Fondation D’Entreprise Cathay Capital Prize for School of Design Strategies Paris chose three finalists from the MS Strategic Design & Management Parsons NY Program to form a Project Partnership with 3 BBA Parsons Paris students.

Congratulations to the following finalists who will later compete for the final three prizes:

• Ashley Rui Li – Business Residency Incubator Project
• Jessica Wong – Makers Connect Project
• Isata Yansaneh – Fabric Remnant + Cultural Youth Ctr Project

The Cathay Foundation has established a prize to recognize innovative work in strategic design that specifically connects France and China and recognizes excellence in the Digital and Design and Management fields.

Next Steps in the Program:

• Finalists assisted faculty advisors in late December in choosing the BBA students to mentor for the semester who will help build out their business ideas
• January through May finalists will work on the projects building out prototypes and the business cases, meeting benchmarks and calendar deadlines
• Finalists will fly to Paris for a weeklong Charrette May 23-30, 2015 to compete for the final three prizes