Parsons School of Design

What can we expect to see in design and sustainability in 2021? Jonsara Ruth, Associate Professor of Interior Design, and Ibada Wadud, School of Design Strategies part-time faculty member, weigh in:

#ParsonsProud to see First Lady Dr. Jill Biden appearing at the capital ahead of inauguration events yesterday wearing Jonathan Cohen, co-founded by Jonathan Cohen (BFA Fashion Design ‘09) and Sarah Leff (BBA Strategic Design & Management ’09)

The spring 2021 semester is here! Who else is ready for a fresh start? : Delphine Daniels, NYC resident

Be sure to add Shark Tank to your Friday night watchlist Chrissie Lam (BFA Fashion Design '00) and the Love Is Project will be appearing on tonight's episode! Tune in at at 8 PM ET to watch Check out our recent chat with Chrissie where she shares more about the Love Is Project and her professional journey here: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CI9DjaAn6Or/

#ParsonsProud of our alumni who made the #ForbesUnder30 2021 list! Carolina Acosta, BFA Communication Design '15 Breanne Harrison-Pollock, BFA Fashion Design ’14 Rachel Feinberg, BFA Fashion Design ’14... Sara Winona Quigley, BFA Fashion Design ’16 Read the details here: https://fal.cn/3cDM4

"In a radical move, she has integrated her participation in the fashion and beauty system into her political persona [...] What’s more, AOC seamlessly integrates that part of herself into her congressional self," shares Rhonda Garelick, Dean of Parsons School of Art and Design History and Theory. Read more:

"I thought I had to choose between pursuing a career in computer science or one in illustration/animation. I realized, however, that I could just combine all of my interests into game design." Milena Correa (BFA Design & Technology '22), who is designing puzzles for The New York Times, shares about the beauty of game design as a multidisciplinary field and mode for storytelling in this recent feature: https://fal.cn/3cBiM

Join us this Thursday, November 5 at 6:00 pm ET for 'Lighting Injustice,' an interactive conversation to promote advocacy of marginalized groups as part of the lighting designer's role. Hosted by MFA Lighting Design. Register here:

Join us Tuesday, October 20 at 6:30pm ET for Parsons Presents: A Toast to Our Students, a virtual celebration and scholarship fundraiser featuring musical performances from the College of Performing Arts, and a showcase of MFA Fashion Design and Society student designs. Parsons Presents is free and open to all. Register Here: https://event.newschool.edu/parsonspresents2020 Work by MFA Fashion Design and Society 2020 graduates Qingzi Gao, Samanatha D'Iorio, Kaiwen Shi, Lily Xu

Attention students! Don't miss these upcoming career events: Internship & Job Search Workshop, Tues Oct 10, 3-4pm: https://fal.cn/3aKV2 Interviewing Workshop, Fri Oct 16, 3-4pm: https://fal.cn/3aKV1... Are You LinkedIn? Mon Oct 19, 1-2:30pm: https://fal.cn/3aKV0

Join us on Thursday, Oct 8th with Julie Wainwright, founder of The RealReal, in conversation with Julie Gilhart on the circular fashion economy and the importance of expediting these efforts now. Register here: https://event.newschool.edu/traubjw

We are excited to join forces with Parsons alumna Donna Karan (BFA Fashion Design ‘87) to support #JustVote, a campaign from Global Citizen & HeadCount to get as many eligible US voters registered as possible. Is your voter registration up to date? If you’ve recently moved or changed your name, you need to update your registration, too! Click here to check your registration today: glblctzn.me/justvote2020

#Parsonsproud of how these four 2020 BFA Photography grads beautifully captured statement handbags for Vogue’s September 2020 issue. See the full spread here: https://fal.cn/3anUN : Olivia Galli, Myles Loftin, Trevor James, and Kehan Lai

Jazsalyn, MFA Design and Technology student and creative director of "black beyond," speaks with Cultured Magazine about the curatorial project, which she describes as, a radical platform-making space for artists and activists to speculate alternate realities for Blackness. Read more here:

Volume VII of Plot(s) Journal of Design Studies is now available. The international peer-reviewed journal explores the multiplicity of definitions within design and draws from a broader field of academic disciplines including visual and material culture, anthropology, sociology, and beyond. This latest volume is the product of a collaborative effort involving graduate students from across Parsons and The New School, as well as graduate students from ESDI (Rio, Brazil), Concordia University (Montreal, Canada), and Goldsmiths, University of London (London, UK) as editors or authors. Read Plot(s) Volume VII online now:

Hana Kassem, principal at KPF, and Jonsara Ruth, cofounder of Parsons’ Healthy Materials Lab, discuss the effects of the built environment on our health and well-being. "Now more than ever, we should be called upon to make healthier material selections that eliminate the risks of toxic substances. Within our design approach we also need to consider environmental variability and sensory stimulusnow sorely missing from our daily lives. Most importantly, these services should be provided regardless of budget constraints and the economic status of the stakeholders."

Graduates from across the School of Fashion demonstrated ingenuity and resiliency, overcoming incredible odds in completing their thesis work remotely and in the midst of a pandemic. See the work of over 300 graduates in 'Here and Now,' a virtual celebration of the class of 2020:

Parsons Executive Dean Rachel Schreiber chats with Loralyn Mears about education equality and more on "Women-in-Tech: Like a Boss." Listen to the podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com//women-in-tech-lik/id1509781639

School is back in session. We love these #bts glimpses of your at-home work, studio, and teaching spaces. Added bonus - no elevator lines! #ParsonsMakes #ParsonsNow

Something’s missing - you! Choose your favorite spot on campus for your Zoom background, available on #ParsonsNow at http://parsons.edu/now