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Products of Design *LIVE!* at ICFF for NYCxDesign
Products of Design has been renowned for creating innovative exhibitions for New York’s NYCxDESIGN week, and this year was no different. For the 2024 Wanted Design show at the ICFF, we created a facsimile of the department inside a booth, calling the exhibition “Products of Design, Live!”
Consulting for Creative Businesses with Emily Cohen and Hunter Vargas - Full Video
Emily Cohen and Hunter Vargas, the mother-daughter team behind Casa Davka, joined us to discuss their work guiding creative firms in refining, evolving, and elevating their strategies and practices.
Explorations in AR & Synthetic Ecologies: Yasaman Sheri’s Design Journey - Full Video
Creative Director, Interface Designer, and Researcher Yasaman Sheri discusses how she’s leveraging emerging technologies to investigate synthetic biology, aesthetics of simulation, objects, and perception systems.
From Pica to Pixels: Tala Safié’s Design Journey - Full Video
New York Times graphics and multimedia editor Tala Safié discusses her transition from print to digital, her penchant for playful experimentation, and the power that good design can wield.
Announcing E11VEN: MFA Products of Design Thesis Presentations are May 7th!
We invite you to attend the 11th Annual Master’s Thesis Presentations—of the 2024 graduating class of the MFA in Products of Design program—live at the SVA Theatre on Tuesday, May 7th from 1:00pm - 6:00pm (EDT, GMT-4). Sixteen graduating master’s students will each present their year-long thesis work comprised of research, artifacts, services, experiences, and platforms.
Guest Lecture Video: Souvik Paul
Souvik Paul is an award-winning industrial designer / design strategist who is the founder and CEO of Aurie, a medical device seed-stage start-up focused on reducing intermittent catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
Snapshots of our Open Studios Event + Epic Mural by Adam Fujita!
For our recent Open House/Open Studios event, 7 SVA graduate departments collaborated to welcome interested students to visit the campus and tour 7 different programs in 1 afternoon!