Keyword Archives: theory

Laying Foundations

“Please remove your shoes before entering the house.” Steven Scribner, M.Arch ’11, makes that polite but determined request of visitors… read more

A Good Showing: Parsons Festival

Campus visitors last May were met with bright yellow decals and posters beckoning them to the inaugural Parsons Festival. The… read more

Andrea Lipps, MA ’08

“Design is everywhere, helping us interface with the world,” says Andrea Lipps. “Objects particularly resonate for me, encapsulating progress, memory,… read more

Connected

Spirits are high at the opening ceremonies of Solar Decathlon 2011, in West Potomac Park on the National Mall. Richard… read more

Paolo Angostinelli
MFA Interior Design ’13

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Emily Sappington
BFA Integrated Design ’11

Parsons’ interior design programs stand apart in their emphasis on human behaviors and perceptions as considerations in the analysis of… read more

Trans-Mapping

MFA Transdisciplinary Design students recently unveiled Mapping Transdisciplinary Design, a 3D visualization of their field of study installed on the… read more

Visitors On Campus

Recent speakers on campus included designer MASSIMO VIGNELLI; artists LAWRENCE MALSTAF, LUIS CAMNITZER, JOHN EWING, CHRISTOPHER ROBBINS; designer MARTIN KALTENBRUNNER;… read more

Afrofuturistic Explorations

Intermedia Initiatives, directed by COCO FUSCO of Parsons’ School of Art, Media, and Technology (AMT), received a grant from the… read more

Designed For Change

Four new graduate programs at Parsons are slated to launch in 2012. Students enrolled in the research-driven MA THEORIES OF… read more

New Faculty Hires

New faculty are bringing research and studio skills to campus. CHRISTOPHER CSIKSZENTMIHÁLYI, distinguished visiting professor of art and design research,… read more

Exhibitions At Parsons

Parsons’ Sheila C. Johnson Design Center presented (RE)COLLECTION (June 16–Sept. 7), an exhibition for which curators SILVIA ROCCIOLO, ERIK STARK,… read more

Black Studies in Art & Design Ed

Last spring, Parsons presented the first international conference assessing the state of Black culture in art and design education. Organized… read more