Good Interventions ’22: An Economic And Strategic Design Exhibition
About Good Interventions ’22 Koray Caliskan What does it mean to make to think? In what ways can design be used as a tool to make sense of the world? How can we describe or reimage our worlds by using design interventions? Good Interventions Exhibition aims at addressing these questions by bringing together the powers of design and social sciences to address questions of power. Social sciences think with concepts. They are intangible, descriptive, relational. Regardless of their methodological, ontological and epistemological assumptions and preferences, social scientists observe and describe, perhaps use visualization a bit, then move on. What…
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Four Students Awarded James Rozanski Memorial Scholarships
Four students from the MS Strategic Design and Management class of 2023 have been awarded a James Rozanski Memorial Scholarship. Scholarship recipients are Christiana Kayode, Madhura Redij, Dhairya Sathvara, and Tamar Sulakvelidze. The award will be applied towards their tuition and fees associated with their degree requirements in the coming academic year. The James Rozanski Memorial Scholarships were established by James’s family in his honor. About James Rozanski James Raymond Rozanski was a graduate of the MS-SDM and part-time faculty in the BBA Strategic Design and Management program at Parsons. He passed away from an unfortunate accident in May 2021….
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Job Opportunity: Graduate Student Assistant, Parsons Executive Education
Parsons Executive Education is seeking two entrepreneurial students for Summer 2022 and onwards to support the team in its day-to-day operations. We encourage any interested graduate student to apply. The two students will work together in a team under the leadership of Mariana Amatullo, Vice Provost for Global Executive Education and Online Strategic Initiatives and Associate Professor of Strategic Design and Management. Apply here: https://careers.newschool.edu/postings/21549
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Job Opportunity: Associate Designer for Visual Design + Impact @ Education Design Lab
Education Design Lab is looking for an Associate Designer for Visual Design + Impact to lead the Lab’s visual design work and help the organization to drive greater impact. Click here to view more about this role and apply for it. ———– About Education Design Lab Education Design Lab (the Lab, for short) is a national nonprofit helping educators and workforce groups respond to the changing needs of both learners and employers. The Lab has partnered with some of the most aspirational institutions, and often their ecosystem partners, as they consider how to design their offerings to serve learners…
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2022 MS Strategic Design & Management Spring Exhibition
The 2022 MS Strategic Design & Management Spring Exhibition is live. You can view the exhibition page here. You can also view current and past IS1 projects and IS2 projects through our blog. The Spring Exhibition features the projects of students from Integrated Studio 1 and Integrated Studio 2.
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Job Opportunity: Design & Research Assistant @ Dalberg Design
Dalberg Design’s New York studio is looking for 2-3 spanish speaking Designers and Researchers who can support their growing pipeline of projects in the US and LATAM. Please note that there are several opportunities that they are hiring for, but have only formally posted this one! If there’s a general interest in working with Dalberg Design in the Americas ———– The role Dalberg Design’s New York studio and Mexico City office are currently partnering with The Nature Conservancy and FINDECA to understand the barriers and needs smallholder producers face when adopting regenerative practices, and identify opportunities for financial products…
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MS SDM Student Coauthors Paper on Innovation in the Public Sector
Alexandra Bekker (SDM’23) Co-Authors “Innovative capacity of governments: A systemic framework”, discussing the guidelines and framework to innovating in the public sector. Read the article here. Abstract Public sector innovation is about finding new and better ways to achieve positive public outcomes. The increased complexity of the challenges faced by governments has made enhancing the innovative capacity of governments and public sector systems an imperative. But for innovative approaches or solutions to create lasting impact, they must be embedded as part of existing systems. In the same way, a public sector’s capacity to innovate depends on whether innovation is…
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Design Seminar: What Is A Thing, Now?
Join us on Wednesday, May 4th, at 4:00 PM for the monthly seminar discussion, hosted by Shruthi Thyagarajan (SDM’23), addressing the following question: What is a Thing, Now? The question will be addressed by Koray Caliskan (Sociologist, SDS), Omri Boehm (Philosopher, NSSR), and Otto van Busch (Design Scholar, SDS). With discussant, Nina Terrey. Zoom Link | Add to calendar Watch previous Monthly Seminar on Design Matters
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May Day Picnic in Prospect Park
We wish you a happy May Day in advance! We hope you can join our NO-WASTE PICNIC to celebrate this day of importance for the solidarity of all good people in the world. This event is open to all MS SDM students, faculty, and alumni. About May Day In October 1884, a convention held by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions (today’s AFL) unanimously set May 1, 1886, as the date by which the eight-hour workday would become standard. They sang their songs and made it happen: Eight hours we’d have for working; eight hours we’d have for play; Eight…
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Mariana Amatullo Discusses “What is Good?”
Mariana Amatullo, Associate Professor at Parsons School of Design and “chief diplomat of social design” converses on German podcast, DDCast. Amatullo discuss topics ranging from humanitarian design to Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s upcoming exhibition “Designing Peace,” an exhibition exploring the role of design in peace. Amatullo also discussed her role in the book Design for Social Innovation
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