Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and fashion designer Marc Jacob pose on the red carpet before the start of the 67th annual Parsons Fashion Benefit, held at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York. (Photo by Samantha Nandez)
PARSONS 2015 Fashion Benefit
A model wearing a look by Xuewei Wang walks down the runway during the annual Parsons Fashion Benefit on May 19. (Photo by Kelly Taub)
Parson School Graduate fashion show 2015
A look by BFA Fashion Design graduate Blair Moore, at the annual Afternoon Show for the Parsons Fashion Benefit at the Jacob K. Javits Center. (Photo by Jonas Gustavsson)
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Fashion icon Donna Karan tries on the designs of the graduating students from the MFA in Fashion Design and Society during the annual exhibition. (Photo by Kasia Broussalian)
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Graduating student work on display during the annual MFA in Fashion Design and Society exhibition, entitled "fourth." (Photo by Matthew Septimus)
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Graduating student work on display during the annual MFA in Fashion Design and Society exhibition, entitled "fourth." (Photo by Matthew Septimus)
Parsons Festival 2015
Throughout the Festival, the Sheila Johnson Design Center showed "Concept: Process," an exhibit featuring culminating works by graduating undergraduate and associate’s degree students from across Parsons’ programs looking at the iterative design process. (Photo by Kasia Broussalian)
Parsons Festival 2015
Throughout the Festival, the Sheila Johnson Design Center showed "Concept: Process," an exhibit featuring culminating works by graduating undergraduate and associate’s degree students from across Parsons’ programs looking at the iterative design process. (Photo by Kasia Broussalian)
Parsons Festival 2015
Throughout the Festival, the Sheila Johnson Design Center showed "Concept: Process," an exhibit featuring culminating works by graduating undergraduate and associate’s degree students from across Parsons’ programs looking at the iterative design process. (Photo by Kasia Broussalian)
Parsons Festival 2015
Throughout the Festival, the Sheila Johnson Design Center showed "Concept: Process," an exhibit featuring culminating works by graduating undergraduate and associate’s degree students from across Parsons’ programs looking at the iterative design process. (Photo by Kasia Broussalian)
Designing Multiplicity
A visitor examines Future Food Hack, a final project in Parsons Design and Technology's Designing Multiplicity. The exhibition presents a selection of dynamic media art and design projects that explore the relationship between humans and technology. (Photo by Kasia Broussalian)
Designing Multiplicity
A final project in Parsons Design and Technology's Designing Multiplicity. The exhibition presents a selection of dynamic media art and design projects that explore the relationship between humans and technology. (Photo by Kasia Broussalian)
Designing Multiplicity
A final project in Parsons Design and Technology's Designing Multiplicity. The exhibition presents a selection of dynamic media art and design projects that explore the relationship between humans and technology. (Photo by Kasia Broussalian)
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A final project in Parsons Design and Technology's Designing Multiplicity. The exhibition presents a selection of dynamic media art and design projects that explore the relationship between humans and technology. (Photo by Matthew Septimus)
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The Parsons Luxury and Craft installation showcased at The New School's Welcome Center throughout the Parsons Festival (Photo by Kasia Broussalian)
Industry City Parsons Festival 2015
Parsons Festival took over Manhattan and Brooklyn this year, with student projects showcased in Industry City as part of WantedDesign and NYCxDesign. (Photo by Kasia Broussalian)
Industry City Parsons Festival 2015
Parsons Festival took over Manhattan and Brooklyn this year, with student projects showcased in Industry City as part of WantedDesign and NYCxDesign. (Photo by Kasia Broussalian)
Industry City Parsons Festival 2015
Parsons Festival took over Manhattan and Brooklyn this year, with student projects showcased in Industry City as part of WantedDesign and NYCxDesign. (Photo by Kasia Broussalian)
Industry City Parsons Festival 2015
Parsons Festival took over Manhattan and Brooklyn this year, with student projects showcased in Industry City as part of WantedDesign and NYCxDesign. (Photo by Kasia Broussalian)
Highbridge Sunset Park
Parsons School of Design joined with New York City Department of Parks & Recreation to create new locker and changing room pavilions at the Sunset Park Recreation Center and Pool in Brooklyn. The changing rooms, featured in the 2015 Parsons Festival, will open in late summer 2015. (Photo by Kasia Broussalian)
Highbridge Sunset Park
Parsons School of Design joined with New York City Department of Parks & Recreation to create new locker and changing room pavilions at the Sunset Park Recreation Center and Pool in Brooklyn. The changing rooms, featured in the 2015 Parsons Festival, will open in late summer 2015. (Photo by Kasia Broussalian)
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Students from the School of Constructed Environment in partnership with ALPI, the world leader in the manufacture of decorative wooden surfaces, designed and fabricated a single, full-scale, interior environment using ALPI reconstituted wood veneer. (Photo by Martin Seck)
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Graduating MFA students in the Fine Arts program showcased their collections and final works at the Kitchen in Chelsea. (Photo by Martin Seck)
#ParsonsFestival 2015: A Photo Recap
Classes have ended, exams are a (sometimes dark) memory from May past, and for 3,470 New Schoolers, the 2015 academic year ended with the toss of a mortar board cap. Just prior to that, however, Parsons School of Design held its annual art and design roundup, where cutting-edge student work was presented across the Parsons community and for the general public. This year, it was larger than ever.
#ParsonsFestival spanned multiple boroughs as students traveled across the East River to showcase their senior theses and projects in the creative beehive of Industry City. Manhattan-side, the Sheila Johnson Design Center and other campus venues, as well as those in Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, and Midtown, also played host to the inventive apps, inspiring artworks, and socially-conscious designs of Parsons grads.
Click through the slideshow above for a recap of this year’s Parsons Festival.