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Nina Freedman's work spans architectural design, interior design, public art installations, teaching and furniture design. At Parsons, she has taught design studios in the Interior Design BFA, MFA and AAS programs. She currently also teaches graduate school interior design thesis at Pratt Institute, Department of Interior Design, and Professional Trajectories at Cornell University School of Architecture NYC AAP.  She has additionally taught at the Pratt Institute School of Architecture, Stanford University, Fordham University, and been a Design Professor in China. She founded Dreamland Creative Projects in 2015, to focus on the impact of emotional space, sourcing from the intersection of psychology and design. Her work has a focus on the latyered definitions of 'Home'. Home to self, family, other, community, nation and earth. She is also the host of Whereing: A Podcast about Belonging and Design. 

A 2024 New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA) grantee, she is exhibiting 'Face-Ade' at the European Cutlural Council 2024 Art Biennale in Venice, Italy. She has exhibited 'Spaces for Spontaneous Singing' at the LA Design Festival for which she was an Architizer + Award Finalist, Bayer Leaps Pavilion at the Summit Festival and 'Ri-Box' at the Pomerantz Gallery 'Picturing Space' Exhibition.

Prior to founding DCP, Nina worked in leadership positions such as Director for Shigeru Ban, with Hugh Hardy, Renzo Piano, Richard Meier and Paul Rudolph. In the Fall of 2012, Nina co-founded ArchiteXX, an organization for women in architecture and design, providing co-learning workshops, cross generational mentorship and a high school prep program, to increase diversity in architecture. She received her Diploma Architecture from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, RIBA Part I and Part II and a B.S. Landscape Architecture from the City College of New York.

For additional information about Dreamland Creative Projects:  http://www.dreamlandcreativeprojects.com
For information, and to listen to the Whereing podcast: https://thewhereing.com  or any podcast directory.

Social: IG: @dreamland_creative_projects and @whereingpodcast

Degrees Held

ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE   
AA Diploma and /ARB/RIBA Part II (Masters of Architecture)                                                                                 
BA/ARB RIBA Part I (Bachelor of Architecture)

CITY COLLEGE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN LANDSCAPE
Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture