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Design -- Study and teaching

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Charles S. Olton records

 Record Group
Identifier: PC-01-07-01
Abstract

Consists of records created and received by Charles S. Olton, dean of Parsons School of Design from 1989 until 1997. Includes subject files on committees, departments and programs, events, individuals, international projects, and general administrative issues. Some files are restricted. Please email archivist@newschool.edu for details.

Dates: 1974 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1989 - 1997

Mariette Cassels student notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0076
Summary

The collection consists of eight notebooks kept by Mariette Cassels (1905-1993) while studying in the Paris Ateliers of the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (now, Parsons The New School for Design) in 1930-1931. Includes lecture notes, photographs, postcards, clippings and sketches of furniture and decorative moldings.

Dates: probably 1930-1931

Michael Rait student work

 Collection — Map-case Mixed MC F 4 (F), Folder: 2-4
Identifier: KA-0118
Overview

The Michael Rait student work consists of assignments that Rait completed as a student in the Parsons School of Design Environmental Design Department between 1975 and 1979. Projects in the portfolio include floor plans, elevations, perspectives, and renderings of office buildings, furniture, and restaurant, office, and residential interiors.

Dates: circa 1975-1979

New School web archive collection

 Collection
Identifier: NS-10-01-01
Abstract

This collection consists of archived websites published by The New School and members of the university community from 2016 to 2023. The archived websites include university events, exhibits, student and faculty websites, publications, and departmental websites.

Dates: 2016 - 2024

Parsons School of Design Advanced Research Seminar student manifestoes

 Collection
Identifier: PC-02-10-01
Summary

Collection consists of student projects created as a final assignment for Professor Esther Choi's Advanced Research Seminar: Constructed Environments during the fall 2016 semester. All students were undergraduates in The New School's Parsons School of Design, primarily in architecture, interior design, and product design programs. The projects take the form of design manifestoes, combining text, images, and different forms of presentation.

Dates: 2016 December

Parsons School of Design Master of Arts Design Studies program materials

 Record Group
Identifier: PC-02-15-01
Abstract

The Parsons School of Design Master of Arts Design Studies program was established to encourage the study of design as a transdisciplinary discipline with the goal of preparing students to become active agents of social change. The collection consists of physical and electronic files documenting the program's development and planning, and reporting on its progress, as well as syllabi and video recordings of a 2014 symposium.

Dates: 2011-2019

Parsons School of Design MFA Design and Technology program theses

 Collection
Identifier: PC-02-04-02
Summary

This record group consists of text, video, and audio files documenting theses created by students in Parsons School of Design's MFA program in Design and Technology.

Dates: 2001-2024

Parsons School of Design oral history program

 Collection
Identifier: PC-07-01-02
Abstract

This ongoing oral history program documents the lives and work of designers, artists, and others active in the fields of art and design. Interviewees include Parsons School of Design alumni, faculty, and professionals without a direct Parsons connection.

Dates: 1994; Majority of material found within 2010 - 2024

Parsons School of Design student work transparencies

 Record Group — Box 1
Identifier: PC-02-01-03
Abstract

A collection of 4 x 5 inch color transparencies of work probably created 1970 through 1975 by Parsons School of Design students in the Communication Design, Environmental Design, Fashion Design, Fashion Illustration, General Illustration, and Graphic Design departments, including work that was exhibited in end of year shows and annual Society of Illustrators Scholarship Competitions.

Dates: circa 1970-1975