A Conversation with Actor + Director Daniel Wu: What I Learned in Design School On October 28, the Interior Design program at Parsons School of Constructed Environments hosted an online discussion with actor, director, and producer Daniel Wu about how studying architecture influenced his career in film. Daniel has 78 …

Parsons AAS Studio 3 Hospitallity Design Studio led by Assistant Professor Hans Galutera visited the rebranding of Chapel Bar located at the renovated Beaux-Arts Historic Landmark Fotografiska and the innovative creative workspace – Neuehaus. Chief Development Officer Adriana Marianella and VP of Design – Steven Chen were the gracious hosts …

Inside Inside: a curated database of interiors and related fields The website Insideinside.org is a reference source that presents an online curated database of historic and contemporary interiors.  It provides a quick tool for initial research and avenues to further explore by including images of rooms, floor plans, and elevations, …

FRAME AWARDS 2021: JURIES FOR THE HONORARY AND EXECUTIONAL AWARDS After a year-long submission period, the time has arrived to celebrate the best interiors of 2021. The winners were announced in a virtual awards ceremony on 14 October 2021 at 17:00 CET. Assistant Prof Hans Galutera was one of the …

Twenty-one recent Parsons graduates—eight of whom came from SCE—have been shortlisted by a panel of industry experts for the Global Design Graduate Show 2021, the second edition of ARTSTHREAD x GUCCI’s design showcase for emerging creatives. This initiative was open to all art and design students graduating in the year …

In this eight-decade personal reflection, Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton, FAIA, recounts the interplay of obstacles and opportunities she experienced — and offers advice for professional inclusion. Beginning my ninth decade upon Earth in the aftermath of the country’s racial reckoning has brought on no small amount of introspection. Having beat …

New York Times article “8 Items for Your Home That Do More Than One Thing” features the work of EXD Architecture. EXD is a startup created in 2016 by Victoria Benatar and Michelle Cianfaglione while teaching together at Parsons.  We have been working in all aspects of space optimization and …

This year’s BraunPrize is honoring Great Designs, Visionary Ideas and Clever Solutions that will help promote behavioral change and make an impact on today’s society and the future of our planet. Entries must be product design and/or product interaction concepts that are not yet on the market or in production. …

In Spring 2021, Parsons Healthy Materials Lab hosted the sixth annual Role Models Contest. The Lab initiated this contest to challenge students to combine design innovation with advocacy for healthier futures. The choices we make as designers can have profound and lasting impacts on our bodies, our communities, and our …

Concept 2 Urban Sprout Farms ecovillage lodging. By Jennifer Simonton, Isabella Teran, and Brigid Wright Parsons SCE faculty have been an immense source of support, inspiration, leadership and community work. And while finding a perfect media blurb to summarize their projects, vision, pedagogy and activism may feel like a nice …