Vogue Business Column: From Hermes to Chanel, Why Luxury Brands Connect with Biotechnology Startups?
Angel King (Yu Wang, SDM ’23), Strategic Design & Management Graduate Student, recently co-authored an editorial work with Vogue Business China. This column focuses on the collaboration between luxury brands and bio-fabric startups. The column also mentioned about SDS & School of Fashion Part-Time Faculty – CAROLINA OBREGÓN, and Parsons Textile Design Alumnus Chloe Uyen Tran. “For luxury brands with mature industry chains and product lines, it is not practical to open a separate sustainable material production line, and sustainable material innovation is still in a nascent stage. Therefore, they are more willing to cooperate with sustainable material companies,…
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MS SDM Symposium 2023
We are delighted to invite you to the End of Year MS SDM Symposium which will be held on Friday, May 12, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM at 63 Fifth Avenue, room L 102. A selection of graduating students will share and discuss their capstone projects. Please RSVP here.
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Management and Social Justice Conference 2023
On April 26 – 29, come together with scholars, practitioners, and students from around the globe for invigorating keynotes and interactive panel discussions, workshops, field trips, and networking sessions. Join us in thinking of management and social innovation in terms of larger questions of social justice to create workplaces that are more democratic and inclusive. MS SDM will be represented at conference with two sessions: Thursday, April 27 (9:30 – 11am) Mutualist Models for a Just Economy (Online Dialogue and Workshop) Facilitated by Sara Horowitz, founder of Working Today, Freelancers Union and Trupo. Author, Mutualism: Building the Next Economy…
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Sareeta Amrute (SDS) as Panelist in Digital Cultures & Governance: Perspectives from the Global South
Sareeta Amrute, Associate Professor Of Strategic Design And Management, recently was part of a panel on Digital Governance in the Global South. The recording is now posted. View the recording here About the Event – Digital Governance in the Global South The Global South or the Majority World remains underrepresented and absent in discussions around Artificial Intelligence and data governance that are largely focused in high-income countries in North America and Europe. Yet the impact of AI and the rise of digital infrastructures is likely to disproportionally impact these very communities. This panel will bring diverse perspectives, outline…
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Info Sessions for a New Interdisciplinary Course: CareLab
Introducing CareLab, a new interdisciplinary course offered by Parsons School of Design Strategies starting this fall. Delivered by experts in art and design strategy, join a community of like-minded individuals to reimagine care and impact in communities and organizations around you. Don’t miss the Information sessions! Wednesday, March 8th, 11 – 12pm EST Tuesday, March 21st, 12 – 1pm EST RSVP here Course Description Course schedule: Thursdays, 4-6:40pm EST Faculty: Michele Kahane Evolving social norms, demographic changes, political and racial unrest, and environmental crises have shifted how families, neighbors, workplace colleagues, and diverse citizens engage with and…
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Top Fives in New York – Jonathan Yubi
Here is a list of things to do and see in New York for this week. The list for this week is by Jonathan Yubi, Program Administrator of Strategic Design And Management. Visit The Met Cloisters at Fort Tryon Park and explore medieval art and architecture. It’s “pay what you wish” if you have a NYS ID. Order an Old Fashioned at Prohibition, a jazz club in the UWS. Visit the Bronx Museum of the Arts’ current exhibition “Swagger and Tenderness: The South Bronx Portraits by John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres Take the 1 train to Junction Blvd. order…
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WEISS LECTURE | Design & Solidarity
In their new book, Design & Solidarity, (Columbia University Press), artist Marisa Morán Jahn (Director, Parsons’ Integrated Design Program) and architect Rafi Segal (Director, MIT SMArchS Urbanism Program) explore the power of design, art, and architecture in shaping emergent forms of mutualism, fulfilling their promise of solidarity, and ensuring that these values endure. Join us for a lively conversation with the authors and leading thinkers and designers:
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In the News – Raz Godelnik in the NYT
Raz Godelnik, an Assistant Professor of Strategic Design and Management at the School of Design Strategies, was included in the New York Times article Can Fashion Week’s Trash Problem Be Solved?
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New Opening: Assistant Professor of Business and Design, School of Design Strategies
Interested in Design and Business? We may have a job for you! If you’re working on Design, Business, Finance and/or alternative Financing, Leadership, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Inclusive and/or Sustainable Business Development, Organizational Design, Change Management, Social and/or Sustainable Innovation, New Business Models, Supply Chain Management or the like? TNS seeks candidates whose research or professional/creative practice relates to issues of equity and inclusion, and sustainability within business and design fields while responding to critical challenges, such as the climate crisis and the structures of privilege and power, among others. APPLY HERE
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Top Fives in New York – Sareeta Amrute
Here is a list of things to do and see in New York for this week. The list for this week is by Sareeta Amrute, Associate Professor Of Strategic Design And Management. Head to the Rubin Museum to be inspired by the generous Buddhist vibes and beautiful color palettes. Take the train to the Far Rockaways for a surf lesson at Breakwater or the Locals (all year round!) and then vanquish your hunger at the Rockaway Beach Surf Club (summer only) for most excellent tacos. Treat your favorite baseball fanatic to a Mets game and soak in the spectacle…
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