Top Fives in New York – Rhea Alexander

  Here is a list of things to do and see in New York for this week. The list for this week is by Rhea Alexander, Assistant Professor Of Strategic Design And Management.     A Ferry ride to Rockaway beach for an afternoon stroll (cheap and fun).     Enter Gramercy park on Christmas Eve for caroling (free).     Dinner + Movie at Metrograph.      Rooftop bar w sunset views Broken Shaker at Freehand Hotel (no entry fee).     Jazz at Smalls in West Village. 

Pre Order A Design Driven Guide for Entrepreneurs: Strategies for Starting up in a Multiverse

  Developed specifically to help young entrepreneurs who believe in a more just and verdant world venture forth with better ways  of launching an impact-driven company. This friendly, accessible, and practical book includes what it looks like to outline a mission, the core must-knows to keep in mind as you build, how + why to take a systems approach, how + why to integrate design strategies. Filled with methods and tools for hands-on learning, along with some short-form case studies from Parsons ELab entrepreneurs who have used design methods on their journey. Preorder on Amazon or Routledge By Rhea Alexander,…

Top Fives in New York – John Bruce

    Here is a list of things to do and see in New York for this week. The list for this week is by John Bruce, Assistant Professor Of Strategic Design And Management. Visit the E-flux Screening Room on Thursday, November 3rd at 7pm for No Master Territories: Feminist Worldmaking and the Moving Image, a talk by Erika Balsom. Watch Aftersun, a film by Charlotte Wells at the Lincoln Center. Attend the film series Tsai Ming-Liang In Dialogue with Time, Memory, and Self at MoMA through November 13th. Attend the film screening FLAHERTY NYC PRESENTS: let’s all be lichen…

Sebastian Prost: A Long-Term Commitment to Place: Design for Social Innovation in North East England

Top Fives in New York – Cynthia Lawson

    Here is a list of things to do and see in New York for this week. The list for this week is by Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo. Travel by ferry and be reminded that we live across a set of islands. In the summer, take the ferry to a beach! Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge during the “golden hour” (just before sunset.) That transition from sunlight to the lights of the city is just magical! Take the 7 train, from start to finish, and taste a dish at each stop once you’re in Queens. It’s the most ethnically diverse…

Top Fives in New York – Jennifer Rittner

  “Top Five in New York” of this week is by Jennifer Rittner, MS SDM Assistant Professor.   Visit the Seneca Village site in Central Park and learn about the history of the free Black homeowners community that lived there in the mid-19th century (and why it’s no longer there). Explore Harlem by visiting the The Studio Museum in Harlem; and afterward take in lunch or dinner at the Red Rooster or Sylvia’s en route to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Take NJ Transit to Newark to take in the sights and savor the foods of the…

Top Fives in New York – Edward Cardimona

  Starting from October 5, 2022, “Top Five in New York” is a new section from the School of Design Strategies (SDS) community. It is a list of things to do and see in New York. This week’s list is by Edward Cardimona.   Experience the priceless Jose Orozco Murals on the walls of our own The New School, 12th street building. Sip a Manhattan at Ratner’s Back Room, one of the few speak-easy still operating in NYC. Take a behind the scenes tour of the Henry R Luce Center at the Met Museum of Art. Have a spiked cider…

New Initiative: CARELab

  Michele Kahane and Marisa Morán Jahn received an Innovation in Education Fund Grant from the Provost Office to launch a new initiative called CARELab. Through research and education, CARELab is focused on building a care economy and a caring society that supports older adults, their families and caregivers. Using strategic design approaches, students and faculty in CARELab work with communities to identify and devise innovative services, products, programs, housing and organizational models, policies, and communications approaches.  

Top Fives in New York – Koray Caliskan

  “Top Five in New York” is a new section from the School of Design Strategies (SDS) community. It is a list of things to do and see in New York. This week’s list is by Koray Caliskan.   Swing to the tunes of Slavic Soul Party on Tuesdays at Barbès Brooklyn. Take the train from Grand Central to Dia Beacon Museum, see Serras, then continue to Hudson to observe the manners and customs of former Brooklynites. Explore Brooklyn Chinatown and have lunch at Yun Nan Flavour Garden (order #2). Enjoy sunset at Westlights on top of William Vale (order Mezcal Negroni with Dry Vermouth). Be…

DEL in Between: practice sharing in arts and design Higher Education

    What do emerging creatives need to know about artificial intelligence (AI) to be prepared for its increased presence in creative fields? This session focuses on our approach to teaching AI to an interdisciplinary group of creatives at The New School. During this session, we will highlight the dominant themes of this course—history of AI, theories of creativity, emerging design practices, and social justice—that help students to articulate their relationship to AI and prepares them to better-position their future practice.   Panelists include: Jeongki Lim (Assistant Professor of Strategic Design and Management) Andrew Shea (Assistant Professor of Integrated Design)…