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Plot(s) Journal of Design Studies is an annual academic publication edited by graduate students at Parsons School of Design, The New School in New York. The international peer-reviewed journal explores the multiplicity of definitions within design and draws from a broader field of academic disciplines including visual and material culture, anthropology, sociology, and beyond. Parsons is now offering a Graduate Minor in Design Studies that is designed to complement the MA History of Design and Curatorial Studies and other graduate programs across the university in design, liberal arts, and social research.

Designing in Dark Times: an Arendtian Lexicon

Published on: April 15th, 2021

To celebrate the release of Designing in Dark Times: an Arendtian Lexicon, we are organizing a series of dialogues to further explore what “dark times” means today and design’s recent positioning towards the expanded field of the society within it through an Arendtian lens. Each Dialogue will convene several of the book’s contributors to discuss… Read More

Guy Debord’s Game of War: A Conversation With Emmanuel Guy

Published on: November 6th, 2019

Thursday, November 14 6:00 pm Kellen Auditorium 66 5th Avenue We know Guy Debord (1931-1994) as a poet, filmmaker, artist, revolutionary theorist, editor and founder of the Situationist International avant-garde movement. But above all else, he was a strategist: poetry, cinema, theory and the avant-garde were, for Debord, means to be deployed in a struggle… Read More

Plot(s) Call for Editorial Board Members

Published on: October 25th, 2019

Plot(s) Multimedia

Door Politics: Physical Manifestations of Disability and Gender Discrimination

Danielle Lucchese

Our Future Foyle – Design to improve wellbeing in Derry/Londonderry

Design Different

In this episode of the Designing Different Podcast we're looking at how design can influence the mental health and wellbeing of a city...

The Other Objects

This podcast presents and exposes the notion of the other objects which have the peculiarity of enabling the creation of emotional...

Podcast – Distinct

To find design in unlikely places, this podcast taps into the tea practice of a tea specialist in New York City, Mr. Stefen Ramirez...

Video – Best Consumed within 24 Hours

Claudia Carolina Marina

Best Consumed within 24 Hours is a film exploring assumptions surrounding modern-day design practice...

Video – Teaser of “On The Way Home”

Qionglu Lei, Junting Zhou

On The Way Home investigates how the Guangzhou Opera House became an iconic landmark in China during the local government’s campaign to...

Podcast – Design for Social Innovation

This podcast explores how designers are navigating and designing for social innovation in various contexts including IDEO...

Podcast – SynchroniCITIES: Episode One, Street Talk

The first in a hypothetical podcast series, SynchroniCITIES attempts to introduce listeners to exceptional stories of design which foster human...

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Plot(s) Journal of Design Studies is an annual academic publication edited by graduate students at Parsons School of Design, The New School in New York. The international peer-reviewed journal explores the multiplicity of definitions within design and draws from a broader field of academic disciplines including visual and material culture, anthropology, sociology, and beyond. Parsons is now offering a Graduate Minor in Design Studies that is designed to complement the MA History of Design and Curatorial Studies and other graduate programs across the university in design, liberal arts, and social research.

Designing in Dark Times: an Arendtian Lexicon

Published on: April 15th, 2021

To celebrate the release of Designing in Dark Times: an Arendtian Lexicon, we are organizing a series of dialogues to further explore what “dark times” means today and design’s recent positioning towards the expanded field of the society within it through an Arendtian lens. Each Dialogue will convene several of the book’s contributors to discuss… Read More

Guy Debord’s Game of War: A Conversation With Emmanuel Guy

Published on: November 6th, 2019

Thursday, November 14 6:00 pm Kellen Auditorium 66 5th Avenue We know Guy Debord (1931-1994) as a poet, filmmaker, artist, revolutionary theorist, editor and founder of the Situationist International avant-garde movement. But above all else, he was a strategist: poetry, cinema, theory and the avant-garde were, for Debord, means to be deployed in a struggle… Read More

Plot(s) Call for Editorial Board Members

Published on: October 25th, 2019