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Don’t Miss It: 75 Years of SVA’s Subway Posters Exhibition
Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind exhibition featuring 208 posters by 93 artists, on display until October 14.
Graduation at Radio City Music Hall!
Graduates of MFA Products of Design are always thrilled to have their graduation ceremony at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. Check out some snapshots from this year’s “Class of 2023”!
Snapshots from 10NTH: Our 2023 Thesis Presentations!
On May 5th, 2023 the tenth group of MFA Products of Design graduates presented their final 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 for Disability Inclusion in Space and Design Interventions for Gendered Agency in Latin Partner Dance, to Integrating Art to Enhance Interdisciplinary Learning and Empowering Women in Creative Industries, the graduates shared hundreds of products, services, apps, platforms, and experiences throughout the day-long event. Check out more projects from this year’s graduates, here, and enjoy some snapshots of the day below!
D&AD Awards! Fifteen: An All-in-One Virus Rapid Test is Shortlisted for Future Impact
This year’s D&AD Awards were just announced, and Products of Design recent alums Cathy Tung, Erika Choe, Monica Albornoz, and Sarah Hackett won the Shortlist Award as Emerging Talent in the Future Impact category. he projectt, Fifteen: An All-in-One Virus Rapid Test.
2023 Core77 Design Awards: ORA Wins Top Student Award in Social Impact!
This year’s Core77 Design Awards were just announced, and Products of Design recent alums Nihaarika Arora, Xinyue Wu, and Cheryl Zhang won a top student award. he project, ORA: An Intuitive Redesign of the Menstrual Cup and Applicator was was honored with Student Winner in the Design for Social Impact Category.
Guest Lecture Video: Cliff Kuang
Cliff is a user-experience designer at Google and author of ‘User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play’ which was called a “tour de force” by the New York Times and was also named an Amazon Best Book of 2019. Previously, he was head of UX and product at Fast Company; the founder of Fast Company’s design site, Co.Design; and an editor at Wired. Under his leadership, Co.Design became an award-winning source of insight and inspiration for a generation of designers.
"Designer Pictionary" with Adam Fujita!
PoD alumn Adam Fujita has been experimenting with his Drawing Design course as part of the first-year, first-semester curriculum. Two days ago, Adam tried an experiment—a “Designer Pictionary” as he called it—and the results were wonderful (and raucous!) Here is Adam’s description, along with a handful of snapshots.
Announcing 10NTH: MFA Products of Design Thesis Presentations are May 5th!
We invite you to attend the 10th Annual Master’s Thesis Presentations—of the 2023 graduating class of the MFA in Products of Design program—live at the SVA Theatre on Friday, May 5th from 1:00pm - 6:00pm (EDT, GMT-4). Fourteen graduating master’s students will each present their year-long thesis work, comprised of research, artifacts, services, experiences, and platforms.