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December 11, 2017 adht

Professor Yelavich awarded a 2018 Bogliasco Fellowship

Susan Yelavich, Associate Professor of Design Studies, has been awarded a month’s residency at the Bogliasco Foundation in Bogliasco, Italy, located outside of the city…

November 28, 2017 adht

Call For Papers – MADE IN NEW YORK: The Twenty-Seventh Annual Parsons/Cooper Hewitt Graduate Student Symposium on the History of Design

Call For Papers MADE IN NEW YORK  The Twenty-Seventh Annual Parsons/Cooper Hewitt Graduate Student Symposium on the History of Design Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum,…

November 2, 2017 Danielle

Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image

STRAIGHT/CURVE: Redefining Body Image Monday, November 6th, 2017 Doors Open: 6:30pm Kellen Auditorium Ninety percent of women and young girls say they do not feel…

October 5, 2017 adht

Stand up for Democracy

By Susan Yelavich The following posts grew out of a Parsons Design Studies workshop on “Design and Political Agency,” which was inspired by “Stand Up For…

August 18, 2017 adht

“A Sign of Resistance; A Symbol of Hope:” Parsons ADHT Featured in Design Observer

This protest poster by designer Luka Rayski has become the identity of the Polish protest movement over plans to put the supreme court and the rest…

August 18, 2017 adht

HDCS’s First Ever Curatorial Capstone Project completed by Sebastian Grant

Wearable Art: An Upcoming Exhibition of the Susan Grant Lewin Collection at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum Curatorial Capstone project by Sebastian Grant  …

August 1, 2017 adht

Komal Sharma, MA Design Studies ’15, Published on Design Observer

The editors of Design Observer have selected Komal Sharma’s contribution to the MA DS Journal Plot(s) Vol IV for publication. To read more about Komal’s…

June 14, 2017 adht

“Hope By Design” – ADHT’s Susan Yelavich and NSSR’s Malgorzata Bakalarz in Quartz Magazine

Malgorzata Bakalarz, PhD candidate at the New School for Social Research, joins forces with ADHT’s own Susan Yelavich, Associate Professor of Design Studies and director…

June 13, 2017 adht

ADHT Lecturer Margaret Samu Receives Franklin Research Grant

ADHT lecturer Margaret Samu recently received a grant for research travel, the Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society (https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin). Samu will use it this June…

May 30, 2017 adht

10% of MA Design Studies Grads in PhD Programs

by Susan Yelavich On the fifth anniversary of the inauguration of the MA Design Studies program at Parsons, we are extremely proud to announce that10%…

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