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Announcing the 2023 Collab Student Design Competition
Announcing the annual Collab Student Design Competition, inspired by Stephen Burks Dear Colleagues, What does the next generation imagine for the future of design? Every year, university-level design students respond to a unique challenge that affects daily life with the best designs, which are showcased by Collab and the Philadelphia Museum of …
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 …
Pamela Elizarrarás Acitores, Parsons SCE Alumni – Winner of The World Around Young Climate Prize 2023
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 …
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.
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.