Congratulations to MAFS Alumni ’16, Joelle Firzli
Congratulations to MAFS Alumni ’16, Joelle Firzli We are thrilled to announce that MAFS Alumni, Joelle Firzli, has been awarded the 2023 TSA Research Travel...
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.
June 29, 2016 adht
A John Heskett Reader edited by Clive Dilnot
by David Brody In July, my Parsons colleague, Clive Dilnot, will publish his edited volume A John Heskett Reader. Heskett, who died in 2014, was…
June 28, 2016 adht
Jilly Traganou’s Designing the Olympics: Book release and lecture in Rio, Brazil
Jilly Traganou, ADHT Associate Professor of Spatial Design Studies, is releasing her new book Designing the Olympics: Representation, Participation, Contestation. Professor Traganou, who has been…
June 23, 2016 adht
Do Drones Have DNA?
by Jilly Traganou “Of course, all the students want to see the big drone flying. A loud, unpleasant noise fills the room immediately. The black…
June 15, 2016 adht
Susan Yelavich on the ‘Why’ Behind Design, the New Academic Year, & her Latest Book
Susan Yelavich, Associate Professor and Director of the MA Design Studies program, returns this fall after a year-long sabbatical. We catch up with Professor Yelavich…
June 1, 2016 adht
MA Design Students Exhibit ‘Provocative Products’ at Parsons Festival
By Claudia Marina Within the design milieu, critical and interrogative design speaks loudly in modern times. It has to, for new ethical and environmental problems…
May 23, 2016 adht
MA Design Studies Students Want You To #SeeRikers
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…
May 20, 2016 adht
Lisa Stenhaug of Design Studies on Andrea Zittel’s Wagon Station Encampment & Challenging “what is”
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…
May 19, 2016 adht
Lisa Merk of Design Studies reflects on her award-winning project REMIND ME & more
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…
April 26, 2016 adht
Latin America Documentary Screenings: Discussions of Space
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…
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