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2022 Core77 Design Awards: Voda Wins in Two Categories!
This year’s Core77 Design Awards were just announced, and Products of Design alum Helen Chen won two awards for one of the projects she created as part of her Masters thesis, Fruiting Bodies: Fungal Futures for Collaborative Survival. The project, Internet of Mycelium was honored with the Student Winner in the Strategy & Research Award category, as well as a Student Runner Up in the Speculative Design Award category. Congratulations Helen!
Design Milk Write-Up of RE-ACTORS Exhibition at Wanted Design
We are so appreciative for Design Milk’s wonderful write up on the RE-ACTORS exhibition at Wanted Design + ICFF. You can read the entire coverage here, and special thanks to writer Vy Young for the awesome coverage!
Snapshots from N9NTH: Our 2022 Thesis Presentations!
On May 6th, the ninth group of MFA Products of Design graduates presented their thesis projects. Friends, family, design professionals, faculty, and staff gathered at the SVA Theatre in New York City to watch and share in the festivities. Ranging in topics from designing towards fat liberation and understanding chronic pain, to “raising a healthier AI” and using technology to nurture distant relationships, the graduates shared hundreds of products, services, apps, platforms and experiences. Look for comprehensive project posts coming up, but for now please enjoy snapshots of the day!
RE-ACTORS Wins Best of Schools Wanted Design/ICFF Award!
This year’s NYCxDESIGN exhibit by the student of Products of Design won the “Best of Schools Award” from ICFF +Wanted Design! The award was presented by the extraordinary CEO of Alessi, Emanuele Gaeti, who spoke eloquently about the students’ work and about what they had accomplished.
Intervention Design in Prospect Park
Located in the heart of Brooklyn, Prospect Park is an oasis of nature amidst a sea of apartment buildings. The park features rolling meadows, a 3.5-mile walking loop, playgrounds, and a majestic lake. It's a gorgeous environment that feels welcoming to visitors—but in the winter? Not so much. Students Cheryl Zhang, Corey McClelland, and Giancarlo Cipri teamed up to create interactive interventions to enhance the park experience throughout the year, specifically in the winter.
Announcing N9NTH: MFA Products of Design Thesis Presentations are May 6th!
We invite you to attend the Master’s Thesis Presentations of the 2022 graduating class of the MFA in Products of Design program live at the SVA Theatre on Friday, May 6th from 1:00pm - 5:00pm (EDT, GMT-4). Twelve graduating master’s students will each present their year-long thesis work, comprised of research, artifacts, services, experiences, and platforms.
DESIGN:MATCH — Our Annual Products of Design Job Fair
Every year in February, MFA Products of Design invites and hosts world-leading organizations and companies to spend the afternoon interviewing our students. Each student meets with approximately 10 companies, and repeats the process during both their first- and second-year studies.
Guest Lecture Video: Sara Hendren
On February 9, 2022, MFA Products of Design was pleased to host a guest lecture by writer, educator, and advocate Sara Hendren. Sara is a humanist in tech—an artist, design researcher, writer, and professor at Olin College of Engineering. Her book What Can A Body Do? How We Meet the Built World explores the places where disability shows up in design.
