The Curatorial Design Research Lab engages in research facilitating the design of innovative curatorial platforms that generate transdisciplinary learning opportunities and provoke critical cross-cultural public dialogues about the function of visual and material culture in contemporary daily life.
The lab aims to inspire hands-on participatory design projects intended to effect change in local and global communities. The lab was formed by staff and faculty from the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, the Kellen Design Archives, the New School Archives and Special Collections, the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, the New School Art Collection, the Skybridge Curatorial Project, several Parsons graduate programs, and Eugene Lang College’s Visual Studies program. All lab members collaborate with Parsons and New School faculty, students from multidisciplinary academic programs, and a range of significant cultural venues and diverse communities around the world. Dedicated to deepening our collective understanding of the capacity of visual and material culture to transform global sociopolitical conditions, lab collaborators generate and exchange scholarly research, institutional resources, and multidisciplinary expertise aimed at facilitating the design of coordinated curatorial platforms.
To learn more, visit cdrlab.parsons.edu.
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