Led by Parsons faculty member and alumnus Chad Groshart, six students in the Parsons’ Lighting for Developing Countries class traveled 1,500 miles from their New York City classroom to the remote mountain village of Gran Sous to help locals develop, source, and install solar-powered lighting fixtures on five 25-foot-tall poles. …

This series of workshops will explore themes from the Cities and Citizenship conference and facilitate dialogue between students and professionals from a variety of disciplines including architecture, design, urban planning, and sociology.

Our Annual event brings together almuni, faculty and graduating students in a spirit of mutual exploration.

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.

INSIDE (hi) STORIES is a Histories & Theories series, curated by design historian Sarah Lichtman (ADHT), and architectural historian Ioanna Theocharopoulou (SCE).

17 November, Thursday, 6:30pm @ The Glass Corner, Rm 206, 25 East 13th St

Furniture Inspired by Waiting—what people wait for, how they wait, and why

Exploring the Impact of African Visual Culture on Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design around the World

Students’ install work at PLDA lighfair.