To transform one of the largest shantytowns in Latin America, the University of Buenos Aires teamed community members with cutting-edge designers, creating a new model for innovative urban design, participatory processes, and community management. On April 25, join Javier F. Castro and Ariel C. Misuraca, the project’s leaders, for a discussion of this community revitalization [...]
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DESIGN/HISTORY/REVOLUTION: An Interdisciplinary Conference at The New School
The New School presents DESIGN/HISTORY/REVOLUTION, an interdisciplinary conference exploring how design has shaped cultural, political, and scientific upheaval. The conference, which takes place April 27 and 28, will feature an international cohort of scholars of design, history, politics, and art.
New School Students and Faculty Lead Free Sustainability Courses in Union Square Greemarket
The New School and GrowNYC’s Greenmarket present a series of free sustainability classes in the Union Square Greenmarket on April 13, 20, and 28. New School faculty and students will lead half-hour courses focusing on green living, covering topics including urban farming, sustainable housing, biking, food and community-supported agriculture.
Parsons and NYCEDC Host Second Annual Fashion Campus NYC
The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and Parsons The New School for Design present the second annual Fashion Campus NYC, taking place June 15 and 16, 2012, at Parsons.
Public Programming in Art & Design: Spring Update
The New School, including Parsons The New School for Design and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, has announced its April-May art and design public programming.
Parsons Cited as One of NYC’s Economic Innovation Hubs
Parsons The New School for Design is among the design and architecture schools fueling New York City’s creative economy, according to a new report released by the think-tank The Center for an Urban Future. Through interviews and survey responses from over 300 academics, design professionals and entrepreneurs, the report concluded that design and architecture schools [...]
Parsons DESIS Lab Launches Innovative Public Partnership
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), the DESIS Lab (Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability) at Parsons The New School for Design and the Public Policy Lab have announced an innovative new partnership to explore ways to facilitate community engagement in the development of housing-related services in New York City.
Parsons The New School for Design Launches Thesis Work
Parsons The New School for Design has launched Thesis Work, a new website featuring top student work from across its art and design programs. The site gives visitors a glimpse into the range of projects created at Parsons from undergraduate and graduate students in architecture, communication design, design and technology, fashion design, fine arts, illustration, [...]
#searchunderoccupy Exhibition Explores Occupy Wall Street as a Living Archive
The New School presents #searchunderoccupy (March 1 – April 1, 2012), an exhibition at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center that explores the energies of the archival impulse of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) through critical, documentary and performance projects. The public opening reception, on Thursday, March 1, at 6:30 p.m., will feature an interactive OWS [...]
Parsons and Poltrona Frau Announce Second Annual Student Design Competition
The Poltrona Frau Group North America, the world’s leading producer of luxury home furnishings, will partner for a second year with Parsons The New School for Design on a competition for product design students under the direction of faculty member and noted designer Andrea Ruggiero.
