Parsons The New School For Design / Undergraduate Viewbook 2010

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UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
Found objects collected in Parsons studios
(material samples, tools, reference documents,
process artifacts) and samples of student and
faculty work. Collage by mgmt. design.
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the new school
for design
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
4 Welcome to Parsons
17 Possibilities, Principles, Place: Student Life
37 Projects: Student Work
91 Programs
94 Liberal Arts
97 Art and Design Studies
98 First-Year Options
100 Architectural Design
102 Communication Design
104 Design and Management
106 Design and Technology
108 Environmental Studies
110 Fashion Design
112 Fine Arts
114 Illustration
116 Integrated Design Curriculum
118 Interior Design
120 Photography
122 Product Design
126 Institutional Information
128 Apply
132 Visit Parsons
132 Index of Areas of Study
Why Parsons The New School for Design?
A pioneer in art and design education for more than a century, Parsons is a diverse
community of independent thinkers motivated by the prospect of challenging con-
ventions and finding solutions to complex problems. Critical thinking, collaboration,
reflective practice—these are the skills you’ll develop in the studio, during seminars,
and in discussions with friends at one in the morning.
As a student, you’ll benefit from instruction by some of the most accomplished

artists, designers, architects, photographers, illustrators, scholars, and critics in the
world, and Parsons’ reputation and professional connections are unmatched. Our
alumni rank among the leaders in their fields. Internships provide unique entrée into
professional life, and partnerships with all kinds of organizations, from start-ups and
nonprofits to some of the biggest names in industry, afford a wealth of opportunities
for aspiring designers.
Even as Parsons gives you the tools to achieve professional success, we prepare you
to move beyond current paradigms—to anticipate and set trends, rather than follow
them. We want you to think about how you can improve people’s lives in direct and
fundamental ways. Students arrive with their own interests, perspectives, and expe-
riences, but they graduate with a shared commitment to making the world a more
stimulating, beautiful, and sustainable environment for human life.
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Parsons in The New School
Art. Design. Transformation. Innovation. Action.
Parsons students have gone on to forge new paths, not only in art and design but also
in public policy, business, social science, the humanities, and beyond. That’s because
a Parsons education combines the creative focus of an independent art and design
school with the resources of a large university. Parsons is part of The New School,
an urban university of eight schools, known for social and political consciousness
and pioneering academic programs in the social sciences and humanities, media
studies, the arts, and business. Parsons students have access to a broad liberal arts
curriculum and are encouraged to take courses offered by the other schools within
the university.
What has always distinguished Parsons and The New School from other institutions
of higher learning is a commitment to addressing the most urgent challenges facing
society. At the same time, we’re committed to helping you develop the intellectual
and creative skills that will allow you to succeed in virtually any arena of life.

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Parsons in New York
Your campus is New York City, THE world capital of art, culture, business,
fashion, and intellectual INQUIRY.
A Parsons education isn’t just a series of isolated classes—it’s a fully immersive

learning experience in which the city itself serves as an urban design laboratory.
Our distinguished faculty is a team of accomplished artists, designers, architects,
photographers, and critics that could have been assembled only in a design capital
like New York. Outside the classroom, students have access to internship opportunities
and industry partnerships, which open up many possibilities for entrepreneurship
and professional success.
Situated in the heart of Manhattan, Parsons is a major cultural destination in its own
right, a venue for exhibitions, performances, and lectures by some of the world’s most
celebrated artists and thinkers. In addition to enjoying the resources on campus,
students have access to the galleries, showrooms, and events of New York City, the
nexus of the international art and design worlds. In every respect, Parsons gives
students the opportunity to excel at the center of it all.
The main campus is located downtown in Greenwich Village, a residential

neighborhood near many art and design studios and multimedia companies. Fashion
Design is in the Fashion District, amid the showrooms of leading designers and
manufacturers. Wherever you study, you are just steps away from the streets of New
York, the living history of design, and the Next Big Thing.

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Parsons in the World
Based in New York; active across the globe
At Parsons, we believe that artists and designers have the means—and the
responsibility—to bring about positive change in the world. Throughout the school,
students develop design solutions to meet the needs of diverse communities on the
local and the global scale. They work in a learning environment where cross-cultural
perspectives are valued and nurtured and where awareness of economic and social
systems is understood as essential in the context of globalization.
An international outlook has always been a key ingredient of Parsons’ success.

In 1920, Parsons became the first art and design school in the United States to
establish a campus abroad. Today more than one third of Parsons students are
international — a testament to our global reputation. While benefiting from the
constant influx of international perspectives in New York, you can also expand
your horizons by studying abroad at top art and design schools throughout
the world. We have a growing network of exchange partners, with whom you can
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apply to study for a semester or a year. One of the most popular options is study at
our affiliatedTOKYO
school, Parsons Paris. Parsons also has exchange relationships with
top schools in Scotland, India, Germany, Australia, and East Asia. In addition, we
offer a changing menu of intensive short courses abroad led by Parsons faculty.
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welcome
A Message from the Dean
This is an opportune time to study at Parsons and The New School. The world
is being designed and redesigned at a dizzying pace, creating complex and
rapidly changing landscapes of opportunity for artists and designers whose
skills, creativity, and perseverance define them as critical thinkers and problem
solvers. Designers are uniquely trained and well positioned to engage with the
most challenging issues of our time, and design thinking is increasingly being
recognized as a core literacy in the 21st century. The ability to creatively assess,
reposition, imagine, and propose innovative designs for the world we inhabit
and leave to future generations is essential for new thinking about sustainability,
mobility, communication, dwelling, and cities to emerge.
At Parsons, we expand the frontiers of design, addressing needs at scales

ranging from the individual to communities across the globe. Whether you are
interested in digital design or fashion design, the narrative arc or the visual and
sensual world, the design of the everyday or the sustainable transformation
of large, complex systems, at Parsons you will find a home and a challenge.
Parsons’ five schools—Art, Media and Technology; Fashion; Constructed
Environments; Art and Design History and Theory; and Design Strategies—are
characterized by disciplinary strength and cross-disciplinary innovation. Our
programs span the range of contemporary art and design practices as well as
new interdisciplinary pathways, and degrees in areas like environmental
studies, urban design, and media. And as part of The New School, Parsons
offers a diverse and comprehensive education at the intersection of design, the
liberal arts, the social sciences, performance, management, and urban policy.
Every day I am inspired by Parsons’ remarkable faculty and students. Witnessing

their many accomplishments constantly renews and deepens our commitment
to design education and research. In the following pages, you will learn more
about the school. I hope you will join us.
Joel Towers, Dean
(facing page) Dorin Levy, Migration, paper and fishing wire, Fine Art
History
Parsons and The New School: A Long History of Radical Pedagogy
Parsons’ tradition of supporting radical thinking in the academy goes back to 1896,
when the painter William Merritt Chase founded the school to promote freer forms
of individual expression. In 1904, Frank Alvah Parsons joined Chase, and under his
leadership, the school introduced design into its curriculum. By emphasizing the
democratizing potential of design and making it available on a broad scale,
Parsons has had a profound impact on American life.
As Parsons was becoming a revolutionary force in art and design education, another
school was launched in the name of social dissent and democracy. Established in
1919, The New School was conceived as a place where artists and intellectuals could
freely exchange ideas. In 1933, a University in Exile was created within The New
School as a haven for scholars and artists forced to leave Europe.
The next decades saw the two schools become more closely aligned in mission.
As The New School established a reputation for addressing major cultural and political
issues, Parsons began working on urban design projects such as hospitals and public
housing. In 1970, Parsons became part of The New School, an institution that has since
grown into a university of eight schools. Our shared history has been a continuous
narrative of transformation and civic engagement.
Notable Alumni Through the Decades: A Timeline for Innovation
1900 s Edward Hopper painter 1980 s Dan Yaccarino illustrator

Norman Rockwell illustrator Alex Lee product designer and president of OXO
1910 s Eleanor McMillen Brown interior designer Victoria Hagan interior designer
1920 s Adrian and Claire McCardell costume designers Isaac Mizrahi, Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs,
and Narciso Rodriguez fashion designers
1930 s Van Day Truex interior designer and Tiffany & Co.
design director 1990 s Sheila Bridges interior designer
Paul Rand graphic designer Sue de Beer and Brian Tolle artists
1940 s Albert Hadley and Mario Buatta David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim
interior designers toy designers
Jasper Johns painter Peter Som, Behnaz Sarafpour, and Derek Lam
fashion designers
1960 s Joel Schumacher filmmaker
2000 s Ryan McGinley photographer
Michael Donovan graphic designer
Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough of
Barbara Kruger artist and graphic designer
Proenza Schouler fashion designers
Donna Karan fashion designer
Jeff Ng brand, marketing, and fashion entrepreneur
1970 s Steven Meisel photographer
Nina Chanel Abney painter
Jamie Drake interior designer
Alexander Wang fashion designer
Anna Sui fashion designer
Carly Yates product designer and interior designer
Peter de Sève illustrator
Bridget de Socio brand strategist

POSSIBILITIES,
PRINCIPLES, PLACE
MEETING WITH NEW YORK CITY
COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Gain valuable industry experience
working on sponsored projects with
local companies and organizations.
INVITATION TO
EXHIBITION OPENING
FINE ART LECTURE SERIES FLYER
Exhibit your work at
Interact with the prominent
high-profile venues.
artists and designers who
are your guest lecturers and
visiting critics.
INTERNSHIP PLACEMENT
Build your resume
working directly with
designers and clients.
STUDENT RUN NEWSPAPER

Participate in extra-curricular
activities like media and 
journalism projects.
Possibilities: Collaborations
Interdisciplinary projects and courses at Parsons underscore expanding
conceptions of art and design practice in the 21st century. With advances in
methodologies, communications channels, and technologies, these collaborative
initiatives keep Parsons at the forefront of art and design innovation.
Parsons faculty members encourage the exchange of ideas across fields. Students
are encouraged to take courses in other scholarly and creative disciplines.
Urban Mapping Project
Installing New York, New York, New York
Site: Flux Factory, an art and

performance space in Queens, New York.
Condition: Students were invited to

participate in the creation of New York,
New York, New York, an interactive
multimedia installation inspired by the
Panorama, the scale model of New York
City made for the 1964 World’s Fair, now
in the Queens Museum of Art.
Outcome: Students participated in

a large collaborative urban landscape
mapping project that reimagined the
public and private spaces of New York
and explored the architectural and
conceptual elements of everyday space.
Parsons Team: Cluster8, a team of

first-year Foundation students.
Partners: Flux Factory art collective;

more than 100 artists from all five
boroughs of New York City and around
the world.
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Possibilities: External Partnerships
As a student at Parsons, you have opportunities to work with corporate and nonprofit
organizations to deliver design solutions to real challenges. We partner with more
than 50 organizations, like Target, Kiehl’s, CARE, Chanel, Fossil, and the Sierra Club.
We consistently attract such leading industry partners because our students provide
exceptional results. While our partners benefit from your fresh ideas and design skills,
you gain professional exposure, build your portfolio, and enjoy networking opportu-
nities through sponsored projects that are often built into your classwork.
Many projects involve students from two or more design disciplines working together.
The process is similar to the kinds of collaboration you’ll experience after graduation.
Project models range from intensive three-day sessions to four-week competitions
to multi-semester courses. Your work is supervised by faculty mentors who hold key
positions in the art, technology, and design worlds.
Luxury Education
Foundation
Presenting marketing and product

concepts to executives in the luxury
goods industry
Condition: The Luxury Education

Foundation sponsored an innovative
interdisciplinary course to act as an
incubator for new ideas for participating
companies.
Outcome: Students had a rare

opportunity to interact with top
executives in the industry and
learn about business strategy and
product development from the
inside. Projects included strategies
to increase brand visibility for
Faber-Castell, products to promote
Saks Fifth Avenue’s new logo,
product concepts for Lladró, fragrance
concepts for LVMH Perfumes and
Cosmetics, and “Chanel 2012,” a strategy
for the luxury market.
Parsons Team: Students from

Design and Management, Integrated
Design Curriculum, Communication
Design, Product Design, and AAS
Fashion Marketing.
Partners: Columbia University graduate

business students; executives from
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participating companies.
ReImagining the Chair
The installation at Design Within Reach
Challenge: To produce individual

renditions of a design icon—the Bellini
Chair by Heller—as part of a semester-long
project, Reimagining the Chair. Students
began with an idea on paper and finished
by fabricating a full-scale prototype.
Outcome: An installation of the

reinterpreted chairs was featured in
an exhibition and reception at Design
Within Reach’s New York flagship.
Parsons Team: Illustration students

from the Beyond Editorial class.
Partners: Design Within Reach; Heller.
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Principles: Social Responsibility and Global Civic Engagement
Design with a cause
The New School was founded on the premise that social responsibility and civic
engagement are fundamental to intellectual inquiry. This progressive spirit animates
Parsons and The New School as a whole. In line with that tradition, Parsons students
connect their creative practice with the highest ideals of engaged citizenship, bring-
ing social and environmental awareness to the works they create.
urban interventions
Conducting on-site research for the

Urban Interventions course
Site: Lower Garden District,

New Orleans.
Challenge: To develop a mixed-income,

mixed-use development in a district
beside the Mississippi River that suffered
a substantial loss of affordable housing
in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Outcome: After a semester of intensive

research and analysis of the site—its
demographics, transportation systems,
and building locations—students devel-
oped an innovative and financially viable
solution for community development.
Their proposal was chosen as a finalist
in a nationwide competition in which
the winning team receives a $25,000
donation by JPMorgan Chase to put
toward implementation.
Parsons Team: Students from

Integrated Design Curriculum,
Architecture, and Interior Design.
Partners: Volunteers for America;

students from Milano The New School
for Management and Urban Policy.
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care
A preliminary site visit
Site: Guatemala.
Challenge: To work with a group

of Mayan weavers developing a sustain-
able business enterprise to facilitate the
sale of artisanal textiles in local and
global markets.
Outcome: Fourteen students spent

the month of June in Guatemala taking
part in workshops and assessing the
feasibility of the project.
Parsons Team: Students and faculty

from Integrated Design Curriculum,
Fashion Design, Design and Manage-
ment, Graphic Design, AAS Fashion
Design, and AAS Fashion Marketing.
Partners: Students and faculty from

the graduate program in International
Affairs; the international humanitarian
organization CARE; an association of
female artisans in Guatemala.
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Principles: Sustainability
Making meaningful and sustainable contributions to contemporary societies
The New School’s unique position at the nexus of art, design, social science, and
public policy offers the optimal learning environment for those interested in connect-
ing their art and design practice to the urgent need to develop sustainable human
environments.
Our environment is the New York metropolitan area. There are many opportunities
to work with towns, cities, states, nongovernmental groups, corporations, universi-
ties, and other organizations. Strong community and industry partnerships help you
build the skills and knowledge to become an active and informed citizen as well as a
successful artist, designer, or scholar.
sustainable design review
Finalist projects by Parsons students Isa

Wong (top) and Karl Alex Bulloch, Jen
Mutrux, and Marie Clare Bush (bottom)
Challenge: To develop packaging that

encourages ecologically responsible
consumption as part of the Sustainable
Design Review, an annual student-run
competition.
Outcome: A jury of sustainable design

advocates helped narrow down the sub-
missions to five finalists. Kiehl’s plans to
explore employing the winning designs
in stores nationwide.
Project Team: The competition is open

to all New School students and is hosted
by the Design and Management program.
Partner: Kiehl’s.
www.newschool.edu/sdr
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Design workshop:
Margaretville Project
Constructing the new Margaretville

Pavilion as part of the Design Workshop
Site: Margaretville, in upstate New York.
Challenge: For 50 years, the Margaretville

Pavilion has served as a vital community
symbol and gathering place, hosting
festivals and other events. When the
village suffered extreme flooding, the
structure decayed and was rendered
unstable. Students were mobilized to
redesign the pavilion and propose other
designs to revitalize the town.
Outcome: As part of Parsons’ unique

design-build program, the Design
Workshop, students designed and
constructed a 5,000-square-foot pavilion
that has become an iconic centerpiece to
the town’s revitalization efforts. Designs
were also proposed for new public seat-
ing, a bus depot, vendor kiosks, and a
riverside pathway for erosion control.
Parsons Team: Students from Architec-

ture, Interior Design, Lighting Design,
and Product Design.
Partners: CICS and M-ARK Project,

two local nonprofits that raised funds to
initiate revitalization efforts.
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Possibilities: Studio-based Research
An innovator in art and design education, Parsons is both a research institution and
a renowned teaching school. Our faculty is made up of writers, critics, historians,
scholars, and practitioners with exceptional accomplishments and an extraordinary
breadth of vision. Our growing research profile is evident in the achievements of
our students as well. Over the last few years, Parsons students have been awarded
prestigious Fulbright fellowships to complete research projects in China, Cyprus,
Iceland, Greece, the Philippines, and Malaysia.
Parsons is also taking the lead in shaping scholarship through applied, studio-based
research. Here, you participate in projects that transcend traditional research paradigms
and examine the relationship between theory and practice. Collaborating closely with
faculty, you work with emerging technologies and pioneer research methods, helping
to shape social, cultural, and economic systems in areas ranging from entertainment
and interface design to sustainability and urban community development.
Petlab
Open House, a sustainability game
Site: Philip Johnson’s Glass House in

Connecticut, an icon of midcentury
modern style.
Condition: Parsons received a $450,000

grant from the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation to launch PETLab
(Prototyping, Evaluation, Teaching and
Learning Lab), the first public-interest
game design and research laboratory
for interactive media. In its first year,
PETLab worked with Microsoft’s Xbox
development platform and MTV’s
Think.MTV.com youth-focused online
activist community designing learning
tools and digital games that explore
social issues.
Parsons Team: Students and faculty

from Communication Design, Design
and Technology, and Foundation.
Partners: The nonprofit organization

Games for Change; Microsoft; MTV.
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Baris Gokturk
Alumnus
fine arts
A native of Turkey, Baris Gokturk describes his experience at Parsons as
“cosmopolitan and international. I not only met people from all over the
world but also worked with them in my classes.” Baris explored a number
of areas of design before deciding that fine arts is his true passion. He
says, “The faculty was so supportive when I switched from Illustration
to Integrated Design Curriculum and then to Fine Arts. By allowing me
to try different fields, they helped me realize that what I really want to do
is paint.”
Today painting is exactly what Baris does. For his junior-year intern-
ship, a standard part of the Fine Arts program, Baris worked with
sculptor Jeanne Silverthorne. He currently works with painter Fabian
Marcaccio while studying for his MFA in painting. “I am working on a
series of paintings about the intangibility of information versus
knowledge. In my paintings, I work with sets of words whose meaning
is becoming more and more ambiguous because of overuse and deliber-
ate political misuse.” Baris uses images, found mainly through Google,
to create collages representing “reconsidered meanings” of the words.
“I aim for a chewed-up, worn-off pictorial zone” in which “the mean-
ing is stripped off the word, the image is stripped of meaning, painting
is stripped of painting, and so on. This way, every aspect of the work
becomes paradoxical yet its raison d’etre becomes meaningful.”
Possibilities: Career Services
Throughout your education, you’re encouraged to gain real-world experience and
build your résumé through internships. More than 2,000 employers contact Parsons
every year to recruit graduates for their companies. The Office of Career Services
helps you develop the skills, confidence, and industry contacts to succeed and will
continue to match you with employers throughout your career.
We offer Parsons Grads: Where are they now?
–Twice-yearly on-campus internship Aero interior designer Lincoln Center

fairs with representatives from more Anne Klein product designer senior art director
than 50 high-profile companies L’Oréal packaging designer
Atlantic Records
–On-campus recruiting events video producer Michael Kors
Aveda visual merchandiser senior menswear designer
–A comprehensive job board with
more than 3,000 internship postings Barneys retail planner MTV art director
each year Nickelodeon
Bergdorf Goodman
assistant buyer director of animation
–Employer and alumni panels
Bloomingdale’s Ogilvy & Mather
–Workshops on résumé writing,
merchandise analyst storyboard artist
portfolio development, and
professional networking Calvin Klein Oscar de la Renta
product development manager creative manager
Dassault Falcon Jet Polo Ralph Lauren

aircraft interior designer autocad designer
The Disney Corporation art director R/GA interactive designer
Dreamworks Rag & Bone

character technical director production assistant
Entertainment Weekly Razorfish

creative director information architect
Ermenegildo Zegna Rockwell Group

sales coordinator assistant interior designer
Estée Lauder Inc. Saks Fifth Avenue buyer

executive design director Sephora graphic designer
Fox and Fowle Scholastic art director
assistant interior designer Sesame Street art director
Fresh Cosmetics Smith-Miller + Hawkinson architect
owner and co-founder
Sony Music graphic designer
Gap Inc.
Sotheby’s senior designer
associate intimates designer
Starwood Hotels
Giorgio Armani
furniture designer
merchandising coordinator
Steve Madden shoe designer
Givenchy marketing assistant
Pretty Ugly (Uglydolls)
Gluckman Mayner architect
principals and toy designers
HarperCollins book designer
United Nations Web designer
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Place: Academic Resources
The Office of Advising provides general academic support services to students, who
receive assistance in developing good study habits and skills, managing their time,
and choosing a major. Program advisors serve as a primary resource for informa-
tion on program requirements and academic progress, registration, course approval,
and program policies and practices. Advisors also refer students to other services at
the university.
In addition to the facilities and services at specific academic programs, Parsons

and The New School offer resources for all students that provide optimal conditions
for learning.
Technology Libraries
–Students have access to more than 1,000 –At the Donghia Materials Library, students
computer workstations on campus; the print can review and check out the newest, most
output center, which offers high-quality advanced materials.
color printing; and specialized labs with
–The Gimbel Art and Design Library houses more
professional video, modeling, animation, and
than 50,000 new and rare books, 350 periodical
recording facilities.
titles, 70,000 slides, and 45,000 picture files,
–Special classrooms support multimedia, including mounted plates, slide collections, and
Web design, and desktop publishing. a digital image collection with online access.
–Free wireless Internet is available –The Kellen Archive is an extensive collection

across campus. of materials relating to the history of art and
design, with a focus on Parsons’ role in the
–Audiovisual equipment is available for loan.
development of design and design education.
Exhibition and Studio Facilities
–The New School’s Fogelman Library, specializing
–The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center is a new in the social sciences and humanities, contains
campus center for Parsons that combines 3 million books and 25,000 journals.
spaces for learning and public programs with
–Parsons students have access to the facilities
galleries at the intersection of Fifth Avenue
of the Research Library Association of South
and 13th Street.
Manhattan, a consortium that includes the
–The Aronson and Kellen galleries comprise more libraries of New York University, the Cooper
than 6,000 square feet of street-level gallery Union, the New York Academy of Art, and the
space. Rotating exhibitions feature work by New-York Historical Society.
outside artists and designers, Parsons faculty,
and Parsons students.
–Students have access to extensive studio

facilities and professionally staffed model,
fabrication, and print shops, including metal-
working, jewelry, and woodworking facilities.
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Place: Student Services
A professional and helpful staff is available to meet a range of needs, offering health
care, housing advice, and other services. www.newschool.edu/studentservices
Housing and Dining Services
At Parsons, you live and study as part of a diverse community in a dynamic city.
University residence halls in the Greenwich Village and Wall Street areas are a secure
and supportive environment that can ease the transition from home to college and
from culture to culture. All undergraduate residences come fully furnished, and each
is staffed with a professional residence hall director and student resident assistants.
In addition to providing 24-hour security coverage, our staff is available and trained
to handle emergencies. The Housing Office also provides listings of apartments
and a comprehensive off-campus housing guide. We strongly encourage students
unfamiliar with New York City, particularly first-time freshmen, to take advantage of
student housing.
Parsons and The New School have several on-campus catering outlets, offering a
range of hot and cold food and drinks. Most resident students are automatically
enrolled in a meal plan.
Health Services
Student Health Services offers students medical care, counseling and psychological
services, preventive education, and a low-cost health insurance plan.
Student Development and Activities
At any given time, students at the university are involved in a variety of activities,
ranging from publications to clubs to athletics to political activism. Many extra-
curricular organizations are student run. Students are the source of the school’s
energy, spirit, and momentum as well as the impetus for evolution and change.
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Disability Services
Parsons and The New School are committed to ensuring that students with special
needs have full access to academic and programmatic services. Students are
encouraged to meet with the Student Disability Office to discuss their needs and
available services. The office also offers information on a variety of disability-related
issues and on internal and external resources.
International Student Services
International Student Services serves the special needs of international students and
helps create a supportive environment for living and studying, encouraging them to
actively participate in classes, extracurricular activities, and life in New York City.
Trained international education specialists provide support throughout the U.S. visa
application process and offer legal status advisement.
Intercultural Support
The Office of Intercultural Support works with students of diverse backgrounds to

build community at The New School. The office offers individual counseling services
and sponsors events and workshops to promote intercultural awareness.
Writing Center
The university’s Writing Center helps students become better writers through individual
tutoring sessions. Students meet with tutors to brainstorm ideas for papers, discuss
ways to approach and organize assignments, and develop rough drafts. There are
two types of tutors: generalist tutors, who work with all students, and specialists, who
work primarily with international students whose first language is not English.
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Place: Exhibitions
Parsons is a leading venue for contemporary art and design. Exhibitions relating
to your coursework enhance your critical, theoretical, and historical understanding
of art and design.
Our galleries are scheduled year-round with exhibitions of work by outside artists
and designers, Parsons faculty, and Parsons students. Parsons has two main street-
level museum-quality exhibition spaces measuring more than 6,000 square feet:
the Kellen Gallery and the Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries. Exhibitions may be
curated by university staff and faculty or part of national and international traveling
exhibitions. When used as a venue for student work, the galleries allow you to obtain
construction, installation, and presentation experience in a high-profile exhibition
setting. In the spring, departments exhibit the work of their graduating students.
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STUDENT LIFE 35
Place: Special Events and Public Programs
Parsons and The New School have historically been centers for innovative thinking
and artistic experimentation. The tradition continues today, with prominent
intellectuals, designers, artists, business leaders, and policy makers regularly
visiting the campus to lecture and take part in panels and conferences. Many New
York based artists welcome studio visits from our students. Other university events
include regular concerts, dance performances, plays, film screenings, and literary
readings. Most events are free or discounted for students. For more information, visit
www.newschool.edu/eventlist.
The Vera List Center for Art and Politics embodies Recent guest lecturers and
The New School’s historic commitment to the visiting artists
arts and is dedicated to nurturing scholarship
Lorna Simpson artist and photographer
as a resource and basis for policy making and
Frank Gehry architect
civic engagement. This institute is a venue for
Kiki Smith artist
public discourse on the role of the arts in relation
Marc Jacobs fashion designer
to the sociopolitical climate in which they are
Chuck Close painter
created. The center regularly convenes artists,
Roselee Goldberg performance art curator and critic
scholars, activists, public intellectuals, and
Marilyn Minter painter
political and cultural leaders to address topics
Bruce Mau graphic designer
of broad resonance.
Michael Graves architect and product designer
Donna Karan fashion designer
Robert Massin graphic artist
Phoebe Washburn installation artist
Fatimah Tuggar artist
John Maeda graphic designer and computer scientist
Ed Koren illustrator
Ed Sorel illustrator
Ken Johnson critic
Lynne Cook curator
Katha Pollitt
poet and columnist for The Nation
Bruce Nussbaum
Businessweek editor
Zach Feuer gallery owner
Becky Smith gallery owner
Hans-Ulrich Obrist curator
Nancy Princenthal critic
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PROJECTS
WEB-BASED GAME
Design objects and systems that
integrate theory, experimentation,
and hands-on production.
BLOG POST FROM WIRELESS TOY DESIGN CLASS

Collaborate on projects that incorporate
emerging technologies from multiple fields.
VIDEO INTERVIEW FOR CASE STUDY

Invent your own research methods,
SOUND FILE FOR BROADCAST DESIGN CLASS take risks, and make new discoveries.
Work fluidly across media to create innovative,
accessible ways of communicating information.
RESEARCH FOR INFORMATION

DESIGN CLASS PROJECT
Learn to think critically about
your relationship to the society
in which you live.
Yosara Gonzalez, Things We Said, mixed- Ashley Burke, Wound Up, animation still using
media installation, Fine Art After Effects, Design and Technology
Grant Willing, Wendy’s, c-print, Photography
PROJECTS 39
Sara Choi, toy model, Bobae Lee, layered knit sweater and wool
Product Design pants, Fashion Design
40 PROJECTS
Kevin Jean, new concepts for
the Museum Watch for Movado,
digital rendering, Product Design
PROJECTS 41
Stephanie Suberville, organza and Yoon Jeong Gee, linen suit and graphic
leather dress, Fashion Design T-shirt, Fashion Design
42 PROJECTS
Tara Kelton, Outsource, photographs
of sign painters in India hand-
rendering letters typed at Parsons,
Communication Design
PROJECTS 43
Anna Skladmann, Untitled,
c-print, Photography
44 PROJECTS
Aron Han, full-scale flat pack shelving
prototype, plywood, Product Design
PROJECTS 45
Nyna Mezan, Hegelian Onions, onion skins
and thread, Fine Art
46 PROJECTS
George Pitts
Chair
photography
George Pitts is an award-winning photography director, painter, and
essayist and a renowned teacher whose work spans the fine art, commercial,
and fashion worlds. Pitts has been a Parsons faculty member since 1998
and will become chair of the Photography Department this year.
In addition to teaching at Parsons, Pitts has held a number of
prominent positions, including director of photography at Vibe magazine,
where he received three National Magazine Award nominations for Best
Photography. Of his work at Vibe he says, “It was an important job because
it brought unprecedented visibility to my contributions as a photo editor.
We endeavored to bring sophisticated and authentic visual approaches
to the documentation of African-American culture that would also have
broad appeal for all Americans and readers throughout the world.”
Whether teaching, photo editing, writing, or making images, Pitts
consistently demonstrates a keen aesthetic sense and the ability to work
graciously with people of all backgrounds. As the incoming chair, Pitts
will uphold the high standards of the department.
Keiko Kojima, Untitled, film stills, Design Megan Hunt, Untitled, print, Photography
and Technology
Chad Halstead, Untitled, oil on canvas,
Fine Art
PROJECTS 49
Hae-Jeong Choi, TerraBites, vending cart Markus Bradley, Table, mixed-media
developed in collaboration with New installation with plywood, floodlights,
York City Greenmarket, Product Design wheatgrass, electrical wire, and switch,
Fine Art
Emily Mak, Public Bathhouse, wood
architectural model, Architecture
50 PROJECTS
Austin Power, Untitled, oil on canvas, Martina Gustavsson, Missing, fabric, and
Fine Art cardboard, Illustration
PROJECTS 51
Christian John, clock, Product Design JB Chae, Color Therapy for Children, design
for toy blocks, Communication Design
Carissa Lo, YoCoDo, sex-education
game for teenaged girls developed in
collaboration with Vibe Theater
Experience, Product Design
52 PROJECTS
Martina Sencakova and
Amanda Toles
Seniors
interior design
“Martina and I have always had similar ideas about design and
aesthetics,” Amanda Toles says of Martina Sencakova, with whom she
collaborated on a thesis project. Martina agrees, adding, “Working with
Amanda was easier than working by myself. Every time I would come to a
halt, she would bring the project into focus, allowing it to move forward.”
Martina and Amanda redesigned The New School’s building at 25
East 13th Street applying principles of sustainability. “Our focus was
on increasing natural light and ventilation. We did so by ‘carving’ two
light wells into the building that could change depending on weather
conditions. In moderate weather, the interior skin of the space would
open, allowing complete natural airflow, while in winter the space acts
as a buffer between exterior and interior conditions. The spaces also
brought natural light deep into the building through reflective surfaces.”
Although both students describe the curriculum as “intense,” they
would not trade their experience at Parsons for any other. Martina says,
“You learn so much more than technical skills. I have become more
responsible, organized, and willing to go beyond the expected, and
because of the small classes, the relationships you establish are truly one
of a kind.” Amanda adds, “The workload is intense, but if you manage
your time, it is completely doable. I learned how to think through a
problem, apply myself creatively, and work efficiently.”
Heejin Moon, fashion concepts drawing, Claudia Garay Guerra, Rooftop Arboretum,
Fashion Design East Village NYC, mixed-media
architectural model, Architecture
Tito Jimenez, More, media installation,
Design and Technology
PROJECTS 55
Rosa Chae, Stephanie Chao, Sunny Eun,
Byron Kalet, Kayoung Lim, Mark Miner,
Maria Wan, Sean Kim (with Cecilia Dean,
Greg Foley, Donald Hearn), CDT100
Commemorative Kit, set of ‘puzzle cards’
inspired by the Parsons archives, tools
to complete each card, and collectible
Parsons stamps; Communication Design
56 PROJECTS
Takuji Koide, Virus,
PROJECTS 57
COMMUNICATION
DESIGN
Byron Kalet, The Journal of Popular Noise, Nobuhiro Matsui, William Shakespeare,
package design, Communication Design time line depicting Shakespeare’s coinage
of English words, Communication Design
Jack Lai, Butterfly Gathering, Autodesk Maya
animation still, Design and Technology
58 PROJECTS
Hyun Joo Lee, thesis collection,
Fashion Design
PROJECTS 59
Hee Yeon Kim, Artist’s Residence, Lindsey Ruben, Desk System, plywood,
digital rendering, Interior Design Integrated Design Curriculum
Caroline Pham, Supra Functional, sterling

silver forks and ceramic bowls and cups,
Integrated Design Curriculum
60 PROJECTS
Devin McGrath, Confessions of a Music Austin Power, Kristine, watercolor on
Snob, Illustration paper, Fine Arts
PROJECTS 61
Furniture Seminar project (instructor Don Brodie, Untitled, c-print, Photography
Alfred Zollinger), full-scale installation
at 2007 International Contemporary
Furniture Fair, Interior Design
62 PROJECTS
Miki Nagao, Currency,
PROJECTS 63
Lindsay Podd, plush and vinyl toy,
Illustration
64 PROJECTS
Chad Halstead, Untitled, Kiyo Watanabe, PureTAP, collapsible
oil on canvas, Fine Art water bottle designed to support
the Catskill/Delaware watershed,
Product Design
PROJECTS 65
Cat Lauigan, White Pepper Paul Chan, East Harlem IKEA hotel,
Child, graphite and color pencil architectural model, Architecture
on paper, Illustration
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Michael Hoefler
Senior
product design
Michael Hoefler’s interests range from painting to jewelry making.
He says, “I came to Parsons as a Fine Arts student because it is known
not only for design but for social responsibility as well. I switched to
Product Design because it is anti-elitist. The things we design are useful
to everyone.”
Michael’s thesis project, bounce Baby Sign Products, reflects
both his commitment to social responsibility and his knowledge of
product design. The project has special personal significance for
Michael, the son of deaf parents. He explains, “Many deaf children have
hearing parents who only know how to communicate orally. Parents
don’t learn sign language because it is foreign and they are given only an
institutional approach to it. I wanted to take everyday necessities and
toys, such as baby blankets and building blocks, and add American Sign
Language and illustrations to them to introduce sign language to
parents and to give both hearing and nonhearing children a method of
preverbal communication.”
Kelvin Lin, Beneath the Composition: Ohal Wofford, Untitled, digital print,
defining the value of creativity in Design and Technology
the music industry, case study, Design
and Management Grace Doherty, Juice, silver albumen
print, Photography
PROJECTS 69
Julia Chesky, Untitled, Canon 1Ds digital
file, Photography
70 PROJECTS
Stephanie Max, Pile, construction paper
collage, Fine Art
PROJECTS 71
Yosara Gonzales, Womb, plastic and
thread, Fine Art
72 PROJECTS
Rebecca Stern, Holon A., mixed-media Fernando Ibarra, Untitled, c-print, Photography
installation, Design and Technology
PROJECTS 73
Ji Kim, exhibition installation for Julie Puaux, Water Taxi Terminal,
Stella Kim clothing label, Integrated architectural model, Architecture
Design Curriculum
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Justin Shoji
Alumnus
design and management
For Justin Shoji, the Design and Management program was ideal,
offering him “fluency in both the business and fashion worlds. I can
crunch numbers and analyze spreadsheets, and I also appreciate
creativity and design concepts.” Although Justin developed many of
these skills in the classroom, his experiences as an intern proved equally
important in helping him choose a career.
As a freshman and sophomore, Justin interned at Fashion File TV,
where he worked on broadcasts of events during New York Fashion
Week. He also explored the world of event planning as an intern at Mark
Stephen Enterprises. But Justin’s favorite internship, arranged with help
from Parsons instructor Steve Lindner, was at Diesel. There he joined
the women’s wholesale group and “gained incomparable hands-on
experience. I was able to assist in appointments with buyers and attend
trade shows. There’s nothing better than seeing firsthand how things
operate.” After graduating, Justin parlayed this internship into a
full-time job, and today he is happily employed as a customer service
representative for Diesel.
Sophie Holstein, Untitled, oil on canvas, Matt Edge, Untitled, digital pigment
Fine Art print, Photography
PROJECTS 77
Duncan Smith, Journey of a Mixteco,
graphic novel spread, Integrated
Design Curriculum
78 PROJECTS
Christopher Nesbit, The Former
Southern End of 7th Avenue, Manhattan,
PROJECTS 79
Ilana Glickman, Space Girls,
80 PROJECTS
Anna Skladmann, Little Adults,
PROJECTS 81
Florian Sanger, My 7 World Wonders, Kim Fischer, In Plain English, set of cards
digital drawing, Illustration to help immigrants achieve independence
and literacy, Product Design
Christine Dajung Oh, re:mind, alternative

uses for non-recyclable paper products,
Product Design
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Pascale Gatzen
Faculty
integrated design curriculum
“I am interested in developing educational structures that allow students
to feel free and to understand their own power and possibilities,” says
Integrated Design Curriculum instructor Pascale Gatzen. In her courses,
Gatzen ensures that her students have abundant opportunities to grow
not only as designers but also as individuals. “I want my students to test
the intersection between fashion and reality. Do their designs work?
How do people react to the clothing they have made? Testing, making,
and doing are very important. We perform in our clothes. I want students
to be present, to grow with their work as human beings.”
Gatzen believes that actually making clothing is essential for
students training to become fashion designers. In the core Integrated
Fashion Curriculum class, taken by sophomores in the fall, “students
develop a creative and critical approach to fashion. They learn by
experimenting and playing with clothes that are worn in everyday life.
By exploring things that attract them culturally or historically, for
example, students make garments for themselves once a week.”
Through a collaborative project between New School students and
Ajkem’a Loy’a, a women’s cooperative in Guatemala, Gatzen has taken
her approach to both fashion and education abroad. “The students share
their knowledge of business, marketing, and product design with the
Guatemalan women. In return, the Guatemalan women teach the stu-
dents beading, dyeing threads, pattern making, and weaving. The
goal is for the collective to create products of their choosing and to
operate without external support.”
Rithika Merchant, Frontal Blue, gouache Amanda Toles and Martina Sencakova,
on vellum, Fine Art 25 E. 13th Street, rendering, Interior Design
Izzo Ahmed, Untitled, film still,

Design and Technology
PROJECTS 85
Beau Metting, Untitled, oil on canvas, Ethan Tseng, postpulp, paper-making
Fine Art kit with paper press, screen frame, and
sawdust starter pack, Product Design
Yosara Gonzalez, Things We Said, mixed-

media installation (detail), Fine Art
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Duncan Smith
Senior (BA/BFA Dual Degree)
integrated design curriculum
Duncan Smith came to Parsons to study design and liberal arts. As a
graduating senior, he has fulfilled his goal, earning a combined degree
in Writing and Integrated Design Curriculum. Beautifully rendered
illustrations informed by ancient Mexican art spill from the pages of his
thesis project, a short graphic novel based on the true story of a Mexican
worker in New York City. Duncan explains the inspiration for this project:
“In my first year, I took Community Organizing at Eugene Lang College
as part of my BA studies in the dual degree program, and I became
entwined with a nonprofit group dedicated to workers’ rights. That’s
where I met Sergio, and I modeled the main character in my graphic
novel after him.” Still committed to promoting workers’ rights, Duncan
continued working with the group after the class ended. He hopes that
his thesis project will advance this cause by “shedding light on the
working Mexican population in New York, which is often invisible.”
Even with his diploma in hand, Duncan will have no time to relax: He
has received a contract to write and illustrate a children’s book about the
experiences of two Mexican cousins, one living in New York City and the
other living in Mexico.
Duncan says one of the great things about Parsons is that “a lot
of professors are people in the field right now.” He plans to continue
writing and illustrating, looking forward to becoming one of their peers.
Sato Masaaki, Untitled, Integrated
Design Curriculum
PROJECTS 89
Kenneth Chautif, Untitled,
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SKYPE CHAT WITH A PROFESSOR IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
Parsons is a global institution; our faculty and
students come from all over the world and all kinds
of backgrounds.
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most interesting
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courses offered at
any university.
Academic Programs
Parsons offers specialized training in several areas of study, but none of the
programs exists in isolation from the others. Parsons provides a new kind of art and
design education that constantly pushes boundaries to synthesize craft with theory,
critical thinking with reflective practice, and fine arts methodologies with design
applications. Students from many backgrounds study side by side, collaborate on
projects, critique and influence one another’s work, and interact in every aspect of
academic and campus life. They work in teams and on their own to master concepts,
technologies, and research methods across a wide array of disciplines. In allowing
for both specialized and hybrid paths, Parsons affords you more opportunities to
define your own education and makes it possible to be a pioneer in emerging fields.
Undergraduate Degree Programs OTHER AREAS OF STUDY
Architectural Design—BFA Animation Interdisciplinary Studies
Communication Design—BFA Art History Interface Design
Design and Management—BBA Broadcast Design Lifestyle Design
Environmental Studies—BA/BS Business Lighting Design
Design and Technology—BFA Design Studies Management
Fashion Design—BFA Digital Design Painting
Fine Arts—BFA Fashion Marketing Product Development
Illustration—BFA Furniture Design Robotics
Integrated Design Curriculum—BFA Graphic Design Sculpture
Interior Design—BFA Illustration Web Design
Photography—BFA Industrial Design
Product Design—BFA Information Design
There is an index of all areas of study on page 132.
All programs of study at Parsons include a strong liberal arts component including university lecture
courses required of all undergraduates at The New School and many choices of elective courses. All
programs also include Art and Design Studies requirements, courses in theory, history, and criticism
that provide context and insights for your studio work. All BFA programs can be combined with a bach-
elor of arts degree from Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts in a five-year program.
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Liberal Arts
Education at Parsons The New School for Design is a liberal education. Parsons is
committed to turning out superior artists and designers who are also educated to
be active citizens in open societies and wise human beings. Undergraduates take
courses in the liberal arts and sciences for three of their four years in residence,
choosing from university lecture courses and electives in the humanities, social
sciences, media studies, and business.
Because Parsons is a division of larger university, one with a rich heritage of

innovative scholarship and cross-disciplinary inquiry, you have an exceptionally
wide range of choices when it comes to fulfilling the liberal studies requirements.
Because you’re sharing these courses with undergraduates from other divisions of
The New School, you have opportunities to interact with students whose interests
and outlooks can broaden and enrich your own thinking and goals. You can take
traditional liberal arts subjects like history, literature, psychology, economics,
philosophy, anthropology, creative writing, classical and contemporary music,
theater, and film. Because this is The New School, you can also take courses in
subjects that integrate these disciplines in new ways, such as urban studies, science
and society, and culture and democracy.
For students with a strong commitment to the liberal arts and an interest in exploring
design as a way of thinking, understanding, and acting in the world, The New School
is developing new courses of study that integrate design and the liberal arts and
sciences. Beginning with the new bachelor’s program in Environmental Studies (see
page 108), these innovative academic programs will capitalize on faculty expertise
across the university. The university’s goal is to develop sophisticated and dynamic
experts with a 21st-century way of approaching topics like community and society,
urbanism and globalization, imagination and innovation. For the latest information,
visit www.newschool.edu.
For students who wish to study both design and the liberal arts, we offer a five-year
BA/BFA dual-degree program in association with Eugene Lang College The New
School for liberal Arts. For more information, visit www.newschool.edu/babfa
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Maya Sariahmed
Sophomore
communication design
Maya Sariahmed says she came to Parsons by accident. “I wasn’t
considering art school. I wanted to go to a liberal arts college and get a
well-rounded education. I looked into Parsons out of curiosity, and when
I visited the Communication Design department, my decision was made;
there was something pragmatic that appealed to me and my parents, and
the energy of the staff was wonderful.”
After two years in the program, Maya knows that her decision was
the right one. “I love the broad curriculum; there’s so much I can do. I
can study book or publication design, motion or spatial graphics, for
example. I love art but don’t want to be pushing a portfolio in Chelsea.
Communication Design is a little more practical, but it’s wonderful for
whimsical, collaborative, crazy, experimental projects, too.”
Maya is particularly happy studying in New York City. “Everything
that happens in the art world seems to find its roots here, whether you’re
in Dumbo investigating the Puppet Lab, strolling through the labyrinth
of photo and fine art galleries in Chelsea, enjoying the murals in Harlem,
or perusing the works of the masters in some of the world’s greatest
museums. Art is absolutely everywhere.”
Art and Design Studies
Whether you’re interested in becoming an artist, a designer, a manager, or a
scholar, Parsons is the place to broaden your intellectual frame of reference. Writing,
research, and critical thinking are emphasized through all four years. Art and Design
Studies makes up approximately a third of the undergraduate curriculum and is an
opportunity for students from across Parsons to study together. Students take a
series of core courses and then choose from an array of electives in art and design
theory, theory and criticism, design studies, visual studies, and fashion studies.
By pairing art and design studies with related studio courses, you develop essential
research, writing, and critical reasoning skills while building your own framework
for intellectual and creative inquiry. Courses in art and design history, theory, and
criticism provide an analytical, critical, and conceptual foundation for your studio
work. They are complemented by field trips to major museums and collections.
By emphasizing current academic and social issues, these courses place the
exchange, production, consumption, and display of visual and material artifacts in
a cross-cultural and global context.
Parsons maintains the highest academic standards in our teaching and research
practices. The faculty of Art and Design Studies is made up of accomplished
scholars with advanced degrees from some of the best universities in the world, and
visiting scholars regularly bring eye-opening perspectives to enrich the exchange
of ideas.
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First-Year Options
In your first year at Parsons, depending on your area of interest, you can enter the
Foundation program or enter directly into certain majors as a first-year student (see
below). The Foundation program provides a broad education in art and design
before you select a major, while the direct entry programs allow you to begin studio
work in a specific design field right away. Note that, pending review and space avail-
ability, BFA students can switch majors as sophomores regardless of their first-year
program, and Foundation students can choose direct-entry majors as well as majors
directly supported by the Foundation program.
Foundation Four-Year Direct Entry

The Foundation program is normally the first year of study Programs
for students who intend to major in architectural design, Design and Management BBA
communication design*, fashion design, fine arts, illustration, Students explore design fields and related
industries. They learn business prin-
integrated design curriculum, interior design, and product
ciples and practices that will help them
design. Studying together with students who will go on to succeed as managers and entrepreneurs
practice a diverse array of art and design disciplines is central in today’s competitive marketplace.
to the experience of foundation. These students are your future (See page 104.)
colleagues in the increasingly transdisciplinary world of design. Design and Technology BFA
Foundation is an educational experience that prepares you Students explore the changes in art and
design brought on by digital technolo-
for life as an intelligent and engaged artist, designer, and citizen
gies. Topics include computer systems,
in today’s complex and rapidly changing world. interface design, cognitive psychology,
and animation. (See page 106.) Students
Foundation is designed to introduce students to concepts, skills, who expect to focus on digital communi-
and critical practices while preparing them to select a major. In cations or animation as Communication
Design majors may also apply for
addition to studying art and design history and theory, students
admission to Design and Technology as
take four studio courses each semester to build general skills: 2D first-year students.
Integrated Studio, Laboratory, 3D Studio, and Drawing Studio. In
Environmental Studies BA / BS
these complementary courses, students learn to identify topics of Students study design and policy and
inquiry, sharpen their observations, and work in a variety of media. solve environmental problems. Students
can pursue the bachelor of science track
After the first year, entrance into a major may depend on a at Parsons, which is project based and
portfolio review by the faculty, a minimum grade point average, or emphasizes sustainable design, or the
bachelor of arts track at Eugene Lang
both. Students are expected to complete all first-year coursework
College, which emphasizes social science
before beginning their sophomore year. and policy. This is a direct entry program
* Students interested in communication design have the option of taking the Foundation program
starting fall 2009. (See page 108.)
their first year or of applying for direct entry to Design and Technology and changing their major
Photography BFA
to Communication Design at the end of the first year.
The curriculum provides rigorous tech-
nical training and encourages critical
thinking about the place of photography
in the world of art and design.
(See page 120.)
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Color Matters: 2D Integrated Studio,
a Foundation course, provides a
grounding in principles of visual
expression and communication in
both theoretical and applied forms.
Students develop their abilities to
integrate physical, photographic
and digital media and processes in
the creation of images, objects,
and experiences.
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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architectural Design is a four-year FACILITIES AND RESOURCES
pre-professional degree that prepares you for a career in Architectural design students work
architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, theater in the design studio, a large open loft
fully equipped with wireless digital
design, exhibition design, interior design, environmental art, or capability. In this atelier atmosphere,
any field that demands expertise in spatial, digital, ecological, you are assigned a permanent work
and material design. Using representational means ranging from area where you can interact freely with
faculty and peers. You also have access
models to full-scale material constructs to digital animation, you
to the latest, most innovative materials
conceptualize and develop architectural schemes to address and technology in the adjacent computer
environmental, structural, and theoretical problems. printing and plotting lab, light lab,
fabrication shop, and materials library.
In the design studio—the curricular, physical, and social center
of the program—students work in small groups on architectural
projects with design faculty. This open loft is a place to exchange
ideas and interact with faculty and peers. Some of your learning
takes place outside the studio, through site tours, internships, and
sponsored projects. In the classroom, the studio, and beyond,
you become an active member of a vibrant creative community,
working alongside your peers studying interior, lighting, product,
and environmental design.
In your first year of study, you participate in the Parsons-wide

Foundation program. You address the problem of the dynamic
body in space and the environmental factors that can influence
solutions. You go on to study larger-scale environments—real
and virtual—and tackle issues of building, landscape, urbanism,
exhibition, and theatrical design as well as independent
research interests. During your senior year, you can apply to
the department’s Design Workshop program, in which selected
students design, develop, and construct a full-scale project under
faculty supervision. For curriculum, faculty, and course information,
visit newschool.edu/parsons and go to Degree Programs:
Architectural Design, Undergraduate.
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COMMUNICATION DESIGN
Communication Design at Parsons transcends the limits of a CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF

traditional graphic design curriculum, encompassing everything COMMUNICATION DESIGN
from typography to complex information mapping. Study of the First offered in 1906, Communication
social and cultural ramifications of all facets of communication Design is one of the oldest programs
of study at Parsons as well as the field
enables you to create meaning and value through media. that has experienced the most dramatic
changes over the past century. These
There is no better place to enter this field than New York City. From changes have resulted from technological
start-up studios downtown to the global firms of midtown, this advances and, more fundamentally, from
is where magazines, advertising, film and television, graphics, expanding notions of what constitutes
“communication.”
exhibitions, and websites are designed. At every point in the creative
process, you are encouraged to apply what you learn to real-world
collaborative projects, internships, and work experience.
The program is flexible, giving you the freedom to develop your own
course of study. You can choose electives from a wide range of
offerings at Parsons and The New School’s other divisions—far more
choices than are available at more traditional design institutions.
State-of-the-art facilities enable you to bring your ideas to life. You

have access to specialized computing facilities, printmaking and
letterpress shops, fabrication workshops, and 2D and 3D printers.
Upon graduation, you are qualified to pursue a career in a field

such as advertising, motion and broadcast graphics, book
and magazine design, package design, corporate branding and
identity, information visualization, interactive design, exhibition
and retail design, architectural and environmental graphics, or
apparel design, to name just a few possibilities.
For curriculum, faculty, and course information, visit

newschool.edu/parsons and go to Degree Programs:
Communication Design.
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DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT
In the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program in Design CASE STUDIES

and Management, you explore design fields while completing Students explore a variety of design
an interdisciplinary program in business management. You nurture fields and learn to use design as a tool
for change, for example in the field of
your creative, artistic, and innovative side while developing a environmental sustainability. In Senior
head for business. Seminar and Thesis classes, students
work independently on case studies,
The diversity of course offerings and nonlinear format of the which include a project brief, poster,
program enable you to design your own education. Core courses in website, oral or digital presentation, and
formal paper. These final projects allow
management, design, and liberal arts anchor your studies. Through
students to display original thinking
courses at other schools in the university, you learn how design backed by solid research. Past project
can be a catalyst for social change; for example, the university’s topics include designing a street fashion
environmentally conscious programs could help you land a job in website, accessing clean water in Haiti,
improving the subway rider’s experi-
the growing “green” workforce. ence, and addressing the issue of student
credit card debt.
New York City serves as your laboratory. Field trips, events, and
internships introduce you to the business of design in the city’s
most prestigious organizations.
Faculty members hail from some of the world’s top companies; you
learn firsthand from leading architects, computer programmers,
and business professionals. The program helps you secure
internships for credit. Recent partners include Bloomingdale’s,
Chanel Inc., Donna Karan New York, Gucci, Harper’s Bazaar,
and Marc by Marc Jacobs. You begin by exploring the integrated
world of business and design and leave prepared to market
design that is useful, beautiful, and sustainable. Graduates enter
a variety of careers, including brand strategy, public relations,
advertising, marketing, events management, and retail buying.
Design and Management is a four-year program. Apply for

direct entry (see page 130). For curriculum, faculty, and course
information, visit newschool.edu/parsons and go to Degree
Programs: Design and Management.
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DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
As a Design and Technology major, you discover that there is no INDUSTRY COLLABORATIONS
such thing as an abstract idea. You’re challenged to examine The Design and Technology program
current applications of technology and devise new solutions to encourages students to engage the
community through symposia,
technological problems. In the course of your studies, you gain a game jams, simulations, and mobile
broad understanding of how technology can drive social, political, technology events. Parsons provides
and cultural change. a place to test prototypes and connects
students with scholars and designers
Design and Technology defies simple definition. Unlike more in digital media, education, and social
research. Most recently, the department
traditional design disciplines, it exposes you to emerging design
has collaborated with Games for Change
and art practices, including data programming, digital filmmaking, to launch PETLab, the first public-
game design, motion graphics, physical computing, and interest game design and research
documentary media. laboratory for interactive media. Other
industry and organizational partners
You develop your creative potential by working on real-world include AIGA, Apple, Atari, Cooper-
Hewitt/Smithsonian, Creative Time,
projects. The department’s lab becomes your virtual playground, a Curious Pictures, Eyebeam, gameLab,
hub of creativity and collaboration, where you explore ideas with Human Rights Watch, Microsoft,
peers and put them into action, creating relationships that survive MTV, NASA, the New Museum, the Open
Society Institute, Samsung, Siemens,
long past graduation.
SensAble Technologies, UNESCO,
and UNICEF.
All this takes place in New York City, home to worlds of cultures
and a center of communications. From Wi-Fi hotspots created at
a neighborhood park to animations projected on the side of a
building, your work can become a living, breathing part of the city.
As a graduate, you can pursue a career in an area such as

interactive media, film and television, motion graphics, animation,
game design, product development, graphic design, advertising,
and the fine arts.
Design and Technology is a four-year program. Apply for

direct entry. (see page 130). For curriculum, faculty, and course
information, visit newschool.edu/parsons and go to Degree
Programs: Design and Technology, Undergraduate.
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
In the coming decades, sustainability and the urban ecosystem will FIELDWORK
be among the most important areas of environmental study. By the Students pursuing an environmental
year 2025, most of the world’s population will live, work, and play in studies degree use New York City and the
surrounding region as their laboratory.
metropolitan areas like New York City. You apply what you learn in the class-
room to real-world problems through
The Environmental Studies program focuses on the urban
fieldwork with local organizations,
ecosystem and all its components. Consider water, our most government agencies, and businesses.
valuable resource. How can we provide clean water to millions You work with leading environmental
professionals to design experiments,
while ensuring adequate supplies for industry, transportation,
collect data, develop prototypes, and
power generation, agriculture, and wildlife? How can we implement projects that address
understand water without understanding politics, management, urgent urban environmental problems.
Fieldwork in the second or third year
ecology, economics, and chemistry?
forms the basis for a senior project.
Then there is the fact that our actions today forge a path Recent fieldwork has taken students to
the marshes of Jamaica Bay, green roofs
upon which future generations must travel. Will that path be a in the South Bronx, and the banks of the
sustainable one, improving life for our descendents? What is Hudson River.
our ability and responsibility to plan for the future? How should
environmental practices be changed to ensure fairness and
equity? By integrating design with policy making, management,
economics, and science, we can devise creative solutions to
urgent environmental problems.
Here in New York, one of the most complex urban ecosystems

on earth, The New School has a living laboratory for the study of
environment and sustainability. Our outstanding faculty in social
science, urban policy and management, and the natural sciences,
work with their design colleagues at Parsons to find creative
approaches to teaching and research.
Environmental Studies is a four-year program. Apply for direct

entry (see page 130). For curriculum, faculty, and admission
requirements, visit www.newschool.edu/environmentalstudies.
* Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science.
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FASHION DESIGN
Fashion design today encompasses much more than the creation ALUMNI
of clothing and accessories. Parsons trains you to be a complete In 1906, Parsons launched the first
designer, ready to face the challenges of designing in the 21st program in fashion design in the United
States. The history of the department
century. You evaluate design through societal, cultural, historical, is intertwined with the rise of Seventh
and economic lenses developed through interdisciplinary Avenue as the center of the fashion
study. You develop content and context in your work and an industry. Today, roughly 70 percent of
the fashion design talent in New York is
understanding of its relevancy in today’s world.
Parsons educated.
The program includes core courses in design concepts, studio Parsons’ five generations of fashion
design alumni include legends such as
methods, and fashion drawing that complement and build on one
Claire McCardell, Adrian, and Norman
another. Courses in business, merchandising, fashion history, and Norell; current leaders Donna Karan,
digital design prepare you for a career as a designer. You explore Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, Anna Sui,
Isaac Mizrahi, Narciso Rodriguez, Mark
a variety of methods to create collections and build technical skills.
Badgley and James Mischka, and Zang
You broaden your design knowledge and vocabulary. Toi; and new stars Jack McCollough and
Lazaro Hernandez (Proenza Schouler),
In New York City, the world center of fashion, you learn from top Behnaz Sarafpour, Peter Som, Doo Ri,
designers in the industry. You receive instruction from faculty Derek Lam, Chris Benz, Sophie Buhai and
members active in the industry and from guest lecturers and critics Lisa Mayock (Vena Cava), and Flora Gill
and Alexa Adams (Ohne Titel).
at the top of the field. The junior-level Designer Critic program
offers mentorship opportunities with professionals. The Senior
Thesis Review and the Parsons Benefit and Fashion Show, which
feature a selection of the best senior work, are both attended by
fashion industry leaders. Through internships, you get firsthand
experience with design leaders. Upon graduation, you are ready
to study at the graduate level or to enter the world of fashion in
areas like assistant design, costume design, accessory design,
marketing, merchandising, styling, curatorial work, and interior
design. You join the legions of alumni before you who are changing
the world through fashion design.
For curriculum, faculty, and course information, visit the website at

