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Interior designers

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: People who specialize in the design and arrangement of interiors, including the design of the space itself as well as designs, colors, and placement of moveable works located within buildings' spaces, such as furniture or accessories. For people whose profession focuses specifically on the design and construction of spaces inside architectural structures or parts of structures, prefer "interior architects." For those whose interest is limited to the furnishings and accessories, use "interior decorators."

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Melvin Dwork papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0034
Summary

Named one of Architectural Digest’s top 100 designers in 1990 and 2002, Melvin Dwork (1922-2016) attended Parsons School of Design in the 1940s, and later served on the Parsons Advisory Committee. The collection (1920-2012) includes student work, slides, photographs, plans, drawings, news clippings, press releases, brochures, showroom catalogs, personal correspondence and awards.

Dates: 1920-2012
Found in: The New School Archives / Melvin Dwork papers

Michael Kalil papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0119-01
Summary Michael Kalil (1943-1991) was an interior architect, philosopher, educator and artist, known for his innovative work with new materials and for humanizing digital technologies. From 1981 to 1991, he was the principal of Kalil Designs/Kalil Studio, a firm that specialized in high-profile commercial, prototype and theoretical, and residential design commissions. Kalil also served as an adjunct faculty member at the Parsons School of Design. The collection includes Kalil's...
Dates: 1966 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1991
Found in: The New School Archives / Michael Kalil papers

Radical Shifts: Reshaping the Interior at Parsons (1955-1985) oral history project

 Collection
Identifier: PC-07-01-04
Summary

The oral histories comprising this collection were conducted in 2010 in preparation for the exhibit, Radical Shifts: Reshaping the Interior at Parsons, 1955-1985, to record perspectives on the interior and environmental design departments at Parsons School of Design in the 1960s and 1970s. During this period, Parsons' interior design program adopted a more experimental program of study in the newly-created Environmental Design Department.

Dates: 2010
Found in: The New School Archives / Radical Shifts: Reshaping the Interior at Parsons (1955-1985) oral history project

Raymond Waldron papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0044
Summary Raymond S. Waldron, Jr. (1913-2002) attended the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (later, Parsons School of Design) from 1938-1941. After serving in World War II, Waldron worked for Lord & Taylor. In 1965, he established his own interior decoration firm. The collection includes his student work, a travel sketchbook, and professional files. Waldron's student work includes notebooks, instructor handouts, sketches and renderings, and tracings. A travel sketchbook...
Dates: 1938 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1994
Found in: The New School Archives / Raymond Waldron papers

Sunbeam Randall student work

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0062
Abstract

Sunbeam "Sunny" Randall (1898-1993) graduated from Parsons School of Design Interior Design Department in 1951 and worked as a professional decorator. The collection includes course materials, furniture and decorative style sketches, class notes, and a scrapbook documenting Randall's art tour of Europe as a Parsons student in 1950.

Dates: 1948 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1951
Found in: The New School Archives / Sunbeam Randall student work

Van Day Truex photograph albums and scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0160-01
Abstract

The collection consists of five photograph albums and two scrapbooks compiled by the designer, style arbiter, and Parsons School of Design administrator and president Van Day Truex (1904-1979). Truex's travels and social interactions are documented in captioned photographs. A third scrapbook of unknown origin, annotated by Parsons faculty member Stanley Barrows, documents Truex's apartments and the home of his predecessor as president of Parsons, William Odom.

Dates: 1910-1969; Majority of material found within 1926-1969
Found in: The New School Archives / Van Day Truex photograph albums and scrapbooks

Violet Holsinger Mueller papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0129-01
Summary

Violet Holsinger Mueller (1907-2003) studied fashion design at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (later, Parsons School of Design) from 1926 through 1929. She worked as an interior designer for Stix, Baer & Fuller, a St. Louis-based department store, and founded her own design consultancy in Belleville, Illinois. Her papers include personal materials, and documentation created during her studies at Parsons and her design career.

Dates: 1926 - 2010
Found in: The New School Archives / Violet Holsinger Mueller papers