2018 Katrina Simon

Using the crayon as her primary tool, which traditionally has no place in the adult life, Katrina Simon is creating solutions that ease aging and communication challenges by enhancing ordinary adult objects, with new and impactful functionalities. By injecting imagination, creativity, and play, a cross-generational foundation is formed to improve intergenerational communication, while making the aging process more enjoyable through inner-child embracement.

2018 AARP x Parsons Award Grant Prize Winner: Intergenerational Project Using theories of Play

The School of Fashion at Parsons is renowned for the strength of its curriculum, which develops graduates with exceptional conceptual, design, technical, and marketing skills who combine aesthetic refinement with commercial savvy. Through working with an array of faculty who are active in the global fashion industry and collaborations with top design groups, students in all five programs develop distinctive aesthetic sensibilities along with diverse points of view that reflect the industry they will one day join.

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