Announcing EI8TH: MFA Products of Design Thesis Presentations are May 14!

We invite you to attend the Virtual Masters Thesis Presentations of the 2021 graduating class of the MFA in Products of Design program via livestream on Friday, May 14th from 5pm - 9pm (EDT, GMT-4). Fourteen graduating masters students will each present their year-long thesis work, comprised of research, artifacts, services, experiences, and platforms.

Please RSVP HERE:  Eventbrite

The livestream will be directly linked on our homepage. We welcome guests in all facets of design and innovation, including designers, entrepreneurs, students, teachers, advocates, talent-scouts, journalists and cultural critics.

2021 MFA Products of Design Thesis Presentations
Friday, May 14, 2021
5:00PM to 9:00 PM NYC (EDT, GMT-4)

Projects and Students Presenting:

Hang "Joey" Yuan Inter-Generate: A Set of Design Offerings for Chinese Empty-Nesters

Regena Reyes N-3+Me: Urban Resilience at Human Scale

Crystal Lo Sparks: Marriage, Connection, and Design

Kgothatso Lephoko Language In Language Out: Natural Language Processing in the Context of Indigenous South African Languages

Xiaohan Miao Out From Control: Design Interventions Around Emotional Abuse

Shuyi Wang Buying Possibilities: The Double Edge of Blind Box Culture

Karan Mahendra Bansal Overwhelmed: Work, Play, Time, and Design

Yufeng Peng Disintermediation and Design: Customers, Producers, and the Platform

Bethany FronhoferThe Uncommon Core: A Design Exploration of Active Education for Kinesthetic Learners

Yiming "Mia" Xu Meet You On the Steps: Museums as Social Experiences

Siddhant Goyle The Scattered Billion: Designing for the Grey Economy

Guanghui Bi Bursting Bubbles: Learning About Others Through Digital Play

Zhenxuan Wang Second-Hand, Second-Love: Reimagining Sustainable Fashion in China

Tingyu "Danica" Dou Uplifting / Lifting Up: Asian Power From Our Own Hands

(Want a sneak peek at what you're in for: Take a look at some of previous presentations!)

 

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.

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