MAFS Faculty, Christina Moon, on JCPenny filing for Bankruptcy
Listen to the conversation HERE Transcript Below SCOTT SIMON, HOST: J.C. Penney, a mainstay of the suburban mall, has filed for bankruptcy. The retailer began...
Design Studies MA
Drawing on the breadth and depth of expertise in design theory and practice at Parsons, this new Master of Arts program is an opportunity to explore design as both a field of scholarly research and an agent of social change.
December 6, 2016 adht
Plot(s) Journal of Design Studies Call for Submissions
The call for submissions for Plot(s) Volume IV is now open. Plot(s) Journal of Design Studies is an annual peer-reviewed publication produced and edited by the MA Design Studies program…
November 14, 2016 adht
The Deep “Why” of the 2016 Election Tragedy
The below piece was written by Susan Yelavich, Director of the MA Design Studies program, in response to last week’s historical U.S. presidential election outcome. By…
October 31, 2016 adht
Announcing PLOT(S) Online
ADHT is proud to announce Parsons MA Design Studies online journal PLOT(S) is live! Check it out at: http://adht.parsons.edu/designstudies/plots PLOT(S) has contributions from an international…
October 21, 2016 adht
MA DS Alum Contribute to Metropolis Magazine
Read all about it! MA Design Studies alumni Dora Vanette (’14), Estefania Acosta de La Peña (’16) and Misha Volf (’16) published articles in the latest issue…
September 28, 2016 adht
Jilly Traganou Wins Design Incubation Award
Associate Professor of Spatial Design Studies Jilly Traganou won the Design Incubation Communication Design Educators Award in the category of Scholarship for her research in the…
September 15, 2016 adht
Eating What Your Food Eats: Misha Volf, Design Studies ’16, Connects The Production and Consumption of Meat
On a recent evening, a cadre of foodies crowded into a residential loft in Bushwick, Brooklyn for a four-course farm-to-table feast. Having just gotten off…
August 22, 2016 adht
Jilly Traganou to Speak in São Paulo and Rio
Jilly Traganou, Associate Professor of Spatial Design Studies at ADHT, is giving a talk tomorrow, August 23rd, titled “O design olímpico e o meio (Olympic Design and the Social…
August 19, 2016 adht
MA Design Studies Alumni Spotlight: Veronica Uribe del Aguila
Veronica Uribe del Aguila, MA Design Studies ‘15, will begin work on her PhD in Cultural Studies at Stony Brook University this fall. We met…
August 2, 2016 adht
Design Studies Alum Laura Belik’s Summer with Smithsonian’s Latino Museum Studies Program
Laura Belik, MA Design Studies ‘16, spent her summer in Washington, D.C. as a fellow for the Smithsonian Institute’s Latino Museum Studies Program (LMSP). Created in…
August 1, 2016 adht
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…
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