Journalism
Anna Conkling: Telling Untold Stories
Anna is a Berlin-based American journalist who focuses on war and conflict, human rights violations, and the environment. Her work has taken her to Armenia, Lebanon, and, most recently, Ukraine.
Featured Work
The boundary-breaking research and work from our students, alumni, and faculty, is defined by interdisciplinary exploration and innovative problem solving to challenge the status quo and reshape the future. Discover their work.
Fashion Design (BFA)
Lucia Cuba: Activating Your Creativity for Social Good
Lucia Cuba (Assistant Professor of Fashion Design, Parsons School of Design) discusses her belief in developing a curriculum that not only promotes awareness of social issues but inspires action.
Interior Design (MFA)
Jonsara Ruth and Alison Mears
Jonsara Ruth (Design Director and Co-founder, Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons School of Design) and Alison Mears (Director and Co-founder, Healthy Materials Lab)
Integrated Design (BFA)
Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo: Transforming Society Through Systems Approaches
Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo, Associate Professor of Integrated Design; Dean, School of Design Strategies; and Director, DEED Research Labs
Strategic Design and Management (BBA), Fashion Management (MPS), Fashion Management (Online MPS)
Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management (MS)
Ana Baptista
Associate Professor of Professional Practice and Chair of MS Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management, Milano School of Management, Policy, and Environment
Integrated Design (BFA)
Marisa Morán Jahn: Crossing Disciplines to Create Change
Morán Jahn, an interdisciplinary artist-activist and the new director of Parsons’ BFA Integrated Design program, employs creativity to build community resilience.
Fashion Design and the Arts (MFA)
Fashion Design Fashion Design (BFA), Fashion Design and the Arts (MFA)
Reimagining a Legendary Paris Fashion House
Parsons Paris MFA Fashion Design and the Arts students partnered with Mugler, the legendary Paris design house led by Casey Cadwallader, to reimagine work by the iconic couturier.
Industrial Design (MFA), Interior Design (MFA), Textiles (MFA)
Decentering the Design Canon
The Decolonized & Decarbonized Dinner Party—begun as a Parsons-led multidisciplinary learning workshop to build community, share regenerative practices, and expand the design canon—has become a course open to all.
Textiles (MFA)
Preeti Gopinath and Anette Millington: Weaving Migration Data into Textiles
MFA Textiles program leaders Preeti Gopinath and Anette Millington are connecting students, industry partners, and sustainable creative practice in surprising ways—including with the UN.
Fashion Design (BFA), Fashion Design and Society (MFA)
Tilting the Lens Toward More Inclusive Fashion
A partnership with the accessibility consultancy Tilting the Lens has led to new resources for students of all abilities while advancing inclusive fashion practice.
Product Design (BFA)
Pamela Elizarrarás Acitores: Documenting Climate Activists
Elizarrarás Acitores documents climate action around the world and created portraits of young climate activists that were shown at the 2021 UN Climate Conference (COP26)
Integrated Design (BFA)
Partnering with the Guggenheim to Make Museums More Inclusive
Parsons’ BFA Integrated Design program recently invited new audiences into a celebrated NYC museum through the Float exhibition and family workshop
Architectural Design (BFA), Product Design (BFA), Interior Design (BFA), Integrated Design (BFA)
Daniel Michalik: Developing New Industry Partnerships Through Regenerative Design
Drawing on years of designing with cork, professor Daniel Michalik connects students to global partners and platforms for promoting regenerative design.
Evren Uzer: Design and Community Engagement
Evren Uzer Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Parsons School of Design
Design and Technology (MFA)
Data Visualization (MS)
Architectural Design (BFA)
Brian McGrath: Innovating Global Architecture, Building Student Networks
Professor Brian McGrath shares his innovative approach to architecture in a course that challenges students to collaborate with peers on a model to be exhibited at the Venice Biennale of Architecture
Product Design (BFA), Industrial Design (MFA)
Innovating the Urban Cycling Experience with Brompton Folding Bicycles
Students in Parsons’ BFA Product Design and MFA Industrial Design programs were recently challenged to innovate products for global folding bike company Brompton Bicycle USA.
Architectural Design (BFA), Architecture (M.Arch)
Brian McGrath
Brian McGrath (Professor of Urban Design, Parsons), shares his belief that both architecture and design should be regarded as human rights.