newschool.edu/parsons and go to Degree Programs: Fashion Design.
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FINE ARTS
Art making today extends far beyond the traditional disciplines of The Fine Arts Program’s weekly lecture
series features prominent artists and
painting, drawing, and sculpture. Influenced by avant-garde
critics who discuss their current prac-
post-war art movements, many artists appropriate, incorporate, tices in relationship to larger trends in
and interpret images from the media and popular culture to make contemporary culture. Students have the
politically charged statements, while others repurpose materials opportunity to learn about a wide range
of artistic practices through post-lecture
and ideas from everyday life to challenge our notions of what art dialogue with the visitors.
is. It takes courage and a clear sense of direction to make art in this
context of extreme possibility. Parsons’ Fine Arts program offers you Visiting Artists LECTURE
the guidance and resources you need to discover your own voice. SERIES, SPRING 2009
Sanford Biggers
The program gives you exposure to a wide array of studio
Eduardo Cadava
practices, contemporary art ideas, and community and global
Alfredo Jaar
relationships. You experiment and explore ideas while developing
Emily Jacir
your ability to think visually and critically. You learn to translate
Silvia Kolbowski
ideas into individual expression using drawing, color, form,
Thomas Y. Levin
space, structure, composition, and materials. You acquire a solid
Wangechi Mutu
understanding of artists’ tools and media. Interdisciplinary courses
Paul Pfeiffer
in art history and liberal studies broaden your appreciation of
Rebecca Quaytman / Orchard
the cultural, historical, and intellectual contexts in which art is
Paul Ramirez-Jonas
made. Presentations by visiting artists show you what it’s like to
Shazia Sikander
be an artist today, and visiting critics and regular trips to the
Saya Woolfalk
city’s renowned museums and galleries offer insight into both
the art of the past and the contemporary art world.
In your senior year, a professional practices course (Theory,

Practice, and Career) prepares you for the transition from school
to a career as a professional artist. Alumni have placed in highly
prestigious exhibitions, such as the Whitney Biennial.

Fine Arts, Undergraduate.
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ILLUSTRATION
The Illustration program is distinguished by its emphasis on A NOTABLE Faculty

narrative and authorship. You tell stories and create meaning Illustration students learn from some
and messages with images and words. Through studio and digital of the best visual communicators in
the world.
coursework, you develop proficiency in drawing and media-based
Ben Katchor, an award-winning
skills, originality in problem solving, knowledge of art and design illustrator, is a new associate professor.
history, awareness of current social and cultural concerns, and His musical, The Slug Bearers of Kayrol
mastery of technological tools and software. Island, recently received glowing reviews
in the New York Times. His picture-stories
You also have access to all the facilities Parsons has to offer, and drawings appear in the New Yorker,
Metropolis Magazine, and The Forward.
including a department library and screening room. Perhaps the
Katchor’s weekly strips include Julius
most valuable resource available to you is our outstanding faculty, Knipl; Real Estate Photographer; The Jew of
which includes some of the best visual communicators working New York; and The Cardboard Valise.
today. You can take courses not only in other departments at Tara McPherson is a painter, poster
artist, and freelance illustrator. Her
Parsons but across the university, giving your education context
art includes comics and covers for DC
and depth. Vertigo, illustrations for companies
such as Pepsi and Spin Magazine, and
You draw inspiration from New York City’s cultural and creative posters for rock bands such as Beck,
institutions and can receive credit for working with companies Modest Mouse, Mastodon, and Death
such as Design Within Reach, Bond #9, and Brooklyn Industries. Cab for Cutie.
Nora Krug’s work as an illustrator, ani-
Throughout your course of study, you find and shape your mator, and visual narrator has appeared
creative voice and hone your drawing and design skills. When in publications such as the New York
Times, the Guardian, Playboy, BLAB!, and
you graduate, you’ll be prepared to pursue a variety of career
Le monde diplomatique. She has exhibited
paths, including editorial illustration, cartooning, toy design, her work in Europe, the United States,
animation, children’s book illustration, fine art, graphic design, and Asia and her animated Internet
project how-to-bow.com was recognized
textile and surface design, typography, and Web design.
by the New York Art Directors Club.
newschool.edu/parsons and go to Degree Programs: Illustration.
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INTEGRATED DESIGN CURRICULUM
In the Integrated Design Curriculum (IDC), you design your own CHOOSING AN AREA OF STUDY
curriculum by integrating studies in various disciplines of design, In IDC you choose an area of study to
the liberal arts, performance, and entrepreneurship. As part of frame your experiences, but coursework
and discussions cross over into the
your program, you choose an area of study (AoS) that frames your other areas of study, deepening your
interests and, together with your AoS academic advisor, create a knowledge base.
curriculum that draws from all the curricula of Parsons and the rest
Areas of study in IDC
of the university.
I ntegrative Fashion Curriculum
The core studios are the essence of IDC. Core courses expose Students rethink, critique, and reframe
current fashion system and design with
you to real-life situations, often through external partnerships.
in a variety of media, from garments,
You work on projects that respond to cultural, economic, political, to images, to writing.
and environmental problems. The IDC Lab provides you with
Integrative Urban Curriculum
valuable skills and methodological and practical knowledge. As Students experiment with notions
you progress from freshman to senior year, you face increasingly of liberty, agency, citizenship,
social entrepreneurship, and design
complex issues and environments.
action in relation to cities, urban
environments, and the condition
Parsons and The New School are located in the heart of the
of urbanity.
spectacular urban laboratory of New York City. The city serves
as your extended classroom, and every IDC course involves Integrative Sustainability Curriculum
Students research the sustainability
field research, collaborations, exhibitions, or other interactions of social and natural environments
with the city. Upon graduation, you are ready to enter a variety and leverage design to make them more
of design careers or continue on to graduate study. IDC ecologically resilient and robust.
graduates often start their own innovative design businesses. Integrative Service Curriculum
Students explore the way in which our
For curriculum, faculty, and course information, visit societies are becoming increasingly
newschool.edu/parsons and go to Degree Programs: service based, reshaping notions of
ownership, experience, and quality
Integrated Design Curriculum.
as well as exploring how services can
be designed to address social and
environmental issues by designing
interactions involving people,
environments, communications,
and products.
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INTERIOR DESIGN
In 1906, Frank Alvah Parsons established the first academic AFTER PARSONs
interior design program in the United States. One hundred years Combined with a professional
later, as the very concept of what constitutes an interior is apprenticeship, this degree qualifies you
for the NCIDQ professional licensing
debated, Parsons remains the leading school for interior design examination. For students looking
education for students around the world. The Bachelor of Fine to extend their studies, the program
Arts in Interior Design prepares you for a career in an increasingly also provides excellent preparation for
Parsons’ MFA in Interior Design and
complex field embracing everything from furniture to building-
other graduate and research degrees.
scale environments. Working with an acclaimed faculty of top Graduates pursue careers in residential,
professional designers, you learn to conceive and develop interior contract-commercial, and hospitality
design; design management; design
designs, using representational means ranging from models to
journalism; and education.
full-scale material constructs and digital animations.
In the design studio, Interior Design students work in small groups

with faculty. The studio is an open loft space with wireless digital
capability, immediate access to research and fabrication facilities,
and a dedicated work area for each student. It is a place where
students can interact and exchange ideas with faculty and peers.
You enter the Interior Design major after completing the

foundation year. During your senior year, you can apply to take
the Design Workshop, in which selected students design, develop,
and construct a full-scale project under faculty supervision.

Interior Design, Undergraduate.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
The BFA Photography program integrates theory and practice. ACCOLADES

Starting in your freshman year, you develop technical and critical Over the past six years, Parsons has
skills by exploring forms of technology and genres of photography produced six Surface Avant Guardians
and four Fulbright scholars. Students
in the core curriculum and the wide range of electives available to have also appeared in the Photo District
you. As a Photography major, you are encouraged to explore the News 30, a list of notable up-and-
cultural riches of New York City. Your course assignments require coming photographers. Ryan McGinley,
a recent graduate, received the Young
you to visit galleries, museums, and lectures featuring world-class
Photographer Infinity Award from the
talent both on and off campus. International Center of Photography and
was the youngest artist to have a solo
The Parsons faculty, artists of diverse talents, accomplishments, exhibition at the Whitney Museum of
and backgrounds, exposes you to a variety of possible careers in American Art.
fine art, editorial, and advertising photography or as a photo editor,
photo agent, or producer in publishing. You work with both analog
and digital media. You can take courses in other divisions of The
New School, which offers an eclectic, vital, and relevant education.
The program offers tracks that allow you to focus on a specific

field. In the fashion track, for example, you can work in professional
studios and partner with models, make-up artists, and clothing
designers. You gain the breadth of knowledge, technical ability, and
cultural awareness you need to excel in all genres of photography.
Photography is a four-year program. Apply for direct entry

(see page 130). For curriculum, faculty, and course information,
visit newschool.edu/parsons and go to Degree Programs:
Photography, Undergraduate.
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PRODUCT DESIGN
Product Design prepares you for a variety of professional careers. A GOOD LIFE
As a student, you use the latest technologies and materials to Every Product Design student examines
create functional consumer products. You are introduced to a the designer’s role in improving people’s
lives. An investigation of the impact of
variety of methodologies and the history of product design and design on communities, A Good Life is a
master the fundamentals of computers, machinery, and tools as synthesis of departmental themes of the
well as presentation and research techniques. You learn how last decade. In this course you sharpen
your ideas and get real-world client input
products are conceived, developed, fabricated, and marketed
by working with nonprofit organizations
and develop an awareness of New York City as a professional in New York to develop design projects
and cultural resource. that address their missions. The work of
the department sees a world made better
The department provides real-world contexts to your academic through design.
work by focusing on the role product design plays in fostering the
good life (see sidebar). You analyze the impact of products on
culture, society, and the environment. You study a product’s life
cycle, develop marketing strategies, and assess its potential effect
on scales ranging from the local to the global.
Starting with a core curriculum and choosing from a diverse

menu of electives, you work with an advisor to create a balanced
program that covers design issues such as user-centered
design, sustainability, responsiveness to special needs, industry-
sponsored product development, architectural and virtual
interfaces, mass-market product design, and lighting. You take
part in competitions, internships, collaborations, and study
abroad—experiences that build a foundation for your career.

