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Things to Live With. Parsons MFA of Industrial Design class of 2023 at Wanted Design.

Students from the MFA Industrial Design, 2023 graduating class presented Thesis projects with Wanted Design as part of ICFF at the Javits Center in NYC.


Unmaking, Making, Remaking. Parsons MFA of Industrial Design class of 2023.

Students from the MFA Industrial Design, 2023 Graduating class presented Thesis projects at Ludlow/SOMMwhere as part of NYCxDesign during the NYC design week.


MFA Industrial Design Students Win NYCxDesign Awards for Innovative, Sustainable Projects

The MFA in Industrial Design at Parsons School of Design gives students the opportunity to explore making in a variety of contexts, develop critical thinking skills, and integrate ideas about sustainability, consumerism, production, and more into their practice. Recently, three students from the program were awarded NYCxDesign Student Awards for …


Namra Khalid, Parsons SCE Alumni – Winner of The World Around Young Climate Prize

The World Around is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to making the best ideas in architecture accessible to all. Its Young Climate Prize aims to amplify and accelerate the impact of projects for climate resilience by pairing 25 young climate leaders under 25 years old with their own mentor from the …


Fabian Malmhagen, an MFA Industrial Design student has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Green Good Design award for his piece: Last Chance.

Fabian Malmhagen, an MFA Industrial Design student has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Green Good Design award for his piece: Last Chance.    Last Chance is about directing materials away from the landfill and creating furniture from them. It is about hindering the use of any virgin materials as much …


MFA Industrial Design student, Jessica Thies at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center

On April 20th, MFA Industrial Designstudent, Jessica Thies, spoke about her thesis work at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center. As a part of The Bio-Inspired Green (BIG) Science & Technology Symposium, she was on the Sustainable & Smart Fashion panel along with another student and faculty from FIT.


Designing Change – Virtual Panel Discussion

SCE Faculty Rama Chorpash is participating in a Virtual Panel Discussion called Designing Change at the Museum of Vancouver as part of the Why I Design series. MOV is hosting this online panel inspired by the provocative messages and design elements of Tobias Wong’s art – featured artist in the All We Want …


LEED Green Associate (GA) Training – Webinar and Online Self-Paced Options

Start off the year by making your resume stand out with the premier sustainability designation called the LEED Green Associate! LEED is simply a sustainability scorecard for green buildings. As buildings can become LEED Certified, people can become LEED accredited! The best way to break into the sustainability space is to attain …


Parsons presents Shirt-Less! Make your own shirt and be part of a healthier future!

  MONDAY 08/29 – THURSDAY 09/01  11AM – 2PM LOBBY OF 2 WEST 13TH ST  OPENING EVENT MONDAY 08/29 5PM – 7PM   Over 2 billion t-shirts are sold each year. 700 gallons of water are used to make one t-shirt.  More than 17 million tons of cotton was produced last year. 215 billion t-shirts could be produced with this cotton.  …


Apply for One of Two $5000 Student Grant Opportunities from Michael Kalil Endowment for Smart Design

The mission of the Michael Kalil Endowment for Smart Design is twofold: to foster the understanding of the design intersections between nature and technology and to support a heightened sense of responsibility for increasing the sustainability of built environments. This year two student grants will be awarded.