Design & Management Program

D&M Alumnus, Natalya Sverjensky is Futerra Sustainability Communications newest Strategy Consultant. Read on to find out, in Natalya's own words, why the Design and Management program at Parsons has prepared her for success at the threshold of corporate communications and social responsibility. We live in an evermore complex world and how corporations communicate their actions is just as important as what they actually do. Join me in congratulating Natalya and wishing her the very best of luck.

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.

Event Title: New Approaches to Energy
Sponsored by: Parsons The New School for Design
Date: Monday, April 13th, 2009
Time: 6:00- 6:30 Check- in / 6:30- 8:30 Presentation
Location: Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street, 5th Floor
Speakers:
Susan Szenasy Editor in Chief, Metropolis
Serge Appel AIA Associate Partner, Cook+Fox Architects LLP
Stephan Von Muehlen Co- Founder, Energy Hub
Brent Baker Chief Executive Officer, TriState BioDiesel
Anthony Pereira President and CEO, altPOWER

Thursday, April 9th 2009 from 1:30-3:00 PM

Eric Firley will discuss his "Urban Housing Handbook"

Location: FM106 Machinist Room/ 65 Fifth Avenue

Steelcase, an office furniture manufacturing company, is sponsoring four full scholarships to attend the Greener by Design conference in May. Entries are due by April 24th. Check out the article from GreenBiz.com for details: http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2009/04/02/steelcase-greenerbydesign-schola...

On Monday, May 4th from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM in the Theresa Lang Community Center (55 West 13 Street, 2nd Floor)

Creating Sustainable Landscapes: Policy Initiatives, Research Goals and Design Strategies

This event is hosted by Torrey Botanical Society and seating will be limited. RSVP by April 30 to nycwildflowerweek@gmail.com

This is a call for entries in an international competition to design a logo and a collection bin for e-waste recycling.

The logo is intended as a public-domain design, similar to the familiar möbius strip on current paper/plastic/metal recycling bins.

The 4th Bin is to be the means by which e-waste is responsibly collected. Our intent is to see a clearly labeled 4th bin placed centrally in every building in New York City, and eventually all across the country.

Learn more via http://www.supermetricity.com and http://4thbin.org

Friday, April 3, 2009
11:30am - 4:30pm
Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY

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2009 Sales & Marketing Symposium: Winning Customer in the Era of Social Media
Wednesday, March 25th 2009. 8:00am - 12:00 pm.
To register or learn more, call (212) 546-4625
www.marchevent.com

Produced by: Liminal Group
Sponsored by: The Financial Times and Chief Executive Magazine

Video, posters, photographs, illustrations, diagrams, are static mediums of visualizing. They are produced, displayed, and from there it is impossible to tell how effective they are. This is where internet and cell phone apps come in. (As a Parsons student, one cannot go a week without hearing the words ‘mapping’ or ‘sustainability’… So here is a blog on internet-based mapping sustainability.)

To what extent would you be willing to change your methods of excretion? From a hole in the ground to a seat warming and position adjusting toilet, toilets have their own culture depending upon their geographic setting. Rose George discusses a new toilet that takes the next step towards a sustainable future in The New York Times article, "Yellow is the New Green."

Here are a couple links that lead to illustrations that depict the "stuffed house." By Paulo Junger.

Finally a reason to visit Times Square?

Due to U.S. Customs issues, the event for Monday, March 2nd featuring Development Workshop France's John Norton, has been cancelled. The event is being rescheduled for the Fall.

Architect David Fisher designs a building in Dubai that rotates on every level from each floor to the entire building itself. The building is to be powered by solar panels.

http://cgullworld.blogspot.com/2007/05/dubai-puts-new-spin-on-skyscraper...

This video discusses the amount of trash that we, humans accumulate both on an annual and daily basis. The video effectively communicates the statistics and data through cute animations.

This is a very good ultimate goal. Even if it was once a year. Just have a document archiving - kind' of what we did.

The following sites cover a broad range of topics. New ones will be added regularly. Feel free to add.

The following sites feature sustainable design related news from all over the world. Blogs, networks, online communities.

