XRC Labs Cohort 5 Application – Due Tomorrow 11/3!
Post Date: November 2, 2017
The deadline is fast approaching for the XRC Cohort 5 Program application. XRC Labs would love to support more Parsons and New School alumni involved in the XRC Program as startup founders. In the last cohort they invested in FFORA a company founded by Parsons Alumna and award-winning designer Lucy Jones. In the course of the 3-months, Lucy has developed and launched her new product. We would like to support more outstanding Alumni through the program. XRC Program Startup Benefits: Funding: 100k Net Work Space on the Parsons Campus Access to a Network of top-tier Brands and Retailers Access to a Great…
Spring 2018 Course Opportunity – Global Studio Intensive in Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen
Post Date: September 19, 2017
For those interested in an urban course based on a trip abroad, join School of Design Strategies Professor Miodrag Mitrasinovic to China in January of 2018. The week-long intensive will be supplemented by four meetings in the Spring semester on Fridays from 3:50 to 6:30 PM. If you have any questions about this global intensive course, please contact Miodrag Mitrasinovic at mitrasim@newschool.edu!
YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund
Post Date: August 8, 2017
Download: 2018 Fashion Scholarship Fund Case Study.docx Download: FSF Case Study Competition FAQ Board Tutorial.docx Download: FSF Mission & Impact Sheet.pdf Download: How and Why To Apply Sheet.pdf
SDS Elective Guide!
Post Date: November 7, 2016
Take a look at this amazing electives for next semester!
Parsons School of Design Pop-Up Event “Shirt Stories”
Post Date: December 10, 2015
Parsons School of Design students within the Strategic Design and Management BFA program presents Shirt Stories, a first up-cycle fashion lab pop up in collaboration with Housing Works. By redesigning shirts that were given by Housing Works the goal of the pop up lab is to give a new (and fashionable) life to unwanted shirts and encourage up-cycling. Through hands-on fashion up-cycling workshops at the Fashion Lab we will be making a difference in our effort to minimize textile waste. There will be a Shirt Stories showcase, which will display up-cycled shirts redesigned by Parsons faculty and students. Each shirt will be presented with a story…
Parsons Pop Up / Print Shop and Show
Post Date: October 12, 2015
Join students and faculty for the Parsons Pop Up / Print Shop & Show Coinciding with 2015 Print Week, the Parsons Pop Up Print Shop will showcase the printed form from fine art prints, illustrations and graphic designs to zines and book arts. Join us for print making workshops and a showcase of the printed form at Parsons School of Design. When Friday November 6, 2015, 6:00-8:00 pm Where Parsons School of Design Sheila C. Johnson Design Center Lobby and Bark Room 5th Avenue at 13th Street, New York, NY 10011 Admission Free and open to the public The deadline…
Sari Suki 2050 Explores Futures Through Store Experience
Post Date: September 26, 2015
The post-graduate exhibition of Design Strategies 2015 graduates– Sophia Callahan (BBA Design + Management ’15), Chris Fussner (BBA Design + Management ’15), Noah Emrich (BFA Integrated Design Program ’15) – is now on display at 856 G Gallery in Cebu, Philippines. The graduate’s design residency with 856 G Gallery allowed the team to apply design research, ethnography, and futuring into the experiential exhibit. Description of Sari Suki, from the project team: Sari Suki 2050 is a site specific design installation that projects the local Filipino convenience store, the Sari Sari, 35 years into the future. Sari Sari stores are responsible for nearly 40% of all retail…
Strategic Design Talks: How Pop-Ups Change the Retail Landscape
Post Date: September 13, 2015
Strategic Design Talks Presents Pop Up Paradigm: How Pop-Ups Change the Retail Landscape Tuesday September 29, 2015 4-6:30 pm 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm The Bark Room, 2 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011 Retail strategist Melissa Gonzales discusses strategies behind pop-up retail. She will share her insights, as well as examples of tools and best practices she employs to build effective branded experiential retail. Her company, The Lion’esque Group, has gone from producing shows at New York Fashion Week to producing award-winning pop-up shops for cutting edge brands. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A. About the…
Parsons at Bushwick Open Studios
Post Date: June 11, 2015
