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Van Day Truex was a Parsons Alum, and later became the Professor of Interior Design. He was on the administration at Parsons for over thirty years. You can read more about him here. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of Van Day Truex, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions.
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" Even if you were Van Day Truex, the year was 1952 and you had just resigned as president of the Parsons School of Design to take a shot at a private life, you will still be stunned by the enormity of such carte blanche. Imagine its happening twice in a lifetime. "
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" Cipe Pineles, the woman who broke the sex barrier at the Art Directors Club of New York by becoming a member, has also turned out to be the first woman to be inducted into its Hall of Fame. "
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John Russo was the director of the graphic design department at Parsons for many years. You can read more about him here. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of John Russo, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions.
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Cipe Pineles ( 1908-91) was an Austrian graphic designer who became one of the most influential designers of the twentieth century. In 1926, Cipe enrolled in the Pratt Institute where she studied fine art. She began her first teaching position as an instructor in watercolor painting at the Newark Public School of Fine and Industrial […]
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Editor’s note: the publication date of this article reflects the date this article was added to the new version of The New School Histories website, not the original publication date. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. Last week we saw the unveiling of a new “visual identity” here at the New School including a new custom created typeface called […]
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Editor’s note: the publication date of this article reflects the date this article was added to the new version of The New School Histories website, not the original publication date. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. Being able to identify the origins and historical significance of archival materials is truly satisfying, and—dare I say it?—quite fun. Full […]
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Editor’s note: the publication date of this article reflects the date this article was added to the new version of The New School Histories website, not the original publication date. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. “We dream faster than we can build and we build faster than we accept. We therefore invent the notion of the […]
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Editor’s note: the publication date of this article reflects the date this article was added to the new version of The New School Histories website, not the original publication date. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. It’s not often that one thinks about the archives and urban space together. On the one hand, you have the idea […]
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Editor’s note: the publication date of this article reflects the date this article was added to the new version of The New School Histories website, not the original publication date. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. They say that history is made in the margins. Or maybe they don’t say that, exactly, but it’s probably true, and […]