2022-23 has been a banner academic year for NYSID students in regard to winning industry-wide competitions.
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With Prohibition, Grace Spiezia and Samantha Berlanga set out to create a full-service healthy dining experience, offering locally sourced, pesticide-free foods in the footprint of a real building in Tribeca. The commercial space includes a market, outdoor eating, restaurant spaces, and a speakeasy, hidden by a secret entrance on the first floor.
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Katherine Ugorec’s Canarsie Micro Hospital, located in the landmarked ruin of a former smallpox hospital on Roosevelt Island, is designed to provide patients 12 years and older with access to orthopedic care within 72 hours of injury.
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Josefina Ortuzar envisioned her lighting thesis set in a luxury hotel on Lake Louise, located in Banff National Park, Canada. She chose this wild location because it’s one of the places in the world most free of light pollution, a getaway known for its clear night skies full of bright stars and views of the Northern Lights.
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Whether you’re searching for a first design job in an expanding or a retracting market, the same principles apply. Three NYSID students, Min Ae Choi (MFA1, graduating 2023), Antonio Harris (MFA1, graduating 2023), and Melida Valera (MFA1, graduating 2024) offer insights about their recent internships at great firms and how they landed them.
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When Wilson Yang ‘22 (MFA1) began Thesis Preparation, he knew he wanted to integrate his passion for his first career of fashion design with his new calling of interior design.
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For her capstone project, Wunjin Hwang ‘22 (MFA2) was drawn to the high-end fashion brand Maison Margiela for two reasons. The first is that the brand regards fashion as a form of artistic expression.
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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.
Read MoreNYSID MPSS advisor William Browning on biophilia, the subject of his latest book.
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Shruti Kashikar (MFA1 student), Ryan Biggs (BFA, ’21), and Dalia Cunow (BID student) are parents of young children who set out to reinvent themselves through a NYSID education. They say simultaneously parenting and studying at NYSID is challenging, and worth it. Here are their insights, along with those of Penni Morganstein, PsyD, NYSID’s director of counseling services.
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“We designed this symposium to create a circular dialogue between students, instructors, and practitioners. . .We opened it up to educational institutions all over the country, because this issue is much bigger than NYSID.” — David Sprouls, president of NYSID.
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Jon Retsky ‘20 (MPSL) started his career in the theater, so when it came time to select the subject of his thesis for the MPSL, he jumped at the opportunity to create an architectural lighting design for the Theater School at DePaul University in Chicago.
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Taylor Renaud ‘21 (MPSS) collaborated with fellow student Lindsey Draves on this flagship retail store for Fenty Brands in an existing three-story, 6,800-SF footprint in SoHo. The challenge from NYSID was to create a sustainable project that promoted social justice and diversity.
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Eric Corey Freed on Bold Innovation in Green Building
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One of the most magical things about Barbara Lowenthal is that she finds every mind, every classroom, energizing after decades of teaching and administrating at NYSID. Says NYSID President David Sprouls, “Barbara’s thinking and teaching have become part of the DNA of this College.” Here’s what this beloved educator has to say about her 27-year tenure at NYSID.
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Why I Give — Timur Yumusaklar, President & CEO of Schumacher
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The College Raised More Than a Half-Million Dollars for the Scholarship Funds in a Pandemic Year
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The Kravet Family Makes Pre-College Possible for Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club Kids
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Honorary Doctorate Recipients Adam Sandow and Kia Weatherspoon Shared Advice on Designing for This Unique Historical Moment With the Class of 2021
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