Visual Thinker: Laura Hodges

NYSID alumna Laura Hodges ‘09 designed this beautiful home for a couple downsizing from a 6,000-SF suburban home to 2,000-SF in the city of Baltimore.

spring 2022Boyd DelanceyJune 16, 2022Visual Thinker, alumni

Designing for Healthy Outcomes: An Innovator’s Insights into Healthcare Design

Suzy Genzler ’12 (BFA), program director of NYSID’s Master of Professional Studies in Healthcare Design, talks with Maureen Carley-Vallejo ’95 (BFA), principal and senior healthcare interiors leader at Perkins Eastman.

spring 2022Boyd DelanceyJune 16, 2022alumni, MPSH, healthcare interior design

There’s More Than One Path in Healthcare Design

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.

spring 2022Boyd DelanceyJune 16, 2022BFA, alumni, healthcare interior design

Designing for DeafBlind Clients

NYSID MPSS advisor William Browning on biophilia, the subject of his latest book.

spring 2022Boyd DelanceyJune 16, 2022student work, students, Accessible Design, service learning

Using Evidence to Bring Nature Inside

NYSID MPSS advisor William Browning on biophilia, the subject of his latest book.

spring 2022Boyd DelanceyJune 16, 2022MPSS, William Browning

The Struggle is Worth It

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.

spring 2022Boyd DelanceyJune 16, 2022COVID-19, Penni Morganstein, students, student work

Why I Give: Corey Damen Jenkins

“I always told myself if I was able to climb the ladder of success and get to the top, I would not pull the ladder up after myself. I would leave it down for others to climb.”

Why I Give, spring 2022Boyd DelanceyJune 16, 2022Giving, Scholarships, Nantucket by Design

New “Sustainable Materials” Course Is Coming in Fall ’22

This course is designed to give emerging interior designers some of the knowledge they need to make decisions about what textiles, furnishings, finishes, and other products help make a space sustainable.

spring 2022Boyd DelanceyJune 16, 2022students, graduate study, MPSS

“NYSID@200Lex” Will Be a NYSID Outpost in the New York Design Center

“NYSID@200Lex” will offer a lecture series for designers, interactive workshops, field coaching, and studio classes.

spring 2022Boyd DelanceyJune 16, 2022students, graduate study, ICPS, nysid@200lex, David Sprouls

The Impact of NYSID’s 'Teaching Green'

“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.

spring 2022Boyd DelanceyJune 16, 2022students, student work, graduate study, teaching green

Portfolio: Jon Retsky '21 (MPSL)

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.

Portfolio, spring 2022Boyd DelanceyJune 16, 2022graduate study, student work, MPSL, MPS

Portfolio: Taylor Renaud (with project partner Lindsey Draves) '21 (MPSS)

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.

Portfolio, spring 2022Boyd DelanceyJune 16, 2022graduate study, student work, MPS, MPSS

Welcome from David Sprouls

David Sprouls, president of the New York School of Interior Design, welcomes readers to the Fall 2021 issue of Atelier.

Fall 2021Guest UserSeptember 28, 2021David Sprouls, Atelier, COVID-19

Visual Thinker: Peti Lau

NYSID alumna Peti Lau ’09 (AAS) is the owner and principal of Peti Lau Inc., based in Los Angeles, California. A former opera singer who has lived all over the world, Lau garnered attention on the recent season of HGTV’s Design Star Next Gen.

Fall 2021Guest UserSeptember 27, 2021Residential Design, faculty, art

Design is a Global Language

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.

Fall 2021Guest UserSeptember 26, 2021alumni, career changer, careers, healthcare interior design, BFA, MPSH, IIDA

A Mission Behind Every Design

Social Impact Design in Rwanda; Alumna Christelle Muhimpundu’s work for MASS Design Group

Fall 2021Guest UserSeptember 25, 2021careers, career changer, alumni

A Color Story

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.

Fall 2021Guest UserSeptember 24, 2021BFA, MPSS, MPSL, HyFlex, Canvas, Ellen Fisher, COVID-19

The Future of Sustainable Design

Eric Corey Freed on Bold Innovation in Green Building

Fall 2021Guest UserSeptember 23, 2021students, student work, thesis

A Design Educators Impact

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.

Fall 2021Guest UserSeptember 22, 2021students, student work, thesis