Product Design.
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A Brief Guide to DEGREE PROGRAMS
Parsons The New School for Design Parsons offers the following degree programs:
Parsons prepares students to be independent thinkers
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in: Architectural Design,
who creatively and critically address the complex human
Communication Design, Design and Technology, Fashion
conditions of 21st-century culture. We are creating a diverse
Design, Fine Arts, Illustration, Integrated Design, Interior
learning environment for developing intelligent and
Design, Photography, and Product Design. (There is a five-year
reflective practices through studio-based research and critical
BA/BFA dual degree program in each of these areas of study;
scholarship in order to make meaningful and sustainable
speak to an admission counselor about the dual degree program.)
contributions today’s global society. As a division of The
New School, Parsons builds on the university’s legacy of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Design
progressive ideals, scholarship, and educational methods. and Management.
Our faculty challenges convention through a setting and
philosophy that encourages formal experimentation, nurtures Bachelor of Science (BS) in Environmental Studies and
alternative world-views, and cultivates forward-thinking BA/BFA .
leaders and creative professionals in a world increasingly
Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in: Fashion Marketing,
influenced by art and design.
Fashion Design, Graphic Design, and Interior Design.
The New School was founded in 1919 as “center for discussion,
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in: Design and Technology,
instruction, and counseling for mature men and women.” It is
Lighting Design, Interior Design,* Fine Arts, and
today a thriving urban university offering undergraduate and
Photography.
graduate degrees in the liberal arts and social sciences, design,
and the performing arts. It is a privately supported university Master of Architecture (MArch).
chartered by the Board of Regents of the State of New York, and
Master of Arts (MA) in History of Decorative Arts and Design.
its degree and certificate programs are approved by the state’s
Division of Veterans Affairs. Master of Architecture/Master of Fine Arts in Lighting
Design (MArch/MFA).
The New School is accredited by the Commission on Higher
Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and
The following master’s degree programs are
Schools. Parsons The New School for Design is additionally in development:
accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in: Fashion Design and Society,* and
Design, and the graduate program in architecture is accredited Transdisciplinary Design.*
by the National Architectural Accrediting Board.
Master of Arts (MA) in Fashion Studies.*
Facts about Parsons
—Founded in 1896 by New York City artist William Merritt Master of Science (MS) in Design Management.*
Chase and associates. Other Academic Programs
—Named in 1936 for longtime president Frank Alvah Parsons offers a variety of programs for nonmatriculated
Parsons, who devoted his life to integrating visual art and students of all ages: Summer Intensive Studies (pre-college
industrial design. and college-level) in New York City and Paris; Continuing
Education (certificate programs and general art and design
—Became a division of The New School in 1970. Located in education for adults); Parsons Pre-College Academy
Greenwich Village, New York City. (certificate programs and general art and design education
for young people, grades 4–12).
—Current enrollments: Parsons enrolls nearly 4,000 students in
its undergraduate and undergraduate degree programs. The New Visit the website at www.newschool.edu/parsons
School as a whole enrolls nearly 10,000 matriculated students. for more information.
—The Parsons faculty includes more than 125 full-time and * New York State approval pending.
1,000 part-time members respectively. The majority of faculty
members are working professional artists and designers.
126 INFORMATION
Institutional information Student Financial Services
The New School is committed to creating and maintain- The New School provides a comprehensive program of
ing an environment of diversity and tolerance in all areas of financial aid services for students, including significant
employment, education, and access to its educational, artistic, institutional scholarship support based on merit and need.
and cultural programs and activities. The New School does All applicants who file the Free Application for Federal
not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, sex, sexual Student Aid (FAFSA) will be considered for Parsons
orientation, religion, mental or physical disability, national or institutional scholarships. The New School participates in
ethnic origin, or citizenship, marital, or veteran status. all available federal and state aid programs, including
the Federal Pell Grant, Equal Opportunity Grant, Federal
Institutional Information on the Web
Academic Competitiveness Grant, and Federal Family
The New School provides the following institutional
Educational Loan programs.
information on the university website at www.newschool.
edu: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA); Visit www.newschool.edu/studentservices/financialaid
financial assistance information (federal, state, local, private, to learn how to apply for financial aid and more about
and institutional need-based and non-need-based assistance scholarships, loans, campus employment, and other
programs, Title IV, FFEL, Direct Loan deferments); institutional resources. The office of Student Financial Services works
information (fees, refund policies, withdrawing from school, with students and families of all income levels to explore
academic information, disability services for students); their funding options. Contact Student Financial Services
completion/graduation rates and transfer-out rates (graduation directly at 212.229.8930 or sfs@newschool.edu.
rate of degree-seeking students, transfer-out rates of degree-
Note: The New School offers a monthly plan that allows
seeking students). To request copies of any of these reports,
families to spread tuition payments throughout the year.
please contact the appropriate office listed on the website. For more information on payments and payment
arrangements, visit the Student Financial Services website
Financial information
at www.newschool.edu/studentservices/financialaid.
Estimated School-Year Expenses, 2009–10 Academic Year
(Full-time on-campus resident)
Chase Scholars
Tuition (undergraduate)*................................................$35,220 First-year applicants with exceptional academic achievement
University Services Fee..........................................................200 are eligible for this program of accelerated Art and Design
Divisional Fee..........................................................................80 courses, which carries with it a supplemental scholarship award.
Student Senate Fee.................................................................. 10
Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP)
Health Services Fee**.............................................................500
The Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP)
Health Insurance Fee**........................................................ 1,714
offers support to residents of New York State whose family
Room and Board***............................................................15,260
incomes meet guidelines established by the State Department
Books and Supplies***........................................................ 2,050
of Education and whose college success may not be readily
Personal Expenses***...........................................................1,550
predictable through high school grades and standardized
Transportation...................................................................... 684
test scores. Candidates for HEOP assistance must exhibit
Other...................................................................................... 190
the exceptional art and design talent expected of all
Total ................................................................................ $57,268
Parsons students. For more information, send email to
* For BFA programs. heop@newschool.edu or call The New School at 212.229.8996.
**All full-time matriculated students are automatically charged a

Student Health Insurance Fee and a Student Health Services Fee.
Students covered by other insurance can decline these services by
submitting a waiver form.
***Actual costs may vary widely for individuals.
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APPLY How many students attend Parsons? Parsons enrolls about
Apply online at www.newschool.edu/parsons/apply. 3,200 undergraduate students. Studio classes are usually
limited to 15 students, and Art and Design Studies classes are
Parsons seeks serious, responsible, and highly motivated
usually limited to 20 students.
students. There is no admission formula, and every applicant
is reviewed individually with regard to his or her experience, Does Parsons offer career services? The office of career
achievements, and potential for personal growth at Parsons The services directly supports students seeking industry
New School for Design. The admission committee recognizes employment and offers comprehensive career guidance.
the benefits of strong artistic preparation, but some applicants
Application Deadlines
are admitted based on their academic achievements despite
February 1 for fall admission for freshman applicants. This is
limited art or design experience.
the priority deadline for students who wish to be considered
The admissions information in this brochure is for applicants for university housing or scholarships. However, all applicants
to bachelor’s degree programs at Parsons The New School are urged to submit complete applications by this date. After
for Design in New York City.* Complete information about the priority deadline has passed, applications received will be
admission criteria and required documents, admission status considered only if space is available.
and transfer admissions, and credit and course requirements
April 1 for fall admission for transfer sophomore and junior
for different degree programs is available on the Web at
applicants. All applicants are urged to submit complete
www.newschool.edu/parsons. Summary information is
applications by this date.
provided below.
November 1 for early action for freshman fall applications.
Address inquiries to
All application materials must be received by November 1.
Parsons The New School for Design
A decision letter will be mailed at the end of December.
University Admission
Incomplete applications will be rolled to the February 1
(Parsons Undergraduate Programs)
deadline. On occasion, the Admission Committee may decide
72 Fifth Avenue
to hold off on a decision in order to review further informa-
New York, NY 10011
tion. The application will be reviewed a second time amongst
Telephone 212.229.5150 or
the general pool of applications.
877.528.3321 (toll-free in the U.S.)
Email parsadm@newschool.edu November 1 for spring admission. Students wishing to
enter Parsons in the spring semester (see Transfer Students
Frequently Asked Questions
below) must submit all application materials by this date. If
I am a student at another college. Can I transfer to Parsons
all required materials are not submitted or postmarked by
as a sophomore or junior? To be admitted as a sophomore
November 1, applications received will be considered only if
or junior, you must have earned the studio art credits equivalent
space is available.
to the requirements of the first year(s) of the Parsons program
to which you are applying. If you do not have the right Application Procedures
studio credits, you can transfer in at a lower level regardless All applications must be made using the online application
of your previous college experience. In any case, your liberal form. The form and complete instructions are found on the
arts credits should be transferable if you received website at www.newschool.edu/parsons/apply. Please read the
acceptable grades. Note: Junior-level transfers are not instructions carefully before you apply. The application may
permitted in Fashion Design. be submitted online or downloaded and mailed to the office of
admission. All documents and artwork not being submitted
I am an international applicant. How do I get an I-20
online should be mailed together in one package to the address
form? I-20 forms are provided only after an applicant has
above. Always use the materials cover sheet posted in the Apply
been accepted to a degree program (BFA, BBA, BS, MFA, MA,
section of the website. Fill it out completely and itemize everything
AAS). Parsons does not issue I-20 forms for nonmatriculating,
you are submitting.
continuing education, or certificate students.
Admission Decisions
Can I take individual courses or enroll part-time? Parsons
—Freshmen applicants that apply by the priority deadline
degree program courses are open only to full-time matricu-
of February 1 will receive their decision in the mail by April 1
lated students. Students wishing to take individual classes
and rolling.
at Parsons can register for continuing education courses.
For more information, visit www.newschool.edu/parsons/ce. —Transfer applicants that apply by the priority deadline
of April 1 will receive their decision in the mail by May 1
*Parsons Paris is a separate institution with its own programs
and admission policies. For information about Parsons Paris, email and rolling.
parsonsparis@compuserve.com, or write to Parsons Paris,
14 rue Letellier, 75015 Paris, France.
128 INFORMATION
Required Application Support Materials Portfolio (BFA applicants)
Transcripts 8–12 additional examples of art or design work such as but not
Official high school and college transcripts must be sent limited to drawing, painting, photographs, and digital media.
to University Admissions; see address above. Copies are There are special portfolio requirements for students applying
not acceptable. for direct-entry to Design and Technology and Photography
programs; see First Year status on the following page. See
If a transfer applicant has completed less than 24 college
Visit Parsons on the last page of this brochure for information
credits, an official high school transcript will be mandatory.
about portfolio preparation workshops and review sessions
International students must submit original transcripts; at Parsons.
a certified English translation if a transcript was recorded
Required essay (Design and Management BBA applicants)
in a language other than English; and a course-by-course
In an essay of 500–550 words, describe a situation in which
evaluation report prepared by World Education Services,
you combined creativity and analysis to solve a challenging
www.wes.org, or another member of the National Association
problem. The problem you describe could be personal, social,
of Evaluation Services (NACES). If filing with WES online,
political, environmental, or something very different. The
search for New School Parsons. Transcripts should be sent for
admission committee is more interested in your process or
evaluation as soon as possible so that Parsons will receive the
method in considering the problem than whether you reached
evaluation reports prior to the application deadline.
a complete solution.
Test Scores
Required essay (Environmental Studies BS applicants)
SAT or ACT scores are required of all applicants currently
In an essay of 500–550 words, discuss a major environmental
enrolled in U.S. high schools. Applicants who are not native
challenge facing a large urban area, such as New York, Los
speakers of English must submit a TOEFL score*; a minimum
Angeles, Mexico City, London, etc., and propose a solution
score of 580 on the paper test, 237 on the computer test, or 92
focusing on design and sustainability.
on the Internet-based test is required for an applicant to be
considered (600, 250, or 100 for Environmental Studies). Personal Interview
An interview is optional but recommended. An application
*Waiving the TOEFL Requirement: The New School for General Studies
must be submitted prior to scheduling an interview. To
offers intensive courses and a certificate in English as a second language.
schedule an interview, call 212.229.8989; your New School
Many international students take these courses to prepare for academic
ID number, issued when enrollment services received your
studies or professional work in the United States. Parsons applicants who
application, must be given when scheduling an interview.
pass Level Six (6) of the New School ESL courses may waive the TOEFL
exam requirement. For general information, current course schedules, and EARLY ADMISSION FOR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS
fees, visit the website at www.newschool.edu/english.
A limited number of students may be admitted to the first-year
The Parsons Challenge Foundation Program after completing the junior year of high
All applicants must complete the Parsons Challenge. This school. If you are applying for early admission, you must
exercise helps the admission committee understand how a provide a letter from your high school authorizing the Parsons
potential student structures and conveys ideas. Foundation Program to be substituted for your senior year of
high school. You may submit PSAT scores if SAT or ACT scores
—Where do you live? What are your everyday activities? are unavailable.
Where do you go? What have you overlooked? Look around
your community and discover something new within your CONDITIONAL ADMISSION
familiar surroundings and daily life—an object, event, In some circumstances, Parsons may admit an applicant
activity, or location. subject to conditions as described below.
—Interpret your discovery in three (3) perspectives in any Summer Program as a Condition for Admission
medium and three (3) statements of approximately 150 The committee may admit an applicant on the condition that
words each. You may proceed from image to text or text he or she successfully complete a Parsons summer program to
to image. Each interpretation should represent a different make up an academic or portfolio deficiency. This is determined
point of view. at the time of the admission committee’s initial review so that
applicants will receive notification with ample time to make
—Visual media may include drawing, photography, plans for the summer. The admission committee will provide
video, sculpture, 3D work, collage, digital images or any information about these programs if appropriate.
combination of the above. Each written statement should
explore your creative and imaginative process and support Probation
the visual work in both form and content. All images and A student may be admitted on probation due to weak academic
texts must be clearly identified with your name and date performance as indicated on transcripts. Details about
of birth. probationary admission will be included in the decision letters
sent to applicants accepted under such conditions
INFORMATION 129
Summer Orientation Program for International FIRST YEAR Options
Students (SOPIS) Applicants are encouraged to enter certain programs directly
Students whose artistic and academic skills warrant admission as freshman. Otherwise, students enter into the Foundation
but whose weak English-language skills disqualify them, may program their first year.
be offered the eight-week SOPIS program as a condition of
Design and Technology (BFA) Direct Entry
admission. Placement in this program is solely at the discretion
The focus of this program is computer systems, interface
of the admission committee. The admission committee will
design, robotics, animation, and communication media
provide information about these programs if appropriate.
design. While expertise in digital technologies is not a
CHOOSING A PROGRAM prerequisite for admission, applicants should include in their
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) portfolios art or design work that highlights experience with
Four-year program; 134 credits, including 92 studio credits; digital media and technology. Students who expect to major
prepares students for art and design professions and/or in Communication Design have the option of taking the
graduate studies. Most BFA applicants enter the first-year Foundation program or applying for direct entry to Design and
Foundation Program before choosing a major, but some Technology and declaring a Communication Design major at
programs of study permit students to enter directly into their the end of the first year.
major field of study directly (see First Year options).
Photography (BFA) Direct Entry
BA/BFA Applicants for should submit a portfolio that emphasizes
Parsons and Eugene Lang College The New School for black & white and color photography and demonstrates both
Liberal Arts jointly offer a five-year curriculum permitting processing skills and conceptual solutions, preferably images
simultaneous completion of both the Bachelor of Fine Arts personally developed and printed by the applicant. Applicants
degree (90 credits) and a Bachelor of Arts degree (90 credits). must identify for each photograph the process used to make
More information and the special BA/BFA application form can the image (traditional film and photographic paper or digital
be found at www.newschool.edu/apply, or contact the office camera, software, and digital printer) and which parts of the
of admission at either Parsons or at Eugene Lang College. production process were done by the applicant.
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Design Environmental Studies (BS) and Design and
and Management Management (BBA) Direct Entry
Four-year program, 134 credits, including finance, accounting, Visit the websites (www.newschool.edu/environmental studies
and studio credits; prepares students for careers in design- or www.newschool.edu/parsons/dm) or speak to an admission
related business management and marketing. This is a direct- counselor about particular application requirements for these
entry program. two direct entry programs.
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Environmental Studies Foundation Program

