Free Interior Design Symposium at Parsons
Speakers include design historian Penny Sparke and New School professor Jay Bernstein.
Mairi Beautyman -- Interior Design, 4/3/2008 12:00:00 AM
How will today's technological and cultural changes influence tomorrow's interior design? Parsons the New School for Design in New York tries to shed some light on the future of the interior design profession in an upcoming symposium. AfterTaste 2, April 4-5 at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, is free and open to the public.
Three panels will address the wave of change currently facing the industry. The Intellectual History of Taste proposes that interior design has evolved to become a mix of psychology, fashion design, product design, architecture, material science, and cultivated taste; Representing the Interior examines subverted spaces and furnishings that offer a new reality; and the Narrative Life of Things takes a look at interior design's influence in social spaces.
Speakers include leading designers, artists, and scholars, among them: photographer James Casebere; sculptor Courtney Smith, who reworks discarded furniture; artist and architect Allan Wexler; design historian Penny Sparke; and New School professor Jay Bernstein.
In the fall of 2009, Parsons will debut an MFA in interior design. The symposium, part of an annual series leading up to the commencement of the MFA program, is conceived to offer a critical look at today's interior design field.
The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center is located in the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, on Fifth Avenue and 13th Street.
The series is organized by Parsons Architecture, interior design and lighting chair Kent Kleinman, and BFA interior design director Lois Weinthal.
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