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Design -- History -- Study and teaching

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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 MA Architecture and Design Criticism program theses

 Collection
Identifier: PC-02-04-01
Summary

The Master of the Arts in Liberal Arts: Architecture and Design Criticism graduate program began in 1986 and graduated its last student in 1997. The program was jointly administered by Parsons School of Design within the Environmental Design program (now the School of Constructed Environments), and the New School for Social Research’s Graduate Faculty. The collection contains eleven theses written by students who graduated between 1987 and 1995.

Dates: 1987 - 1995

Parsons School of Design Master of Arts Design and Curatorial Studies program theses

 Collection
Identifier: PC-02-04-08
Abstract

This record group consists of text files of theses created by students in Parsons School of Design's MA program in History of Design and Curatorial Studies between 2023 and 2024.

Dates: 2023-2024

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 Table research files

 Collection
Identifier: PC-08-02-01
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and research related to the Parsons table, a conceptual table design thought to have originated at the Paris Ateliers, the precursor to Parsons Paris, in the 1920s or 1930s and often attributed to French designer Jean-Michel Frank (1895–1941). The materials were assembled by the New School Archives staff as part of a Parsons School of Design Design and Management Department project in 2002.

Dates: 1922 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1975