Design professionals in the 21st century must learn to navigate a fluid, networked, global culture, Parsons The New School for Design is developing a range of dynamic, cross-disciplinary, graduate-level programs that place design practice and research at the center of that global context:
In this groundbreaking MA program, students will engage in the evolving field of fashion studies. Using an interdisciplinary approach, they will study fashion as object, image, text, practice, theory, and concept and develop a critical understanding of its complex global intersections with identities, histories, and cultures in the contemporary world. More at www.newschool.edu/fashionstudies.
This advanced studio-based program in fashion design will encourage students to confront real-world challenges in the fashion industry while developing their capacities not only as outstanding designers, entrepreneurs, and scholars, but also as engaged global citizens. More at www.newschool.edu/fashiondesignsociety.
Graduate students in this experimental design program will work in multidisciplinary teams to explore new models of practice that engage projects whose complexity challenges traditional disciplinary approaches. More about TransDesign at www.newschool.edu/transdesign.
In development, this agile, online graduate degree program in development will provide practicing designers with the new business development skills needed to put them ahead in competitive times. Courses cover the fundamentals of managing people, projects, and finances in the contexts of digital entrepreneurship, sustainable design, and service design.
Design as a Connective Practice
Each program situates design practice and its artifacts within a broader social framework, empowering students to respond creatively and critically to fast-changing conditions. Collectively, they signal a shift to understanding design as a connective practice that can no longer operate in isolation from the world that is shaping it.
Parsons The New School for Design
Located in New York City—an international center for design—these programs build upon the strength of Parsons The New School for Design as an innovative design school that's part of The New School, a legendary university in New York City known for academic excellence and civic engagement.
Parsons' storied history in design education includes the launch of the first programs for undergraduate study in Graphic Design, Fashion, and Interior Design. Parsons' new areas of graduate study will complement its existing graduate programs in Architecture, Design and Technology, Fine Arts, History of Decorative Arts and Design, Interior Design, Lighting Design, and Photography.
Find out more
If you'd like to receive updates on these new graduate programs, send your name, email address, and program(s) of interest to thinkparsons@newschool.edu.
