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PoD Alum Oscar de la Hera Gomez Awarded for MoMA Partnered Product
Alum Oscar de la Hera Gomez (class of 2016) has recently won several awards for his Ambi Chopsticks & Holders, designed for MFA Products of Design’s collaboration with the MoMA Design Store.
WPIX-TV Features "She Served" Board Game on Story about Women Vets!
This past week, WPIX-TV featured the “Military Game of Life” game created as part of the 2017 Design Research and Integration course led by Lawrence Abrahamson. (You can see the entire project here at alumnus Alexia Cohen’s website, and check out the other projects created as part of the course here and here.
Announcing the Spring 2020 Lecture Series!
We are delighted to announce our Visiting Lecture Series lineup for the Spring 2020 season. Read more below about Liz Jackson, Cameron Tonkinwise, Sally Rumble, Mariana Prieto, and Danny Alexander below! And if you want to attend one of these events, just reach out!
Announcing New Faculty for 2019-2020!
We are thrilled to welcome four amazing new faculty to Products of Design for the 2019-2020 academic year: Shanti Mathew, Megan Ford, Alexandre Hennen, and Jonathan Meléndez-Davidson. Meet them all below, and see them on the quad!
Student-Designed Products Launch at the MoMA Design Store!
We are extraordinarily proud that for the entire month of April, the two New York-based MoMA Design Stores are dedicating their windows and in-store displays to the collaboration with MFA Products of Design department! For the launch of 6 new products, an Opening Reception was held in midtown Manhattan last Thursday night. Check out photos below of the packed house, guests, and featured products designed by Products of Design students!
PoD Student Wins NYCxDESIGN AWARD!
PoD recent-grad Antya Waegemann just won one of the NYCxDESIGN Awards presented last week at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Check out the link to all the award winners, and some photos of the award ceremony below. Congratulations Antya!
Students Win 3 Prizes in International Design Awards!
Products of Design graduates Manako Tamura and Alexia Cohen have just won three awards in this year’s International Design Awards! All three of these projects were created as part of their Masters Thesis, and we’ve pasted links below for you to check them out!
Announcing 6IXTH: MFA Products of Design Thesis Presentations are May 14th!
We invite you to attend the Masters Thesis showcase presentations of the 2019 graduating class of the MFA in Products of Design program on Tuesday, May 14th at the SVA Theatre from 11am - 5:30pm. Twenty graduating masters students will each present their year-long thesis work, comprised of research, artifacts, services, experiences, and platforms.
A Day in the Life of Products of Design
It’s been an incredible couple of days here at Products of Design, and we thought we might share some of the highlights, including a Guest Lecture by Debbie Millman, The kick-off of this year’s MoMA Partnered Project, a field trip to New Lab, and guest lectures from Blue Ridge Labs! Partnered Project. Check out the photos, ’cause in addition to these special events, the students were soldering up their Arduino projects, hosting visitors in the gallery, working in group projects, and cooking meals in the kitchen. Enjoy!