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  • Anthony Deen

    Part-time Associate Teaching Professor

    Email
    deena@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    D - 6 East 16th Street

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    Anthony Deen

    Profile

    An architect by training, Anthony is a co-founder of the MFADT program with Sven Travis and was the program's first Director, teaching Design Studio, Thesis and leading the program’s computer-based modeling and animation classes. In his professional work Anthony helped found the Lab at Rockwell Group and has been designing and building immersive environments and media installations since 2004. Anthony's recent architecture clients include Central Park, the NYPD, NYU Langone Health, Northwell Health and the World Trade Center.

    A graduate of the Cooper Union and Parsons School of Design, Anthony's graduate thesis was authored in VRML, a form of real-time digital immersion that predates today’s gaming engines. Anthony's post graduate work is in Japanese and Chinese modern history. Anthony's projects have won the Cannes Gold Lion; International Design Award; Spark Design Awards and multiple SEGD and GOOD Design awards. Anthony holds several design patents, was listed in Interior Design Magazine's 2025 100 Top Designers and his work is included in the National Design Museum. Anthony also served as a member of the EPA’s Gowanus Community Advisory Group, and co-founded Gowanus By Design, a community based urban design advocacy.

    Degrees Held

    BFA, M. Arch, MA

    Professional Affiliation

    Associate AIA, SEGD, IDSA

    Research Interests

    Sustainable Design, Immersive Media, History and Design

    Awards And Honors

    Cannes Gold Lion, International Design Award, Spark Design Award, SEGD Merit Award, GOOD Design award, GOOD Green Design Award, AIA-NY Project Award, Lumen Award, Exhibit Award, Interior Design Magazine Best of Year Finalist

    Current Courses

    Major Studio 2
    PGTE 5201, Spring 2025

    Future Courses

    Collab
    PSAM 5550, Fall 2025

    Past Courses

    Collab
    PSAM 5550, Fall 2024

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