Announcing 10NTH: MFA Products of Design Thesis Presentations are May 5th!
We invite you to attend the 10th Annual Master’s Thesis Presentations—of the 2023 graduating class of the MFA in Products of Design program—live at the SVA Theatre on Friday, May 5th from 1:00pm - 6:00pm (EDT, GMT-4). Fourteen graduating master’s students will each present their year-long thesis work, comprised of research, artifacts, services, experiences, and platforms.
If you are in NYC, please RSVP HERE to attend the event at the theatre: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-mfa-products-of-design-thesis-presentations-tickets-568444090577
For those not in NYC, the event will be live-streamed and directly linked on our homepage. We welcome guests in all facets of design and innovation, including designers, entrepreneurs, teachers, advocates, talent scouts, journalists, and cultural critics.
2023 MFA Products of Design Thesis Presentations
Friday, May 5, 2022
SVA Theatre: 333 West 23rd Street, NYC
1:00PM to 6:00 PM NYC (EDT, GMT-4)
In the meantime, enjoy some photos of previous Thesis Presentations below!
Presenting students and topics:
Part 1
(START TIME 1:20PM)
Corey McClelland Beyond the Right Stuff: Designing for Disability Inclusion in Space
Cathy Tung Well-Rounded: Integrating Art to Enhance Interdisciplinary Learning
Kaylan Tran Who Can Afford to Be a Designer? Challenging the Talent Pipeline
Nihaarika Arora One Biome: Urban Ecologies On Our Lands and in Our Bodies
Arshlavi Auleear From Margin to Center: Empowering Women in Creative Industries
Cheryl Zhang Temporal Illusions: Distorting our Perceptions of Time
Charvi Shrimali How India Looks: Localizing Design Tools for a Billion People
Part 2
(START TIME 3:30PM)
Jaemin Cho Beyond the Visual: Reimagining Digital Accessibility for the Blind and Low-Vision Communities
Erika Choe Preserving Humanness: Where Bodies & Technology Meet
Xinyue Wu Xinyue: Delight in the Everyday
Jose Martin Mods: A Study into Adaptive Gaming
Giancarlo Cipri "Wherever You Go Becomes a Part of You"
Monica Albornoz Pasos: Design Interventions for Gendered Agency in Latin Partner Dance
Sarah Hackett Burn It All Down: Deconstructing the Toxicity of Seriousness
About the MFA in Products of Design
The MFA in Products of Design is an immersive, two-year graduate program that creates exceptional practitioners for leadership in the shifting terrain of design. We educate heads, hearts, and hands to reinvent systems and catalyze positive change. Graduates emerge with confidence, methods, experience, and strong professional networks. They gain the skills necessary to excel in senior positions at top design firms and progressive organizations, create ingenious enterprises of their own, and become lifelong advocates for the power of design.