Numerous faculty, staff and students from Parsons took part in the second annual Fred Frelinghuysen Presents… exhibition of sculpture and performance during the Bushwick Open Studios (June 5 – 7, 2015). Featuring the following Parsons faculty, staff and students: Hee Chan Kim, SDS Workshop Manager Greg Climer, SOF, Assistant Professor of Fashion Andrew Cornell Robinson, SDS, Assistant Professor of Strategic Design Michael Kirk, Adjunct faculty, AMT, Printmaking Angelo Jones, SCE, BFA Architecture class of 2017 Jonathan Niederer, SDS, BS Urban Design class of 2015 There was an interdisciplinary theme to the exhibition over all, featuring a blend of performance, sculpture, design and architectural explorations. Highlights of…
DataCafe Installation in Industry City
Post Date: May 26, 2015
As part of this year’s Parsons Festival, four Parsons students – Sophia Callahan (BBA Design + Management ’15), Chris Fussner (BBA Design + Management ’15), Noah Emrich (BFA Integrated Design Program ’15), Henry Lam (MFA Design + Technology ’16) – created an interactive experience to educate people about the trail of data we leave behind with every digital interaction. Says Sophia Callahan, DataCafe is “just trying to open a little door that a data economy exists. Just telling people that I think is shocking to a lot of people.” The Creators Project (part of Vice Media) provided a comprehensive review here…
Media & Sociality Talk by Jigar Mehta – April 20
Post Date: April 19, 2015
Parsons BBA in Strategic Design + Management presents: MEDIA & SOCIALITY: THE BUSINESS AND DEMOCRATIZATION OF INFORMATION CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION with JIGAR MEHTA, Engagement Lead at AJ+ A presentation and discussion of approaches and platforms for media that enhance our participation as global citizens working together to make a better world. Where and When? University Center, Lower Level Lecture Hall Monday April 20. 1 – 3 PM 63 Fifth Ave, Room L104 Pizza will be served
Crossing the Edge of Comfort: Shared Leadership in Practice
Post Date: March 31, 2015
Experiential Workshop with Lori Hanau Tuesday April 7th 7 – 9 PM Glass Corner Room 25 E 13th Street, Room E206. Pizza will be served from 6:30 – 7PM As leadership adapts to meet the needs of the times, it simultaneously shapes how we see our problems, our solutions, and ourselves. Designing and leading effectively today requires us to shed our habits to make room for emergence, moving beyond what we know in order to tap into our true creativity and potential. This interactive experience will provide a frame for cultivating the awareness, presence, and skills to build vibrant environments…
McKinsey & Co Leads Dialogue in Fashion
Post Date: March 31, 2015
Value Creation in Fashion, with Daniel Casiero of McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company will present research and lead an audience dialogue in fashion, as part of a lecture series sponsored by Parsons’ BBA Strategic Design + Management. Thursday April 2, 5 – 7 PM University Center – Lower Level Lecture Hall 65 Fifth Ave. – Room U L04 Pizza will be served This event examines value creation and strategic performance within the apparel, fashion, and luxury industries – what the winners did right and what the losers did wrong.
Parsons + Columbia Business Students Partner in Luxury Marketing Class
Post Date: March 24, 2015
“Non-creatives” versus “creatives.” Focused on the bottom line versus focused on aesthetics. Quantifiable versus ephemeral. All too often companies draw a line between what a designer does and what a business person does. From the way organizations are structured to the ways employees view their own roles, right and left brain pursuits are frequently kept in separate spheres. Not so for the Design and Marketing of Luxury Products Master Class. As a joint course between Parsons and Columbia Business School offered each fall by application only, it’s a marvelous testament to collaboration and learning by doing. This year’s Master Class paired student teams with five luxury marketers – Cadillac,…
Visualizing Finance Micro-Workshop – February 2
Post Date: January 25, 2015
Please join SDS for a hands-on collage workshop to envision your past, present and future financial lives. Visualizing Finance Micro-Workshop 3.00 pm Monday, February 2 Room 529 of 80 Fifth Avenue Dr. Kirsten Bonde Sørensen of University College Lillebælt, Denmark, will conduct the workshop, using generative tools she developed in creative sessions with clients of a Danish co-operative bank. Dr. Sørensen will also present theoretical framing for this work, and results of her extensive design research at the bank. This event is hosted by the Parsons/SDS Visualizing Finance Research Lab and the Visualizing Finance: Special Topics in Design and Management…