MS SDM Winners: Rotman Design Challenge 2024
Join us congratulate Team Amaze: Aaron Barboza, Angie Sun, Esha Rao, and their peers Mayank Munjal (MS Data Visualization at Parsons) & Zai Thakoor (MFA Product Design at SVA) for their great performance at the Rotman Design Challenge for 2024. We are proud of the great work and performance of MS SDM students and also want to extend an invitation to everyone to participate in future challenges and events.
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Elab Meet-Up with Shahrouz Varshabi
Join us Friday, April 19th, Room 611 Innovation Center from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm! We are excited to announce our special guest, Shahrouz Varshabi, who is a CEO and founder of Designity. Shahrouz is a DT MFA graduate of the year 2014 and a proud Elab Fellow. Designity is a virtual design agency that is revolutionizing the creative industry with on-demand services for businesses. Learn from Shahrouz’s entrepreneurial journey and discover how Designity’s innovative approach, CaaS (Creativity-as-a-Service), is reshaping how businesses access top-notch design solutions. Our Elab Meetups are a vibrant gathering to foster a supportive community around entrepreneurship…
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Elab Meet-Up Ron Rivers SpiritDAO
Are you interested in DAO’s and Blockchain? Join Parsons Elab on Monday April 8th, from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm for a conversation with Ron Rivers! A visionary leader whose efforts aim to catalyze profound change in the world. Ron’s multifaceted endeavors converge at the nexus of spirituality, Web3, AI, political economy, philanthropy, and systemic reformation, all to foster a more equitable, compassionate, and sustainable future for all. The First 10 people to arrive will get a signed copy of his graphic novel! Ron leads initiatives that harness the power of technology, collective wisdom, and conscious evolution. Author of “Self-Actualization…
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Elab Meet-Up Branding Workshop with Vishal Srinivas
Discover the power of branding with Vishal Srinivas, second-year SDM student, at our workshop on Friday, April 5th, from 1 pm to 2 pm at the Innovation Center. Remember to bring your laptop to take advantage of this excellent opportunity to enhance your branding skills and unlock your potential! Our Elab Meetups are vibrant gatherings that foster a supportive community around entrepreneurship right here at the New School! Whether you’re a curious student, an aspiring entrepreneur bursting with ideas, or already running your venture, Elab Meetups is your opportunity to join the entrepreneurial ecosystem. We aim to help you connect,…
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MS SDM Portfolio Series: Portfolio Review by Alumni
Hi everyone. Get ready for the next Portfolio Review. We’ve invited 12 alumni to join us and gather their insights about best practices, industry standards, ideas, and suggestions. Do not hesitate to join even if you’re not ready with your portfolios; observing and carrying takeaways from this session will surely be helpful. 📅 Date: March 22 🕒 Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST 🔗 Join Here: https://lnkd.in/dujtiEaT Please note that this session will not be recorded.
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MS SDM Portfolio Series: Masterclass with Paul Benson
Don’t Miss Out! Join us for a Portfolio Masterclass with Paul Benson. This interactive workshop will equip you with the skills to ideate and craft effective portfolios. 📅 Date: Feb 23 🕒 Time: 12:00 – 1:30 PM EST 🔗 Join Here: https://lnkd.in/d-mYYWsu This is your chance to refine your portfolio and showcase your projects like never before. Whether you’re just starting out or improving your portfolio, there’s something for everyone in this masterclass. See you there!
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Open Call: Good Interventions ’24 Design Competition and Exhibition
Good Interventions is an annual exhibition of intangible design projects that address the pressing issues of our time by bringing together the power of design and social sciences. For its second edition, fifteen projects will be selected to be exhibited. The program is organized by the Parsons School of Design Strategies at the New School. More details Submissions are accepted for individual or group projects through April 15, 2024 at 5 pm EST. Fill out the submission form and send it, with your design, to Ishaanee Pandey ishaaneepandey@newschool.edu. Design Projects can be sent as pdf or ppt or video. If…
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MS-SDM Monthly Seminar Hunting for Whales: Game Design, Advertising, and Material Political Economy
Donald MacKenzie, Professor of Sociology, The University of Edinburgh and Colleen Macklin, Professor of Media Design, Parsons, Thursday, February 8, 12:00- 1:15 A machine-learning feedback loop, operated above all by Facebook/Instagram, is crucial to the app economy. It fine-tunes the advertising of free-to-play games and other apps so as to acquire users with greatest lifetime value, especially “whales” who spend significant sums of money on in-app purchases. However, changes imposed on mobile games and apps by Apple in 2021 have partially broken this loop, sparking a fierce, albeit subterranean, struggle to repair it. Drawing on 106 interviews with practitioners of…
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MS SDM Monthly Seminar Series: How to Make Money in the 21st Century?
A Sociological Discussion + Money Design Sprint November 30, 5 – 7PM EST Location: Starr Foundation Hall, The New School, 63 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003 Or, if you want, follow on zoom. Join us for insightful discussions and the launch of Koray Caliskan’s new book on Cryptocurrencies, their Markets, Communities and Blockchains: Data MONEY. This event is a rare opportunity to explore the evolving landscape of money and its impact on our lives. Dive into the world of cryptocurrencies, economics, and societal changes with a dynamic panel discussion from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM, followed by an…
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MS SDM Monthly Seminar Series: Designing Space as a Market Device
Featuring Dr Liz McFall with Dr Evren Uzer as discussant In Person: 66 5th Ave New York, Room 603 Or Zoom with link here Dr Liz McFall is the Director of Data Civics Program and Chancellor’s Fellow based in the Edinburgh Futures Institute and Sociology at the University of Edinburgh. Serving as the (Founding) Editor in Chief of the Journal of Cultural Economy, she has published extensively on life and health insurance. Her recent research has focused on the emergence of insurtech and data-driven innovations including personalization and self-tracking. She was recently a member of the General Data Ethics expert…
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