Regarding Design (re:D), the magazine for Parsons alumni and the wider Parsons community (published by The New School Alumni Association), features exceptional alumni work.  The latest issue includes Dora Vanette (a 2014 graduate from ADHT’s MA in Design Studies) for her thesis, “Consuming Socialism: Mid-Century Modernist Interiors in the Former Yugoslavia,” which examines the role of design in the construction of national identity.  According to re:D, her research “[analyzes] coordinated efforts to establish Yugoslavian national tastes through promotion of modern domestic design and representations of family life.  Although many of the interiors shown were beyond the public’s reach, they nonetheless were effective propaganda for a government eager to promote what [Vanette] calls ‘an alternative to the Soviet model of socialism.'”  Vanette goes on to acknowledge the important role and “invaluable assistance” that the Director of Design Studies, Jilly Traganou, played in shaping her work.

To read past issues of re:D, go here.

Insights has previously highlighted Dora’s work interning for Metropolis here.  (Note: This profile was written using Dora Vanette’s maiden name, Dora Sapunar)

For more on Dora, visit dorasapunar.com.