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MA Design Studies Students Self-publish ‘Acts of Olympic Dissent’
The Olympics have had a long history of contestation from their host cities, marginalized groups threatened by gentrification, and even the athletes who perform on…
A John Heskett Reader edited by Clive Dilnot
by David Brody In July, my Parsons colleague, Clive Dilnot, will publish his edited volume A John Heskett Reader. Heskett, who died in 2014, was…
Jilly Traganou’s Designing the Olympics: Book release and lecture in Rio, Brazil
Jilly Traganou, ADHT Associate Professor of Spatial Design Studies, is releasing her new book Designing the Olympics: Representation, Participation, Contestation. Professor Traganou, who has been…
Do Drones Have DNA?
by Jilly Traganou “Of course, all the students want to see the big drone flying. A loud, unpleasant noise fills the room immediately. The black…
Artist Tony Whitfield’s Current Exhibitions Examine Urgent LGBTQ Issues
A window installation piece by artist Tony Whitfield opened June 2nd at Printed Matter in New York City. The exhibition, based on his artist book, Inquiries & Statements,…
Susan Yelavich on the ‘Why’ Behind Design, the New Academic Year, & her Latest Book
Susan Yelavich, Associate Professor and Director of the MA Design Studies program, returns this fall after a year-long sabbatical. We catch up with Professor Yelavich…
Francesca Granata Contributes to Exhibition, Native Fashion Now
Dr. Francesca Granata, director of the MA Fashion Studies and Assistant Professor in the School of Art and Design History and Theory, has contributed as…
MA Design Students Exhibit ‘Provocative Products’ at Parsons Festival
By Claudia Marina Within the design milieu, critical and interrogative design speaks loudly in modern times. It has to, for new ethical and environmental problems…
MA Design Studies Students Want You To #SeeRikers
By Claudia Marina How often do you see Riker’s? For most in New York City, unless you or your loved have worked or lived on…
Lisa Stenhaug of Design Studies on Andrea Zittel’s Wagon Station Encampment & Challenging “what is”
As research for her capstone, Lisa Stenhaug, MA Design Studies ‘16, stayed at artist Andrea Zittel’s Wagon Station Encampment in Joshua Tree, California for one week…
