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PLDS 4075, Design for Aging Populations, visits 305 West End Avenue

Part-time faculty member Jeffrey Rosenfeld took his Design for Aging Populations class on a tour of 305 West End Avenue, a nationally recognized Senior Residence....

A New Book by ADHT's Petya Andreeva | Fantastic Fauna From China to Crimea: Image-Making in Eurasian Nomadic Societies, 700 BCE-500 CE

Fantastic Fauna from China to Crimea Image-Making in Eurasian Nomadic Societies, 700 BCE-500 CE Explores the zoomorphic imagination and image-making of Eurasian nomads and their...

A New Book by ADHT's Jilly Traganou | Design, Displacement, Migration: Spatial and Material Histories

Design, Displacement, Migration: Spatial and Material Histories gathers a collection of scholarly and creative voices—spanning design, art, and architectural history; design studies; curation; poetry; activism; and...

A New Book by ADHT's Caroline Dionne | Design Theory, Language and Architectural Space in Lewis Carroll

Recently published by Routledge, Caroline Dionne’s book Design Theory, Language and Architectural Space in Lewis Carroll offers spatial theories of the emergent based on a...

Robert Smithson, Land Art, and Speculative Realities released October 22nd, 2023

Robert Smithson, Land Art, and Speculative Realities, a new book by Rory O’Dea, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art and Design at Parsons, was released on...

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Announcing the 2018 Design History Society Conference: Design and Displacement, September 6-8, 2018

By adht | Published: August 21, 2018

Design and Displacement, the 2018 Design History Society Annual Conference, will take place at Parsons Parsons School of Design September 6th-8th, 2018. The conference examines…

Introducing Parsons First Year Blog, “Parsons Notes”

By adht | Published: May 16, 2018

Parsons First Year and the School of Art and Design History and Theory are excited to announce the official launch of the Parsons First…

The Second Annual Geraldine Stutz Research Award

By Danielle | Published: April 11, 2018

Parsons Festival 2018: Art and Design History and Theory Graduate Student Symposium

By adht | Published: April 10, 2018

Thursday, May 3 1000 am – 5:00 pm Friday, May 4 10:00 am – 5:00 pm The Bark Room, Room M104 Sheila C. Johnson Design…

Warsaw’s Mounting Obsession with its Stalinist Skyscraper

By Danielle | Published: February 21, 2018

Warsaw’s Mounting Obsession with its Stalinist Skyscraper (And Other Seditious Syndromes of Still – Socialism in Capitalist Sities) Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, 5pm Wolff Conference Room,…

Unruly Design: Making, Changing and Breaking Rules

By adht | Published: January 25, 2018

UNRULY DESIGN: MAKING, CHANGING AND BREAKING RULES A colloquium in Design Studies, Fashion Studies, History of Design & Curatorial Studies Friday, March 2, 2018 5:30-7:00pm…

Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image

By Danielle | Published: November 2, 2017

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…

Research Resources Expanded for MA Fashion Studies

By Danielle | Published: September 19, 2017

The New School Libraries now subscribe to both Berg Fashion Library and Fashion Photography Archive! Access both resources in one platform, Bloomsbury Fashion Central, a scholarly…

ANNOUNCING: THE SECOND GERALDINE STUTZ ANNUAL RESEARCH AWARD 2017/18

By adht | Published: September 15, 2017

Win a Geraldine Stutz Annual Research Award for your original contribution that will extend existing knowledge of New York fashion and its history, c1890-2010. Outstanding…

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

By adht | Published: August 18, 2017

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…

ADHT Lecturer Margaret Samu Receives Franklin Research Grant

By adht | Published: June 13, 2017

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…

ADHT Graduate Student Symposium at Parsons Festival 2017

By adht | Published: May 2, 2017

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PLDS 4075, Design for Aging Populations, visits 305 West End Avenue

A New Book by ADHT's Petya Andreeva | Fantastic Fauna From China to Crimea: Image-Making in Eurasian Nomadic Societies, 700 BCE-500 CE

A New Book by ADHT's Jilly Traganou | Design, Displacement, Migration: Spatial and Material Histories

A New Book by ADHT's Caroline Dionne | Design Theory, Language and Architectural Space in Lewis Carroll

Robert Smithson, Land Art, and Speculative Realities released October 22nd, 2023

Parsons Highlight Archives: ADHT Parsons Homepage Highlights

Announcing the 2018 Design History Society Conference: Design and Displacement, September 6-8, 2018

Introducing Parsons First Year Blog, “Parsons Notes”

The Second Annual Geraldine Stutz Research Award

Parsons Festival 2018: Art and Design History and Theory Graduate Student Symposium

Warsaw’s Mounting Obsession with its Stalinist Skyscraper

Unruly Design: Making, Changing and Breaking Rules

Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image

Research Resources Expanded for MA Fashion Studies

ANNOUNCING: THE SECOND GERALDINE STUTZ ANNUAL RESEARCH AWARD 2017/18

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

ADHT Lecturer Margaret Samu Receives Franklin Research Grant

ADHT Graduate Student Symposium at Parsons Festival 2017

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