Contents

  • Histories

    Essays on periods and aspects of New School history, partial and evolving.

  • People

    Profiles of people who have passed through the New School. Entries focus on their time at the school.

  • Reader

    Readings, artworks, and materials by and about people associated with the school, including faculty, staff, and students.

  • Reflections & Analysis

    Podcasts, scholarly commentary, and opinion.

About

This website seeks to explore and interrogate the past at a school dedicated to the new. Contributions by students, staff, faculty, alumni, and researchers.

Editors
Julia L. Foulkes, Professor of History
Mark Larrimore, Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Wendy Scheir, Director, New School Archives and Special Collections

Connections
The New School Archives Digital Collections from the Archives Public Seminar The New School

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Category: Parsons School of Design

Posted in In the Archives

Mardi Gras: A Forgotten Parsons School of Design Tradition

The New School Libraries and Archives was recently contacted by a media archivist at the University of Georgia about an intriguing movie reel in one of its collections. Our Georgian counterpart, Margie Compton, was examining what looked to be a fabulous costume party. People were dressed as giant fishes and chairs. Could we help explain […]

Posted in HISTORIES

Parsons School of Design School of Fashion Benefit Honorees (1971 – 2018)

The information on this page was either provided to the present New School Archives staff or was found in legacy files. Corrections and additions welcome. Year Honoree Presenter 2018 Marco Bizzarri, CEO of Gucci Cleo Wade Solange Knowles Vincent Staples with video supplement José Neves, CEO of Farfetch Beth Buccini 2017 Eileen Fisher Mara Hoffman […]

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Parsons School of Design School of Fashion Designer of the Year Awards (1967 – 2011)

The information on this page was either provided to the present New School Archives staff or was found in legacy files. Corrections and additions welcome.   2011 David Ferron (women’s), T Young Hwang (men’s), Serena Chang (children’s) 2010 Niloufar Mozafari (women’s), Dylan Taverner (men’s), Susan Kay (children’s) 2009 Julia Blum, Robert Fitzsimmons (women’s—a tie, not a team), […]

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Parsons School of Design Departments and Programs by Year (1896 – 2003; 2008 – 2009)

The information on this page was either provided to the present New School Archives staff or was found in legacy files. Corrections and additions welcome. Does not include summer programs Asterisk (*) indicates certificate or degrees awarded Bullets indicate programs within a department Graduate information starts in 1978-1990 (graduate information is found in undergraduate catalogues […]

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Parsons School of Design Undergraduate Departments and Programs by Name (1896 – 2003)

The information on this page was either provided to the present New School Archives staff or was found in legacy files. Corrections and additions welcome. (P) indicates program. 2D Animation, Drawing and Multimedia Summer 1999(P) 3D Animation, Drawing and Multimedia Summer 1999(P) Advanced Studio Summer 1993(P), Summer 1994(P) Advertising and Graphics 1995-1996 (P), 1996-1997(P), 1997-1998(P), […]

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Parsons School of Design Programs (pre-1913 – 2019)

The information on this page was either provided to the present New School Archives staff or was found in legacy files. Corrections and additions welcome. Pre-1913: Courses in: Fine Arts (Drawing, Painting), Illustration, Communication Design (Commercial Advertising), Interior Design (Interior Decoration), Architecture (Constructive Architecture), Fashion Design (Costume Design), Textile Design (Textile, Rug, Carpet, and Wallpaper) […]