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In the World of Medical Apps, Bridging the Divide Between Designers and Clinicians
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…
Edible Montages
Launched by ADHT’s Insights, First Year Features is a multi-part series that aims to showcase the work produced by students currently enrolled in Parsons’ First-Year…
Porous Boundaries: Art and Essays
ADHT Professor Margot Bouman recently contributed an article to Porous Boundaries: Art and Essays, an anthology dedicated to the career of the notable feminist scholar…
Parsons First Year Workshops, Feb. 16-18
Parsons’ First Year program offers a series of workshops throughout the semester that are aimed at personal academic development. These workshops are lead by Parsons…
An interview with the Fashion & Diversity Series organizers: Rikki Byrd, Carly-Ann Fergus, and Jasmine Young
“Fashion and Race,” a panel discussion on “new narratives of blackness in fashion” will be held this Friday, February 12 at The University Center (UL105)….
Kimberley Jenneskens will be showing her collection, “j u n g l e h o o d,” at New York Fashion Week on February 10
Kimberley Jenneskens, a sophomore Fashion Design student at Parsons, will be showing her Fall/Winter 2016 collection “j u n g l e h o o…
Masks for the Anthropocene
Launched by ADHT’s Insights, First Year Features is a multi-part series that aims to showcase the work produced by students currently enrolled in Parsons’ First-Year Program….
Jilly Traganou to give two talks on counter-Olympic dissent
Associate Professor of Spatial Design Studies, Jilly Traganou, has a productive February ahead of her. On Saturday, February 6th, she will travel to Washington DC,…
BIAS announces its call for submissions for Issue 4: Fashion + Violence, and revisits Issue 3: Fashion + Surveillance
With less than a week before BIAS’ submission deadline for Issue 4: Fashion + Violence, I want to take a moment to revisit Issue 3: Fashion…
Fashion Studies: Research Methods, Sites and Practices
The new book Fashion Studies: Research Methods, Sites and Practices, edited by Assistant Professor of Fashion Studies Heike Jenss, was published today by Bloomsbury Academics….
Returning Director John Roach Welcomes First Year!
written by John Roach Welcome to the students and faculty in Parsons First Year. I’ve just returned from a sabbatical after 13 years of teaching…
Sarah Lichtman succeeds Jilly Traganou as Book Reviews Editor of The Journal of Design History
2015 marked the end of Associate Professor in Spatial Design, Jilly Traganou’s tenure as Reviews Editor of The Journal of Design History. Traganou will be…
