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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...

Parsons Highlight Archives: Design Studies MA Highlights

Designing in Dark Times: an Arendtian Lexicon

By Danielle | Published: April 15, 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”…

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

By Danielle | Published: November 6, 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…

Plot(s) Call for Editorial Board Members

By Danielle | Published: October 25, 2019

ADHT Dean, Rhonda Garelick, Joins Bard Graduate Center for BGC Late: Jazz & Conversation in the Gallery

By Danielle | Published: October 8, 2019

BGC LATE: JAZZ & CONVERSATION IN THE GALLERY: WOMEN DESIGNERS: CHANEL, LANVIN, BOUÉ SŒURS AND JEANNE PAQUIN Bard Graduate Center Gallery 18 West 86th Street…

Playing The Auditorium – Kabir Carter

By Danielle | Published: September 25, 2019

Playing The Auditorium Kabir Carter October 2, 2019, 5:00 PM to 6:15 PM The Auditorium (Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall) The New School, 66 West 12th…

2019 ADHT Graduate Student Symposium

By Danielle | Published: May 3, 2019

At Parsons, we celebrate curiosity and critical thinking. Every path taken broadens our perspectives. Welcome to The 2019 Parsons Festival ADHT Graduate Symposium Nexus: An…

Designing after the Designing is Done

By Danielle | Published: April 15, 2019

Irem C. Yildiz’s (MA Design Studies 2018) thesis project is selected as a finalist

By Danielle | Published: April 10, 2019

We are proud to announce that Irem C. Yildiz’s (MA Design Studies 2018) thesis project The Vacant Store Initiative has been selected as one of the finalists in…

Plot(s) Journal of Design Studies Call for Submissions

By Danielle | Published: November 29, 2018

Plot(s) Journal of Design Studies will be accepting a second round of submissions with a new deadline of November 30, 2018. Please see below for…

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,…

Professor Yelavich awarded a 2018 Bogliasco Fellowship

By adht | Published: December 11, 2017

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…

Stand up for Democracy

By adht | Published: October 5, 2017

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…

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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: Design Studies MA Highlights

Designing in Dark Times: an Arendtian Lexicon

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

Plot(s) Call for Editorial Board Members

ADHT Dean, Rhonda Garelick, Joins Bard Graduate Center for BGC Late: Jazz & Conversation in the Gallery

Playing The Auditorium – Kabir Carter

2019 ADHT Graduate Student Symposium

Designing after the Designing is Done

Irem C. Yildiz’s (MA Design Studies 2018) thesis project is selected as a finalist

Plot(s) Journal of Design Studies Call for Submissions

Warsaw’s Mounting Obsession with its Stalinist Skyscraper

Professor Yelavich awarded a 2018 Bogliasco Fellowship

Stand up for Democracy

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