Four-year program, 120 credits; prepares students for This program introduces students to a broad range of
environmental design careers or graduate studies in two concepts, skills, and critical issues in art and design practice
concentrations, sustainable design and urban ecosystems before they declare a major. It is normally the first year of
design. This is a direct-entry program. The New School study for students who expect to major in architectural design,
also offers a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies; communication design,* fashion design, fine arts, illustration,
visit www.newschool.edu/environmentalstudies for more integrated design curriculum, interior design, or product
information about this new cross-disciplinary program. design. Portfolios of Foundation applicants can include work
such as drawing, painting, photography, or digital media.
*Students who intend to major in Communication Design have the option

of applying to the Design and Technology direct-entry program.
130 INFORMATION
SPRING ADMISSION seeking admission at the sophomore or junior level to the BBA
See Transfer Students information below: spring admissions are program in Design and Management must have completed
limited and always require specific prior course work at Parsons college course work equivalent to the courses in the Parsons
or another accredited institution. The following programs BBA curriculum. Junior-level transfers are not permitted into
allow spring entry: Architectural Design (second-semester the Fashion Design program.
sophomore); Foundation (freshman transfer); Communication
Notification of Transfer Credit Awards
Design (sophomore); Design and Technology (freshman transfer
Before accepting a transfer application, an admissions
or second-semester sophomore); Fine Arts (second-semester
counselor should estimate the credits likely to be accepted by
sophomore); Illustration (sophomore); Interior Design (second
Parsons. However, actual transfer credits are awarded only
semester sophomore); and Photography (freshman transfer or
after an applicant has been admitted and all final transcripts
second-semester sophomore).
have been reviewed by the admission committee. All transfer
If the program you wish to enter does not admit new students applicants may schedule appointments with an academic
in the spring, or if you do not have the appropriate prior advisor prior to or during the beginning-of-term registration
course work, you can apply for the Foundation Program as period for in-person review of transfer credit awards.
a freshman transfer student or else apply for the next fall
Advanced Placement Examinations
semester. The portfolio work of transfer applicants must be
Advanced Placement scores may be submitted by accepted
equivalent to that of Parsons students at the same level. If you
students for credit as follows. Academic Subjects score of 4 or
have questions, please contact the office of admission.
5: credit may be awarded for liberal arts electives or for certain
TRANSFER STUDENTS required courses in the Art and Design Studies curriculum; Art
Residency Requirement History score of 4 or 5: exemption may be granted from required
Parsons has a two-year residency requirement for all under- first-year survey courses, but credit points will not be granted;
graduate degree programs. A maximum of 67 credits earned students can take intermediate and advanced art history courses
elsewhere can be applied toward a Parsons degree. to satisfy degree requirements. Studio Art: due to the integral
nature of the studio curricula at Parsons, Advanced Placement
Transfer students may receive credit for college courses com-
scores cannot replace required studio courses.
pleted elsewhere that are similar to those offered at Parsons,
based on assessment of official transcripts. A grade of C or
better must have been awarded for a course to be considered.
Credit will be transferred for studio if the applicant’s portfolio
materials demonstrate proficiency in the skills for which
credit is sought. Courses considered for transfer credit must
have been taken at an institution accredited by a state or
regional accrediting association or by the National Association
of Schools of Art and Design. Transfer credit will be accepted follow us online
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granted for life experience. www.twitter.com/thenewschool
Students who have earned a French baccalaureate, a German The information published here represents the plans of The
Abitur, or an International Baccalaureate diploma, or who have New School at the time of publication. The university reserves
passed equivalent European university qualifying examina- the right to change without notice any matter contained in this
tions, will be considered for appropriate transfer credits based publication, including but not limited to tuition, fees, policies,
degree programs, names of programs, course offerings, academic
on those academic credentials.
activities, academic requirements, facilities, faculty, and
Foundation Year Spring Semester Transfer administrators. Payment of tuition or attendance at any classes
If you have previously completed the equivalent of the required shall constitute a student’s acceptance of the administration’s
first-semester studio credits, you can enter the Foundation rights as set forth above.
Program in the spring as a second-semester student. Published 2009 by Parsons The New School for Design
Produced by Communications and External Affairs, The New School
Sophomore and Junior Year Transfers
Transfer students who apply for direct entry into a particular Design: mgmt. design
program but are deemed to lack fundamental skills, or Photography: Portraits by Matthew Septimus; cover and section
otherwise are not ready to declare a major, will be directed dividers by Matthew Sussman; photographs of student work by
to apply for the Foundation Program. Transfer students Caitlin Benedetto, Jeff Brown, John Roach.
INFORMATION 131
Visit Parsons
Visit us in New York City, or meet our admission counselors at portfolio reviews where
you
Found live.collected
objects For more information,
in Parsons studios go to www.newschool.edu/parsons/visit.
(material samples, tools, reference documents,
process artifacts) and samples of student and
Information
faculty work. Collage Sessions
by mgmt. design.
Take part in one of our general information sessions, where you can meet
with counselors to discuss Parsons’ study options and receive instructions on
portfolio preparation.
Tours
Sign up for a tour of the school. Tours must be scheduled well in advance to ensure
accommodation. For more information, go to www.newschool.edu/parsons/tours.
National Portfolio Days
Representatives from Parsons attend National Portfolio Days throughout the country
to meet prospective students and offer advice on preparing portfolios. For more
information, visit www.newschool.edu/parsons and go to Parsons on the Road.
Portfolio Preparation Workshop
Learn about preparing a successful portfolio from members of the Admission

Committee at our Portfolio Preparation Workshops (artwork will not be reviewed at
these sessions). Go to www.newschool.edu/parsons/portprep to reserve a space.
Portfolio Review Sessions
Take advantage of these opportunities to receive guidance on your artwork

as you prepare your portfolio for admission to schools of art and design. Go to
www.newschool.edu/parsons/portprep to reserve a space.
International Events
Representatives from Parsons participate in events internationally. For complete

details, go to www.newschool.edu/parsons/international.
index of AREAS OF STUDY

Animation, 106, 114 Fashion Design, 110 Interior Design, 118
Architecture, 100 Fashion Marketing, 104 Lifestyle Design, 122
Art History, 97 Fine Arts, 112 Lighting Design, 122
Broadcast Design, 102, 106 Furniture Design, 122 Management, 104
Business, 104 Graphic Design, 102 Painting, 112
Communication Design, 102 Illustration, 114 Photography, 120
Design and Management, 104 Industrial Design, 122 Product Design, 122
Design and Technology, 106 Information Design, 102 Product Development, 104
Design Studies, 97 Integrated Design, 116 Robotics, 106
Digital Design, 102, 106 Interdisciplinary Studies, 116 Sculpture, 112
Environmental Studies, 108 Interface Design, 106 Web Design, 102, 106
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parsons

the new school

As a student, you’ll benefit from instruction by some of the most accomplished

4 PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN

6 PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN

THE NEW SCHOOL

THE NEW SCHOOL

THE NEW SCHOOL

EUGENE LANG COLLEGE

fashion, and intellectual INQUIRY.

A Parsons education isn’t just a series of isolated classes—it’s a fully immersive

The main campus is located downtown in Greenwich Village, a residential

8 PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

LINCOLN CENTER THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM

CENTRAL PARK THE WHITNEY MUSEUM

NEW YORK CITY

PARSONS THE PUBLIC THEATER

THE NEW MUSEUM

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

An international outlook has always been a key ingredient of Parsons’ success.

10 PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN

At Parsons, we expand the frontiers of design, addressing needs at scales

Every day I am inspired by Parsons’ remarkable faculty and students. Witnessing

Joel Towers, Dean

Notable Alumni Through the Decades: A Timeline for Innovation

1900 s Edward Hopper painter 1980 s Dan Yaccarino illustrator

16 PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN

STUDENT RUN NEWSPAPER

Urban Mapping Project

Installing New York, New York, New York

Site: Flux Factory, an art and

Condition: Students were invited to

Outcome: Students participated in

Parsons Team: Cluster8, a team of

Partners: Flux Factory art collective;

Presenting marketing and product

Condition: The Luxury Education

Outcome: Students had a rare

Parsons Team: Students from

Partners: Columbia University graduate

The installation at Design Within Reach

Challenge: To produce individual

Outcome: An installation of the

Parsons Team: Illustration students

Partners: Design Within Reach; Heller.

Conducting on-site research for the

Site: Lower Garden District,

Challenge: To develop a mixed-income,

Outcome: After a semester of intensive

Parsons Team: Students from

Partners: Volunteers for America;

A preliminary site visit

Challenge: To work with a group

Outcome: Fourteen students spent

Parsons Team: Students and faculty

Partners: Students and faculty from

sustainable design review

Finalist projects by Parsons students Isa

Challenge: To develop packaging that

Outcome: A jury of sustainable design

Project Team: The competition is open

–Free wireless Internet is available –The Kellen Archive is an extensive collection

–Students have access to extensive studio