Allie George ‘22 (BFA) wanted her thesis to be a marriage of her two great passions, interior design and fashion, and for many years she’s been an admirer of Hubert de Givenchy’s “classic, elegant, and sophisticated style.”
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When Janice Julianti ‘22 (BFA) set out to design what would become “The Kingsland: Affordable Housing Apartments for Seniors and the Disabled,” she was struck by the way the COVID-19 pandemic isolated seniors, and drove many into poverty.
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NYSID alumna Christina Peters ’09 (BFA) is a senior associate at Perkins Eastman with expertise in design for aging and healthcare design. She sometimes works with principal Maureen Carley-Vallejo on the design of hospitals, but her deepest level of experience is in the planning and design of senior living communities.
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International Alumni Who Have Built Exciting Careers in the US. NYSID alumni Therese Virserius ’03 (AAS), Jennifer Graham ’85 (BFA), Ruoxi Cui ’13 (MFA1), IIya Pulyaev ’17 (MFA2), and Myoung Joo Chun ’02 (MFA2) on what brought them to the US to study and what kept them here.
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The way NYSID teaches color for interiors is both traditional and innovative. Fine artist and NYSID instructor William Engel ’02 (AAS), and retired NYSID professor Ethel Rompilla ’84 (BFA), formative influences on how color is taught at NYSID, discuss what goes into having an educated “eye” for color. Alumna Andrea LaConte-Magno ’02 (AAS), director of color marketing and development at Benjamin Moore, sheds light on her exciting career in color.
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COVID-19 has made it clear that interior design is, at its core, about well-being. We sat down with three alumni in healthcare design, Elsie St. Léger ’10 (BFA), Peter Agnew ’15 (BFA)/’16 (MPSH), and Pál András Rutkai ’15 (MPSH), to discuss their careers in this rapidly evolving sector.
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Long before the COVID-19 pandemic forced NYSID to temporarily close its campus last March and move classes online, the College was developing a hybrid flexible model with online, in-person, and experiential components. The pandemic accelerated this process, forcing NYSID to undergo years of digital transformation in mere months.
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Age diversity makes NYSID’s BFA program stronger. Monica Seroiczkowski ’20 and Cielo Cortes ’21, two BFA students at different stages of life, discuss their journeys to NYSID, and what they’ve found at the College.
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Brittany Snyder ’20 (BFA) based her concept for the Chakra Holistic Healing Center & Cannabis Consumption Lounge on an ancient Hindu mandala called Sri Yantra, which uses sacred geometry to attract positive healing energy into its center while dispelling negative energies through its four sides.
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Marissa Kronenfeld ’20 (BFA) intended this hospitality space, Elysium, to be a hub for locals who love craft beer, as well as an immersive experience into sustainability for hotel guests.
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