Design & Management Program

Come hear current business owners discuss opportunities and challenges in running a sustainable design firm, and how the field is (or isn't) different from "conventional" business. The participants are from small to medium size businesses, all local.
November 30, Monday 12-2:40, 3-5:40. There will be two panel discussions, both taking place in Wollman Hall, 65 W. 11th Street, 5th Floor

SDR 2.0
Intro: Nate
The Blog: Payal
Events: Jake
Student Projects: Nate
Visual Organization: Andres
The Future: Andrea/Everyone

From business consulting, green roof designers, media, architecture designers, and more, a diverse array of individuals, organizations, and companies are working under one roof of a very unique building down in Brooklyn.

http://4thbin.org/

The 4th Bin Project: NYC

America creates 2 million tons of electronic waste every year, and NYC is responsible for a quarter of a ton alone. The 4th bin project is a design competition that calls for a recycling mark for electronic waste in nyc. The call is for both logo and bin. Registration deadline is June 19th and submission deadline is J 19th.

To understand the severe consequence of electronic waste check out this 60 minutes reportage:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/06/60minutes/main4579229.shtml?so...

STEPHAN WEISS MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES PRESENTS
THE DESIGN STRATEGIES DIALOGUE INAUGURAL EVENT


EZIO MANZINI and
ARJUN APPADURAI


Cultural Change and Urban Resilience
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 – 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Parsons The New School for Design
Kellen Auditorium – 66 Fifth Avenue , New York , NY

As the semester comes to an end, SDR is beginning to wrap things up and publish our SDR Annual. The theme of the Annual will be "SDR 2.0," focusing on the organization's transition into a web-based forum that serves the entire student body. Included will be an archive of what we've done throughout the semester, with an overarching theme of potential.

The concluding Design Green Now event took place at The New School, consisting of four panelists, moderated by Susan Szenasy, Editor in Chief of Metropolis.

MONDAY APRIL 20, 2009, 7PM FREE

As part of the ongoing “Listen In” series of artist presentations, Harvestworks is pleased to present multi-media artists Lillian Ball, and Steve Bull. Lilian Ball will discuss her recent interactive multi-screen video installation Go Doñana, a project that explores diverse perspectives on the wetland/dune ecosystems found in Andalucia's Doñana National and Natural Parks. Multi-media artist Steve Bull will demonstrate his recent video/MAX/Jitter/cellphone-SMS interactive installation Target, programmed by musician software artist Zachary Seldess. more after the jump...

6:00-6:30 Check-in
6:30-8:30 Presentation
Wollman Hall
65 West 11th Street at 6th Ave. 5th Floor
New York, NY 10011

Tonight, Monday April 13 at 6:30 p.m., the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School presents "Sustainable Solutions: Top Minds Explore New Approaches to Energy."

This is a visualization of the keywords submitted thus far by Design and Management Thesis students. This kind of visualization is known as a 'word cloud' in which the size and darkness of the term corresponds to the frequency with which it has been used as a keyword for someone's.

If you've yet to add your keywords please go to the following URL - http://dm.parsons.edu/ThesisKeywords. It's a simple survey that asks you to list 5 keywords for your project and provide a working title for your thesis (for descriptive purposes only) It should take about 5 minutes.