MFA Transdisciplinary Design students recently unveiled Mapping Transdisciplinary Design, a 3D visualization of their field of study installed on the 12th floor of 6 East 16th Street. The domed map, created in a class taught by PATRICIA BEIRNE, is labeled with terms like “Government,” “Nature,” and “Infrastructure” that reflect student interests, skills, and project work. Connecting the terms are lines suggesting interconnections and related practices. Dots labeled with the names of people and entities engaged in transdisciplinary activity—placed and sized according to the relevance of each to the field—surround the domed map, creating a conceptual cosmos. Visitors claimed their places in the transdesign universe by recording their practices on cards and pinning them to the map. According to BEN WINTER, MFA TRANSDISCIPLINARY DESIGN ’12, the map “depicts the world of transdisciplinary design but also projects us into areas we want to research.”