Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
Parsons The New School for Design
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery
September 28 – December 15, 2012
Opening reception: September 27, 2012, 6:30-8:30 pm
Art, Environment, Action! is a creative teaching laboratory and environmental “artshop.” Bringing together artists, designers, architects, ...Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Location: Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue |
To celebrate the launch of three new programs in urban design and urbanism at Parsons, and the separate publication of a seminal new book, ...Read More
May 21 |
Roof Garden Tour. A project of Integrated Design program’s Urban Area of Study Coordinator and Director of the Urban Design program, Victoria Marshall’s, Urban Dyeing class.
Free and open to the public.
Location: 5th Ave (opposite the lobby of 66 ...Read More
May 20 |
Please join us for the Design Strategies Public Dialogue with
Neil Brenner(Professor of Sociology and Metropolitan Studies, New York University, NY) &
Andy Merrifield (Geographer; Marxist Urban Theorist, Lyon, France
on Parallel Urban Ecologies, the second event of the ...Read More
May 16 |
Students in the BS Urban Design program within the School of Design Strategies will present case studies of innovative urban design projects throughout the world.
Location: 25 East 13th Street, between University and Fifth Avenue, 5th floor, room 502. Read More
May 16 |
Ken Millington's class will join with Annette Millington's to explore chiaroscuro and narrative. Classes will create a still of the Third Man, gridded, enlarged on index cards.
Location: 2 W 13th St, 6th floor
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May 16 |
Roundtable fora presented by the Parsons School of Design Strategies on research and creative practice tackles the themes of strategic activism, form and meaning, demographic dynamics, and disruptive systems.
Location: Sheila C. Johnson Design Center Orientation Room ...Read More
May 16 |
Natalia Zubko's class uses color and light to build 3D units that interact with the building's interior space.
Location: 2 W 13th St, Room TBA.
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May 16 |
Derek Haffar's students make wearable drawing devices to make/perform drawings with.
Location: 2 W 13th St, 9th floor Read More
May 14–20 |
A weeklong workshop with ten Belgian and ten Parsons students presenting works in a collaborative design studio setting.
Location: TBA (venues programmed with local organizations). Read More
May 13 |
A panel discussion to showcase a Spring 2011 course project that involved 60 students and 3 professors within the Design and Management program as well as GROW NYC, a New-York-based non-profit organization. Students were asked to create an ...Read More
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May 13 |
With increasing frequency designers are finding themselves in novel contexts addressing unexpected challenges using improvised and invented methods. With an ambition to apply design methods to issues such as the efficient delivery of government services, rethinking infrastructure, disaster ...Read More
May 13 |
Students and faculty from the Integrated Design program’s Fashion Area of Study will present their collaborative and community experiences within the two course sections of the FAoS Core Studio, IDC Network: The Gift
Location: 66 5th Ave., Kellen Auditorium Read More
May 13 and 16 |
Alaiyo Bradshaw's class will hold a drawing/painting marathon accompanied by performers from Jazz.
Location: 2 W 13th St, 6th floor Read More
May 13 |
Wendy Letven will conduct a hand lettering workshop involving narrative and performance. A wall mural and a stop-motion animation will be created. Participants and viewers are welcome.
Location: 2 W 13th St, 9th floor, room 905 Read More
May 13 |
Students in the Transdisciplinary Design Graduate program will be presenting the results of their research and design from this spring 2011 semester during which they sought to understand the design realities of the low income food ecosystems. Working ...Read More
