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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

MA Design Studies Students Want You To #SeeRikers

By adht | Published: May 23, 2016

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”

By adht | Published: May 20, 2016

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…

Lisa Merk of Design Studies reflects on her award-winning project REMIND ME & more

By adht | Published: May 19, 2016

Lisa Merk, MA Design Studies ‘17, was recently the recipient of the New Talent Award from A&W Magazine, a German architecture and lifestyle magazine, for…

New Work & Work-in-Progress by Core Faculty: Clive Dilnot, Jilly Traganou and Susan Yelavich

By adht | Published: April 26, 2016

Latin America Documentary Screenings: Discussions of Space

By adht | Published: April 26, 2016

Over the month of April, MA Design Studies student Laura Belik, in conjunction with the Design Studies Forum, organized the “Latin America Documentary Screenings: Discussions…

In the World of Medical Apps, Bridging the Divide Between Designers and Clinicians

By Parsons Web Admin | Published: March 9, 2016

Melissa Wiskin, Design Studies ’16, completed a stint in the Peace Corps in Zambia, where she learned about the power of mobile technology to dispense…

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By adht | Published: October 8, 2014

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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

MA Design Studies Students Want You To #SeeRikers

Lisa Stenhaug of Design Studies on Andrea Zittel’s Wagon Station Encampment & Challenging “what is”

Lisa Merk of Design Studies reflects on her award-winning project REMIND ME & more

New Work & Work-in-Progress by Core Faculty: Clive Dilnot, Jilly Traganou and Susan Yelavich

Latin America Documentary Screenings: Discussions of Space

In the World of Medical Apps, Bridging the Divide Between Designers and Clinicians

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