The following sites provide (mostly) New York City based organizations, businesses, and groups. New ones will be added occasionally.

"For over 30 years Development Workshop France (DWF) has promoted sustainable settlement and shelter development, respecting existing values and utilizing local skills and resources. Current projects focus on vulnerability reduction and the resolution of human settlement difficulties in Africa and South East Asia-difficulties that result from wide-ranging changes to the way people live, whether climatic and environmental, socioeconomic and demographic, or as a result of man-made and natural disasters and war.

"In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx -- and shows how minority neighborhood suffer most from flawed urban policy."

It would take forever to explain how wind energy works, so check this out and read up on the different aspects of wind power... It'll enlighten you on the likelihood of Bloomberg's plan being implemented and the ridiculous amounts of money it's going to take.

http://www.awea.org/faq/wwt_basics.html

Just a quick reminder, our next meeting will be on Monday, Feb. 16th in Rm 818A of 66 Fifth Ave. Even though it is President's Day and there are no classes, the building will be open and we will be there. It's what the Founding Fathers would've wanted. We will be continuing our discussion of Mayor Bloomberg's plan along with other fun and thought-provoking topics.

( New York Daily News)

At today's meeting we discussed Mayor Bloomberg's proposed plan to construct windmills and solar panels in and around New York City in order to increase energy efficiency and reduce dependence on foreign oil. Although our conversation was kept quite general (we're still looking into the details and feasibility of the proposal), we feel this topic is a good starting point for discussion/debate. We also recorded our discussion, which we hope to podcast soon. Below is a link to a video report done by CBS 2 News on the subject.

http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=116324@wcbs.dayport.com

This year's competition has been put on hold. As a young group, we feel we need to build up involvement and interest before taking on such a task. By the same token, we'd also like to shift SDR's focus from the competition to creating a more open forum for dialogue and critique for students. So I encourage anyone interested to come to our meetings (Mondays at 2:40, Rm 818 in 66 5th Ave) and/or start using this blog to express your views on current or past issues and projects related to sustainability. Spread the word.

On Monday, February 2nd at 2:40pm, SDR will be holding its first meeting of the semester in Room 818A, on the 8th floor of the 66 5th Ave building. We will be discussing the upcoming workshop, competition, and other general plans/goals for the semester. The meeting is open to anyone and everyone! Although if everyone comes we might need a more sustainable space. Hope to see you there!

This is a link to Oregon State University's project to promote sustainable living, not only environmentally, but economically and socially as well. These kinds of initiatives are great to look to for inspiration for the upcoming competition.

http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/extended/sustain/

With the new year comes a new direction for the Sustainable Design Review. In the coming months we will be partnering with Sustainable South Bronx, an inspiring organization tackling environmental and economic issues in the Bronx and areas like it around the world (www.ssbx.org), for our upcoming competition. The competition will focus on collaborative living, asking students to re-think what it means to share a living space, whether that may be an apartment or an entire city.

Sophia submitted two concepts and Kiehl's loved both of them! Both of them made it into the top 5.

By Marie Clare Brush, Alex Bulloch and Jen Mutrux

By Sergio Sayeg
Click here for Design Statement

By Amelia Dunning

Today 5 representatives from Kiehl's along with 3 faculty members from Parsons School of Design collectively critiqued all the submissions made to the 2008 SDR competition. The theme of the competition centralized around responsible consumption at Kiehl's. We received great entries that fostered a lot of discussion among the jury regarding sustainability in our community as well as at Kiehl's.

Like any other neo-treehugger out there, I have a bicycle. Well actually, not to brag or anything but, I own two bikes. Unfortunately, I do not ride them. I always think to myself how great it would be to ride to work one day or even to the store to pick up some fruit but I'm afraid I will fall off (again), or hurt myself in some other way (which I have before).

But there is hope! The solution for my fear of cycling might be cured by the winner of Design 21's Power to the Pedal competition:

(from the Design 21 competition page)

The Sustainable Design Review got a little nod from the industry tastemakers at Women's Wear Daily! In the article A Restoration Effort From Kiehl's (3.21.2008) author Julie Naughton writes;