners of the Angelo Donghia Foundation 2017 Student Scholarship Program in Interior Design. Their work was selected out of a pool of 69 student projects from accredited interior design institutions across the country. …


Changing Roles of Public Libraries: From User Experience (UX) to Virtual Reality (VR)

Interior Design studio courses often revolve around a specific design challenge. Our AAS Parsons second semester design studio selected the city’s neighborhood library as our focus. In particular we asked Interior Design students to challenge the traditional models of libraries in relation to the emerging technologies of virtuality and computing. …


Prepare to Face-down The Elephant In The Room

Interior Design faculty, Cotter Christian, and Nadia Elrokhsy reflect on the IDEC (Interior Design Education Council) 2017 Annual Conference through the Spring 2017 IDEC Exchange, post-conference journal. The Annual Conference couldn’t have had a more appropriately noteworthy keynote speaker than Richard Buchanan. A professor of design and innovation, Buchanan is well …


This is not an urban void

The exhibition Architecture for Curitiba – Expo 2017, will be showing between May and August of 2017, explores new ways of comprehending, thinking and planning a city. The intention was to contribute to the advancement of an architecture discourse and to bring the city back to the avant-garde of architecture …