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Zoom Info Sessions on December 11th!
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Zoom Info Sessions on December 11th! 〰️
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The NYC Connection Initiative: A Resource Guide for the NYC Homeless
The NYC Connection Initiative is an organization that consolidates all of the resources that are available in New York City for the homeless, homeless struggling with mental illness, or for those that are housing unstable. First-year students Baoqi Ding, Virginia Gordon, and Yiming Xu spent 15 weeks researching the complex issue of homelessness in NYC. They designed a handbook, a smartphone app, and an awareness campaign for disseminating resources.
Products of Design Students at Global Grad Show 2019 in Dubai
MFA Products of Design was once again invited to participate at the Global Grad Show as part of Dubai Design Week this year, and three students made the trip to exhibit their thesis work: Rhea Bhandari, Smruti Adya, and Antya Waegeman. The exhibition included 150 projects from universities in over 45 countries around the world—representing the best of design for social impact. Take a look at some the images provided by the graduates below, as well as a short video introducing the event.
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!
EatThisToo: Eliminate Food Waste Through the Power of Design
EatThisToo is a campaign and series of design interventions that tackle the topic of food waste. Designed by Danica Dou, Danna Krouham, and Joey Hang, the project aims to reeducate the public about edible "food waste"—scraps surprisingly loaded with health benefits. The team chose to focus on behavior change and designed a suite of EatThisToo recipe cards, compost bags, and bands for distribution at farmers' markets and grocery stores.
The Indian Mom: Encouraging Better Eye Health, One Blink at a Time
The Indian Mom is a computer application for students and professionals who experience symptoms of Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) when they spend more than four hours per day in front of a digital screen. Designed by first-year students Regena Reyes, Xiaohan Miao, and Siddhant Goyle, the app flashes a cartoon image of a multi-tasking "Indian Mom" on the screen, reminding the user to take a blink-break and assisting in completing eye exercises.
VIDEO: Ari Melenciano Lecture at Products of Design
On December 11th, the extraordinary Ari Melenciano visited Products of Design to share her body of work, her vision, and her advocacy…and it was an incredible lecture. Ari is the founder and producer of Afrotectopia, the New Media Arts, Culture and Technology Festival. In addition, she is the founder and director of Publics.School—a platform exploring experimental methods to disseminate social justice issues, working on the first project called Justice Factory, an interactive data visualization platform for activists. Beyond these initiatives, Ari also shared her line of experimental "neo-retro" digital analog cameras, Ojo Oro; AricianoTV, an online video tutorial channel on creative coding; and a VJ/DJ (in the duo, GVÖ), with a residency in Brooklyn, NYC. Please enjoy the video and snapshots below!
1st Annual Products of Design Holiday Gift Guide!
We’re so pleased to bring you our first annual MFA Products of Design Holiday Gift Guide, featuring dynamic and delightful objects, books and other interventions by MFA PoD alumni and faculty. Click below to shop each product!
Register For our 2019 Open House & Info Session!
Join us at this year's Open House and Information Session, taking place on Wednesday, November 13th, 2019—from 6–8:30pm EST! Attendees will be able to meet faculty, alumni, and current students, see projects, learn about the program, tour the studio, classroom spaces, and Visible Futures Lab, and ask questions about life at Products of Design. Delicious refreshments will be shared throughout the session.
Snapshots from our 2019 Orientation Reception
We were thrilled to welcome our new class of 2021, our returning class of 2020, and all of our amazing faculty to last week’s Orientation Reception! Each of the faculty presented a few minutes about themselves and their course, and then it was celebration time to meet new people, catch up with old friends, and enjoy some amazing food from City Bakery!