Announcing the 13th MFA Products of Design Thesis Presentations: May 7th!
We invite you to attend the 13th MFA in Products of Design Annual Master’s Thesis Showcase for the graduating 2025 class, live at the SVA Theatre on Thursday, May 7th from 4 – 96pm (EDT, GMT-9). 19 master’s students will present their year-long thesis work, comprised of research, artifacts, services, experiences, and platforms.
If you are in NYC, please RSVP at this Eventbrit link to attend!
For those not in NYC, the event will be live-streamed and directly linked on our homepage. We welcome guests in all branches of design and innovation, including designers, entrepreneurs, teachers, advocates, talent scouts, journalists, and cultural critics.
2026 MFA Products of Design Thesis Showcase
Thursday, May 7, 2026
SVA Theatre: 333 West 23rd Street, NYC
4PM to 9 PM NYC (EDT, GMT-9)
In the meantime, enjoy some photos of previous Thesis Presentations below!
Presenting students and topics:
Christiana (Ana) Aghjayan
The Language of the Road: From Noise to Nuance
Ta-Shea Brown
Creativity to Enterprise: Art Education as a Pathway to Entrepreneurship
Daniella (Carmel) Berg
Meshes of the City: Design for Interdependence
Sofia Grytsenko
Rekindling Joy: The Power of Play in Design
Qi Guan
Sensory Overload and the Reduction of Environmental Attention
Sophia Haase
Made By Hand: Reclaiming Analog Experiences Through Nostalgia
Benjamin (Ben) Hone
Spectatorship: Instigating Sports Fans to Get Into the Climate Game
Lauren Palazzi
Holding On Differently: Reimagining Heirlooms in an Emphemeral World
Monty Preston
Entangle! Embracing Urban Wetlands Through Citizen Science
Mo (Eva) Rongfengyan
Between Presence and Production: Boundary Collapse in Remote Work
Carol (Zeyu) Tian
TBD
Gudrun Tholl Torfadottir
Designing Everyday Energy: Reimagining Renewable Energy Into Furniture and Everyday Objects
Qian (Jessie) Wang
Table for One?: Eating Solo and Its Misconceptions
Danli (Rida) Zeng
Metaphorical: Designing for Agency in Chronic Pain
Sige Zheng
Sharing Waves: When Digital Nomads Meet Local Communities in Puerto Escondido, Mexico
Tong Zhao
Put Down Your Phone: Families Wading the Attention Economy
Haosen Zhang
TBD
Shiyu (Lynn) Zhang
Ritual and Safety: Pathways Through Pain and the Self
Qianyue Zhou
Performing Realness: Posting, Pressure, and Visibility on Social Media
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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.