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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 …


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 …


Street Seats 2019 is Coming!

The NYC Department of Transportation Street Seats program is a seasonal project that reclaims portions of New York’s streets for much needed public space. Since 2016, Parsons School of Design has collaborated with the NYC DOT to design and build a public parklet through an undergraduate elective class offered by the School of …


“Her Art Here” Design Competition: Support Parsons Finalist!

Pamela Acitores, Parsons junior in Product Design, became one of the six finalists for the Unites Airlines’ competition “Her Art Here.” Women artists from coast to coast submitted their designs for a United Boeing 757 that will take two winning canvasses — one for California and one for New York — …


Congratulations to IDSA Competitors!

Congratulations to the seven BFA Product Design seniors that presented their work to a panel of judges for the IDSA Student Merit Award. Each year, IDSA honors exceptional student design talent through the Student Merit Awards program, providing the benefits of high – level industry recognition and massive media exposure. …


Cities and Refugees: 2019 Global Competition

Hosted by the Rapid Urbanization Grand Challenge at UNSW (Sydney), this global design ideas competition invites students to design a physical intervention or a series of interventions that meaningfully improves the lives of refugees in the city, in the short, medium and/or long term.  The interventions can be in any …