Luis Rey student work
Online Access
Available digital items: https://digital.archives.newschool.edu/index.php/Detail/collections/KA0116.
Summary
Luis Rey graduated from the Interior Design Department of Parsons School of Design in 1967. The collection consists of student projects, primarily in the form of drawings and plans, executed by Rey for his courses between 1964 and 1967.
Dates
- 1964 - 1967
Creator
- Rey, Luis A. (Person)
Extent
2.0 Cubic Feet (1 portfolio)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents of Collection
The collection consists of Luis Rey's student work, executed while attending Parsons School of Design between 1964 and 1967. The projects consist primarily of renderings, drawings, and plans. Residential, commercial, and furniture design projects are included. At the time of Rey's enrollment, Parsons offered a three-year certificate program. Third year projects represent Rey's work at the conclusion of his Interior Design education at Parsons.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives and Special Collections. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Biographical Note
Luis A. Rey was born in Lima, Peru. After studying engineering, Rey came to New York City in 1962, where he met William Raiser, a designer for Raymond Loewy. Raiser, an active member of the Parsons School of Design Alumni Association and its president from 1964 to 1966, encouraged Rey to consider studying interior design at Parsons School of Design.
Rey began his studies in the Interior Design Department of Parsons in 1964. In his second year, he placed second in the undergraduate category for the national NSID Scholarship Awards. Rey graduated in 1967 and formed a partnership with classmates Barbara Green and Howard Kaplan. Although Rey and Kaplan soon left the partnership for other opportunities, Green continued the firm for many years. As a young designer, Rey also designed for SLS Environetics and Luss, Kaplan & Associates. In 1972, following a friend's introduction, he joined the staff of McMillen, Inc., where he has worked as a designer ever since. He has served as president of the firm since 2002.
Organization and Arrangement
Projects are arranged chronologically by the academic year in which Rey created them.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Luis Rey to the New School Archives, 2010.
- Furniture design (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Furniture design -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century (Subject) (Places) (Temporal) Subject Source: Local sources
- Interior decoration -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York (Subject) (Places) Subject Source: Local sources
- Interior decoration rendering (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Parsons the New School for Design. Interior Design Department
- Renderings (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Student projects (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Luis Rey student work
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- New School Archives and Special Collections Staff
- Date
- February 24, 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin