At Tuesday at 7pm, immediately following our conversation with Michael Gerrard, we will hear from a range of speakers—some via Skype—discussing sovereignty, governance, and the nation-state itself in a range of geographic and spatial scenarios, from the Arctic to the Internet. Joining us will ...Read More
On Tuesday at 6pm, we will kick off an ambitious evening of conversations on the future of nation-state sovereignty. We welcome Michael Gerrard Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Law School, for a live interview discussing "drowning" nations and climate change law. ...Read More
We welcome NASA astrobiologist Lynn Rothschild for a live interview moderated by Studio-X NYC co-director Geoff Manaugh and architect Ed Keller. From extreme environments here on Earth, where scientists test for the limits of life, to the irradiated landscapes of Mars, our conversation on ...Read More
An analysis of contemporary regulatory approaches in Brussels and New York
This presentation examines how regulatory approaches in Brussels and New York lead to a form of flexibility that has come at the expense of the city’s ability to plan and channel development.
Sarah Levy graduated with a Masters ...Read More
A CONFERENCE EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF ART, DESIGN, POLITICS, AND HISTORICAL STUDIES
Friday, April 27, 2012, 2:00–8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 28, 2012, 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
66 Fifth Avenue, New York City
Free. No tickets or reservations required.
Seating is ...Read More
As part of the annual Parsons Festival, The School of Fashion at Parsons The New School for Design is pleased to announce Coloring Fashion: Natural and Synthetic Dyeing in Textiles Today. This one day seminar features international experts and discussions ...Read More
The money-based global economy is failing. The credit crunch undermined capitalism's ability to ensure rising incomes and prosperity while market-led attempts to combat climate change are fought tooth and nail by business as environmental crises continue. We need to combat ...Read More
The New School Jazz composers/ improvisers and art students from Parson's first year Drawing Studio course come together to form a collaborative project where each art form inspires the other as they share a space in a spontaneous live performance. ...Read More
March 27, 2012 | The Urban Design BS Program, and Art in Odd Places invites the New School Community to propose projects for its first annual installment of Sidewalk in New York City taking place on May 11th, 12th and 13th, ...Read More
A series of conversations dedicated to exploring design's capacity to investigate, disassemble and re-frame the political, economic and social forces that define our everyday practices.
Adrian Antonio Paling + Kendall Jackman
on Tuesday, March 27th from 6:30-8pm at 6 E 16th Street in the Transdisciplinary Design Studio (D1203)
Adrian + Kendall played ...Read More
March 21, 2012 | In this article for the Huffington Post, David Van Zandt, president of the New School, explores the need for design education within the American University system. By focusing on the benefits of design thinking on the ...Read More
Planned Neighborhoods, Informal Settlements, and Spontaneous Transformations
LECTURER: Sanjeev Vidyarthi Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
The talk analyzes how the American planning idea of the "neighborhood unit" was imported and appropriated in post-independence India, and what that means for how Indian cities actually ...Read More
Daniel Hill, Assistant Professor, and three other members of American Abstract Artist (AAA) have been invited to exhibit in the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles 2012. The exhibition will be held in the Parc Floral de Paris, Paris France, 8–15 April—opening reception ...Read More
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Parsons DESIS Lab presents
Public & Collaborative NYC
Lecture Series
Discussants:
Rachel Meltzer, The New School for Public Engagement
Moderator:
William Morrish, Parsons The New School for Design
Building on the experience of a series of recent action-research projects, Jégou, founder of the sustainable innovation lab Strategic ...Read More
Parsons DESIS Lab presents
Public & Collaborative NYC
Lecture Series
Discussants:
Edgar Cahn, David A. Clarke School of Law
Rick McGahey, The New School for Public Engagement
Moderator:
Michele Kahane, The New School for Public Engagement
Why do public services get increasingly expensive yet often decreasingly effective? Boyle explores ...Read More
The current financial, economic and social crises occurring both in the United States and Europe have placed renewed pressure on public sector organizations to radically reinvent themselves, and to generate more value for society and for citizens. Design holds massive ...Read More
PROFESSIONAL COMPETITION + STUDENT CHALLENGE
Launch October 2011
Final Date for receipt 6 April 2012
Date of Judging Panel selection May 2012
Notification of winners June 2012
Prizes awarded Wednesday 10 October 2012
FUTUROTEXTILES AWARDS, the First International Competition dedicated to Innovative Textiles and Design, an ...Read More
During spring 2012 a public lecture series will bring together leading European and local New York City designers with New York City public policymakers to explore the intersection of social innovation and public service.
The Lecture series organized by Eduardo Staszowski ...Read More
MULTI-CITY WORKSHOPS: INTELLIGENT MATERIALS
PARSONS AND ENSAD (PARIS)
ft.parsons.edu/ensad
Dear students:
We would like to invite students to workshops focusing on smart materials and computational fashion.
Parsons, New York, February 25 – 26, 2012, 9AM - 6PM
ENSAD, Paris from June 4 – 8, 2012
The call for participation for ...Read More
In a world where people migrate more often and ideas and goods move faster than ever before, this lecture series examines the resulting cultural fusions and collisions as a source of new insights rather than just a catalyst for conflict. ...Read More
Presented by the School of Design Strategies at Parsons The New School for Design, the Design and Urban Practice Colloquium #2 is a public lecture series on alternative and innovative forms of design and urban practice.
February 9, 6pm Frank Morales, Housing ...Read More
Duncan Tonatiuh, illustrator of "Diego Rivera: His World and Ours," and Guadalupe Garcia McCall, author of "Under the Mesquite," are the 2012 winners of the Pura Belpre Illustrator Award and Author Award, honoring Latino authors and illustrators whose work best ...Read More
Christian Schneider joins Parsons the New School for Design Strategies as an Associate Professor of Design and Management. He is a former Project Manager at IDEO, Designer at the Studio De Lucchi in Milan and co-founder of the NPO EWA ...Read More
LECTURER: Michael Ryckewaert, KU Leuven, Belgium
Michael Ryckewaert (1972) graduated as a Master of science and engineering in Architecture (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 1995) and obtained a Masters degree in Urbanism and Spatial Planning (idem 2000). Since 1998 he is a researcher in ...Read More
Distinguished Visiting Professor Ezio Manzini will be awarded the 2012 Sir Misha Black Medal at public ceremony held at the Royal College of Art on March 8th. Professor Ezio Manzini of Italy has been working for more than two decades ...Read More
November 4th | Work from seventy seven students from the seven divisions of The New School forms the basis for this documentary of the University Lecture Course Cinemetrics: Change Detection and Agency. Students worked in teams filming the learning spaces ...Read More
October 27th | The Drawing Lab will transform Aronson Gallery into a three-dimensional data mining and drawing apparatus. The installation accumulates works made by the public: free-hand drawing, photo and video, spatial diagramming and measurement, textual performance and language play...which ...Read More
10/19/2011 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Presented by the School of Design Strategies at Parsons The New School for Design, the Design and Urban Practice Colloquium is a public lecture series on alternative and innovative forms of design and urban practice.
The ...Read More
October 8th | Parsons the New School for Design is pleased to host the The Art in Odd Places 2011 Festival panel discussion titled Pseudo Public Space moderated by Miodrag Mitrasinovic with panelists Tania Duvergne, Sara Reisman, Leon Reid IV, ...Read More
October 1st | Parsons the New School for Design is pleased to host the The Art in Odd Places 2011 Festival key note address by Linda Mary Montano.
Titled Glandathon Workshop, audience members will experience of the seven energy centers of ...Read More