Atelier Year in Review 2013 by New York School of Interior Design

INSIDE THESIS/CAPSTONE PROJECTS

STUDENT AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS

CELEBRATIONS AND KEY EVENTS

NYSID SUPPORTERS

ATELIER 2013

Letter from the President

STUDENTS

Thesis/Capstone Projects from Class of 2013

Thesis Opening Receptions

Commencement

Student Awards/Achievements

Scholarships

Off Campus Studies: US & Abroad

CELEBRATIONS AND KEY EVENTS

Benefits

Awards and Alumni Events

Exhibitions

Lectures/Design Events

NYSID SUPPORTERS

Honor Roll

Board of Trustees and Advisors

NYSID Faculty and Staff

NYSID AT A GLANCE

ATELIER: YEAR IN REVIEW 2013 is published by the Office of External Relations for the alumni and friends of the New York School of Interior Design. © Copyright 2013 New York School of Interior Design Director of External Relations: Samantha Hoover Creative Director: Christopher Spinelli Designer: Rina Root/Root Group NYC Photography: Mark LaRosa, Jason Gardner, Matt Carasella/Social Shutterbug, and Tom Morbitzer Printing: EarthSpectrum www.nysid.edu

WELCOME

EACH YEAR, we produce the Atelier as a review of the academic year and a testament to the hard work of our students. Like a traditional atelier, NYSID is a place where talented students produce works of art and design. The work and achievements of the students, as well as new initiatives, events, festivities, and the contributions of generous donors that helped NYSID to grow during the 2012-2013 year, are all celebrated in the Atelier you hold in your hands. As I mark my first anniversary as president of NYSID, I am personally reflecting on a year full of opportunities and exciting advances. I am proud to be leading NYSID, particularly at this moment in our nearly 100-year history. This year, we launched our first online course, with the Introduction to Interior Design workshop being offered in a digital format. It has been very successful and has allowed people from around the country and the world to get a broad introduction to the profession. We will be rolling out more courses in the coming year, ultimately offering full degree programs online. Our MFA Professional-Level (MFA-1) program received initial accreditation from the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), the gold standard for professional programs in interior design education. In addition, our BFA program was successfully reaccredited by CIDA. Both programs have been awarded accreditation for six-year terms. NYSID is also making steady progress toward regional accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

We were recently approved to move forward with the self-study phase of the accreditation process in preparation for an evaluation visit. It is a long and rigorous process, but one that will add to our already considerable prestige and keep us competitive. We are also in the process of creating a new strategic plan in order to effectively guide the College over the next three years. The result will be a comprehensive, forward-thinking document that touches upon all areas of the College. At two successful benefits this past year we not only had some fun but we also raised substantial funds to advance NYSID’s future. A cocktail reception in honor of the late Albert Hadley brought together the design community and celebrated Hadley’s bequest of nearly $500,000 for NYSID scholarships. And in the spring, we raised more than $250,000 at a gala honoring interior designer Geoffrey N. Bradfield and landscape architect Laurie D. Olin. While it may be a cliché to say that it is the people that make any institution great, I have to say that it is absolutely true here at NYSID. It has been extremely rewarding to see NYSID students, faculty, staff, and alumni come together in myriad ways over this past year to further the mission of the College and make it the special place that it is. David Sprouls President

STUDENTS

Erica Reuter, Marche: Re-designing the “Big Box” Store Experience, see page 18

THESIS/CAPSTONE PROJECTS BY 2013 GRADUATES

In the pages that follow are descriptions of a body of work as diverse as NYSID students themselves. Many projects take their inspiration from a particular building or neighborhood in one of the New York City’s five boroughs, while others look beyond New York or even the United States for the raw material upon which to base a project. Whatever their inspirations, these projects represent the culmination of a student’s design study at NYSID. Each of the works here was presented to a jury of faculty and industry professionals and was a student’s final step toward graduating from NYSID with a BFA, MFA, or MPS degree.

MFA-1 THESIS PROJECTS

The professional-level Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design (MFA-1) is a three-year program designed to provide an advanced interior design degree to students who hold a baccalaureate degree in a field unrelated to design.

Chairman’s Award Recipient Tae Hyun Yu Hostelling International Seoul Hospitality taehyun6202@gmail.com Project Type: Hospitality

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This project converts a long-closed prison into a youth hostel for international travelers. The design plays off the tension between the freedom of travel and exploration and the confinement of prisoners. In the history of mankind, longing for freedom has been a basic instinct of human beings. Backpackers finding freedom all over the world satisfy their longing for freedom in their own exotic destinations. Prison has been a symbol of limiting freedom. However, what if there existed backpackers in a prison building who represent “liberty”?

MFA-1 THESIS PROJECTS

Robert Herring Travel Prize Recipient Libby Rose Augarten Point of View

Point of View (POV) is a performance venue, learning center, and home to a professional theater company and theater education program for students aged 16-22. It aims to revive classical Western and Eastern theater by creating an exciting and meaningful experience that the modern theatergoer can connect with. It also strives to educate the public about aspects involved in producing a play. POV’s goal is to impact the surrounding neighborhoods by providing community services and producing the work of selected local playwrights.

libby.augarten@gmail.com Project Type: Mixed Use

Actors and audience have a symbiotic relationship. The audience receives entertainment, excitement, emotional experiences, and the feeling of being part of something. The actor receives energy, nerves, surges of adrenaline, acclamation, and appreciation. POV aims to harness the positive aspects of the actor/audience relationship and integrate it into the physical environment, infusing the entire space with what is usually only experienced during a theatrical performance.

Jennifer Brisby Altar Ego

Altar Ego is a multifaceted design lab based in Los Angeles County. The brand focuses on product design, interiors, and creative direction. Their holistic approach expands to include a retail store and gallery to display the company’s latest collection of curiosities, as well as a skate and event space. The brand promotes art, lifestyle, and happy animals.

jennybriz@gmail.com Project Type: Mixed Use (Commercial, Retail, Cultural)

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MFA-1 THESIS PROJECTS

Ruoxi Cui Air Hotel ruoxi503@gmail.com Project Type: Hospitality Air Hotel is designed specifically for flight attendants and pilots. It is a multifunction hotel that features guest rooms, a spa, a salon, a gym, a restaurant, a lounge and bar, a game room, a laundry room, a mail room, and a small bank branch. Since the cabin crew’s layover time varies considerably—sometimes they need to stay overnight, sometimes just a few hours for a delayed flight—the hotel is designed to be a flexible and entertaining space to suit all needs.

Lauren Cusack Riverhouse laurencusack@yahoo.com Type: Hospitality

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Riverhouse is a multifunctional hotel and marina. It is located at 251 Kent Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, home to the massive Domino Sugar Factory. For 148 years, ships delivered sugarcane to the Domino plant. It was one of many industrial factory and warehouse spaces along the East River’s shores and became a local landmark. Today, the property has been redeveloped to incorporate the playful nature of the new vibrant neighborhood and the booming epicurean and retail-centric industry of a modern generation. Riverhouse celebrates the convergence of industry and the Brooklyn waterfront, both past and present.

MFA-1 THESIS PROJECTS

Mimi Fidler The Grove mimifidler@gmail.com Project Type: Hospitality

The Grove is a 100,000square-foot indoor/outdoor experience that is a new, nontraditional take on both the hotel and the restaurant. It has many small eateries that include a market deli, a sweets shop, bar, café, and a hot-tapas bar. The Grove Hotel is located adjacent to the eateries, providing guests with a similar indoor/outdoor experience, as well as private lounges, tastings, and kitchen areas.

Kathryn Findlay The Carhouse Local Market + Kitchen kathryn.findlay@gmail.com Project Type: Mixed Use (Retail and Hospitality) The Carhouse Local Market + Kitchen is a communitybased farmers’ market, marketplace, and restaurant located in Toronto’s Roncesvalles Village neighborhood. The market will serve as a community hub focused on food and social connections. Here Toronto residents can buy fresh, seasonal food from local farmers and proprietors, as well as dine on local cuisine with a gourmet twist. Whether straight from the farmers’ truck or served at a gourmet restaurant, food can be enjoyed in many ways from raw to fully cooked.

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MFA-1 THESIS PROJECTS

Erin A. Goldrick Kinesphere: Dance Center & Hotel Eringoldrick@gmail.com Project Type: Mixed Use

Jennifer Gomez Logotopia: A New York City Literary Center jengomez00@gmail.com Project Type: Educational Adults who lack basic reading and writing skills can manage ordinary everyday tasks, but how does this affect the family dynamic? Parents are often unable to clearly communicate with their children, and are in turn unable to advocate for them in other situations, like a school setting. Providing community-based literacy centers can help combat this problem. Logotopia’s design optimizes possibilities for interaction and reading, producing multiple scales of spaces for creative activity and casual encounters. 8

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Kinesphere is a mixed-use facility for classical and contemporary ballet dancers who travel to Manhattan to perform, audition, and seek opportunity to collaborate with other dancers and advance their careers. This facility provides various accommodations to suit the their needs, including guest suites, a restaurant and bar, a retail area, dance studios, lounges, a theater, as well as areas dedicated to physical therapy, massage, and counseling. The concept for this approximately 80,000-square-foot space is derived from the resistance and tension a dancer experiences when working with and against the floor, and with and against their partner. This resistance/tension is a metaphor for their lives as dancers, in both the stress of the career and the positive power and energy that comes from dancing. This concept is realized in the connectivity of circulation space.

MFA-1 THESIS PROJECTS

Meredith Hurst Prima Boutique Hotel Meredith.hurst@gmail.com Project Type: Hospitality/Mixed Use

Alexandra Jaffe WEFT alexandrajaffe19@gmail.com Project Type: Residential

Prima is a boutique hotel that integrates a dance studio space for small, Manhattan-based ballet companies that focus on creating an experiential environment for dance enthusiasts. Guests are transported into a glamorous theatrical world of romance and ballet history. Prima is immersive, transformative, and deeply engaging; embracing elegance and luxury, grace and style, with a bold and evocative vision. The hotel brings together the creative power and poised femininity of ballet to push the boundaries between public and private, classical and modern.

WEFT’s goal is to provide a safe, healthy, and happy home where residents can grow and learn from one another. The space brings two very different groups of people together—youths who have recently agedout of foster care and retired adults looking to move into community housing. These two groups are often forgotten by society and are left to fend for themselves. WEFT weaves these groups together to share a safe environment where they will be able to teach each other valuable life skills to take with them for the rest of their lives.

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MFA-1 THESIS PROJECTS

Preeti Jain Heritage Hotel preetijain1001@gmail.com Project Type: Hospitality Heritage Hotel is a sustainable luxury hotel located in Jodhpur, India (also known as the “Blue City”). A popular tourist destination, Jodhpur, along with traditional Indian architecture, is the inspiration for the design of the hotel. The project converts a portion of the beautiful Umaid Bhawan Palace into a luxury hotel, providing guests with stateof-the-art and sustainable amenities. The design addresses some of the municipal and economic issues of the city and aims to contribute to its development.

Victoria King The Anchorman Inn torijking@gmail.com Project Type: Hospitality The Anchorman Inn is the ultimate getaway for the quintessential foodie. With an immersive farm-to-table concept, guests will have a full circle dining experience with locally grown products. Whether visiting for a meal or an extended stay, The Anchorman Inn creates a one-of-a-kind experience of luxury, nature, and, most importantly, fine food.

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MFA-1 THESIS PROJECTS

Wei-Tsun Lin 0101 Internet Office w_zom@hotmail.com Project Type: Commercial The 0101 Internet Office is designed to fit people's natural lifestyle. Although it is impossible to erase the fact that they are working in an office, the goal of this space is to push the idea to a certain level and ensure the employees are comfortable.

Ashley W. Liu Louis Vuitton Hotel ashleywtliu@gmail.com Project Type: Hospitality

The Louis Vuitton Hotel is part hotel, part fashion center. It delivers a luxury hotel experience, while also providing space to hold fashion shows. The design strives to create a special experience and deliver the brand’s lifestyle to every guest. ATELIER 2013

MFA-1 THESIS PROJECTS

Emily Lumpkin St. Mary’s Benedictine Monastery emily.lumpkin@gmail.com Project Type: Mixed Use (Residential and Religious)

Harleen Mroke Beta Tech harleen@mroke.com Project Type: Commercial Beta Tech is a place between work and home for the tech user, a type of “universal third place.” It houses co-working spaces, meeting rooms, and a café and bar.

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“The monastery should be arranged as much as possible in such a way as that one can find all one needs. In this way, the monks will not need to go outside, which is not all advantageous for their souls.” The Rule of Saint Benedict St. Mary’s Benedictine Monastery is home to 80 monks who joined the monastery in their 20s and 30s and remain, in accordance with their vows, a part of the community throughout their lives. The space is organized among three major areas: worship, work, and living.

MFA-1 THESIS PROJECTS

Katsunori Nakamura Children's Library of the Digital Era remwaterclock@yahoo.com Project Type: Cultural With the development of digital technology such as iPads and Kindles, there is less need for book storage facilities. Yet, many people still feel the need for a library as a community center and a place for exploration. This project explores the potential of the library in this digital era, to find an intersection point of physical and digital media.

Lucinda Nixon Connect! High School lnixon23@gmail.com Project Type: Education

Connect! High School is a coeducational high school that gives students the opportunity to be in an environment that encourages collaboration in all aspects of their education. Inspired by the kinetic and dynamic nature of kaleidoscopes, Connect! creates a unique and inspirational experience for the developing student artist. This colorful world is full of movement and discovery.

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Youngjin Park Haute Haus youngjin.park@hotmail.com Project Type: Mixed Use Each year, eight young designers are selected to work and live at Haute Haus. Each designer will bring their own color, energy, and perspective to the environment, which will enrich their collective experience. The building houses an outdoor seating space, a work studio, production area, photo studio, an exhibition hall, social gathering space, and two four-bedroom residential units.

Alissa Rosenwach New York City Living: Integrating the Modern Family’s Work and Living Spaces alissa.rosenwach@gmail.com Project Type: Mixed Use (Commercial and Residential) This space is designed for a young couple who run their businesses from home—an architecture firm and art gallery/studio—alongside raising their three young children. The selected space is a building in SoHo, currently divided into full-floor condos. The design repurposes the entire building for single-family occupancy. With the complexity of designing for three separate functions, how can they all feel connected and operate together, but still remain separate and private? Connections via acoustics, sight, and touch are explored throughout the design of the businesses and the residence, creating tension and privacy as needed.

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Nicole Schapira ICHI–BK Japanese Marketplace nicoleschapira@gmail.com Project Type: Mixed Use (Retail, Dining, Cultural)

The New York foodie scene has shown a growing interest in flavors from all corners of the globe. ICHI-BK offers a sampling of food, retail, and cultural establishments that will provide visitors with an authentic taste of Japanese trends and traditions. Interior structures create layers of discovery and reveal hidden and unexpected spaces as the visitor moves from public to more private areas.

Melanie Schofield The Haven, Southampton, NY dovemfs@gmail.com Project Type: Hospitality The Haven is a health and wellness resort that combines a Western approach with traditional Asian therapies and provides an evidencebased design in a salubrious setting. Luxurious accommodations include a fitness center, spa, and holistic health facilities designed to balance and revitalize mind, body, and spirit. The Haven is located at the Ballyshear Estate in Southampton, New York, which was built in the Georgian style in 1913 by famed architect F. Burrall Hoffman, Jr. On a scenic 35acre property, it overlooks the water of Long Island’s Peconic Bay.

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MFA-1 THESIS PROJECTS

Alexandra van Slyck ECOmmunity avanslyck@gmail.com Project Type: Mixed Use

Aaron White Aaron Mckenzie Townhouse aaronmkwhite@gmail.com Project Type: Mixed Use

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A working model of communal, affordable, and sustainable housing, ECOmmunity bridges the gap between the individual and their surrounding environment. With spaces created for multiple levels of interaction, as well as individual comfort, the building promotes a hands-on way of living while also inspiring a smaller environmental footprint.

The Aaron Mckenzie Townhouse is a mixed use property that breaks down the dichotomy of the live/work model. Its goal is to not only provide design services but allow for people to have a glimpse into how design can be incorporated into everyday life. This is accomplished by using design personality Aaron Mckenzie’s private residence as a design showhouse that can be seen, if desired, from the public spaces. Mixing ideas of private versus public, tradition versus modernity, status quo versus progression and materiality, this is a design showcase that is sure to captivate all who visit.

MFA-1 THESIS PROJECTS

Jihee Youn The Douglaston Community Center jihee.youn11@gmail.com Project Type: Civic

The Douglaston Community Center is a place where all community members are able to interact with each other and share their cultures in order to build a strong and complete community. The main design element—modular honeycomb shapes—represents the individuals that make the community stronger. The Douglaston Community Center includes a café, a library, a garden, indoor children’s activity areas, a daycare center, an afterschool program, and a fitness center. Combining all the spaces into in one building allows the community members to partake in various activities every day.

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MFA-2 THESIS PROJECTS The post-professional Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design (MFA-2) is a two-year, terminal degree program that provides practicing professionals in interior design, architecture, environmental design, and closely related fields with the opportunity for advanced creative and academic scholarship in interior design. Students graduate with a deep understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of the design of the built environment, the ability to articulate and resolve advanced problems in design, and are prepared to become leaders of the profession.

Chairman’s Award Recipient Erika Reuter Marche: Re-designing the “Big Box” Store Experience erika.reuter@gmail.com Project Type: Retail

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The idea of the “big box store” is transformed into an easily accessible, customized local market through the takeover of vacant post offices throughout the country. This promotion of a local business model, and the support of walk-ability associated with it, echoes the practices of other towns and cities that are trying to revitalize their communities. This thesis topic was explored in three models—small, medium, and large—with an especially detailed design for the midsize model.

MFA-2 THESIS PROJECTS

Zaina Alrumeh AlDiwan Social Club zalrumeh@gmail.com Project Type: Civic

AlDiwan is a private social club for retirees in Kuwait who abide by the country’s 50-year-old retirement age. Most of these individuals are still qualified professionals with a lot to offer. In this social club, they can relive their prime by reconnecting with like-minded individuals and utilizing their experiences by consulting and mentoring younger generations. The club is a portal to the working world and offers possibilities like consultancy positions in emerging companies. It is a place where they can regain their sense of self-worth.

Kazuki Daimo The Nature Conservancy’s Worldwide Headquarters krdaimo@gmail.com Project Type: Mixed Use (Cultural, Educational, Commercial)

The Nature Conservancy’s Worldwide Headquarters demonstrates the principles of the organization: to conserve land, water, and natural resources; to design responsibly with nature; and to encourage collaboration across different regions and cultures. The building contains exhibitions about the various ecosystems of the world, educational facilities for large and small group learning on environmental topics, and an administrative program to oversee all existing Nature Conservancy departments worldwide. The design responds to the site’s natural and built conditions in a harmonious integration, striving to inspire those who use the building to apply this sensitivity to their own lives. ATELIER 2013

MFA-2 THESIS PROJECTS

Chattawan Kieosangsong The Visions of War Museum timeoutnz@hotmail.com Project Type: Cultural

The Visions of War Museum, supported by United Nations, intends to generate peace in the world and to remind visitors of the evils of war. The design juxtaposes evil and good, dark and light, and war and peace. The building is divided into two parts, one part contains the restaurant, bookstore, administration offices, and auditorium, the other is the main exhibition space. The overall concept of this project is Pandora's Box, a Greek myth about the beginnings of war and the evils of mankind. Pandora's Box contained all evils, including envy, disease, sickness, hate, war, and conflict. They were released into the world through human curiosity. There is also an element of hope in Pandora’s Box, which is expressed in the design for this museum. The center of the structure is the heart of the building, devoted to be the passive part of the exhibition (the hope that floats inside Pandora’s Box), surrounded by the active part of the exhibition, which displays the evils of war and humanity. The project is located in the current Staten Island Ferry Terminal in lower Manhattan, nearby the 9/11 Memorial, which represents the conflicts of war, and the Statue of Liberty, which represents freedom, peace, and hope. The building has one side pointing to the 9/11 Memorial and the other side facing the Statue of Liberty creating a visual connection between these two icons.

Dong Il Kim NYC Students Design Center dongilartist@hotmail.com Project Type: Educational Connecting with others is an important and effective means for design students to expand and enhance their skill set. Without brainstorming and group discourse, students can find themselves limited by previous knowledge. The NYC Students Design Center is a place where students from different design schools and disciplines can come to collaborate and learn from one another’s various experiences. Moreover, the center provides a space where students and professors can work whenever they want. 20

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Derek Kucksdorf SEA Semester derek.kucksdorf@gmail.com Project Type: Educational

Kaitlin Mazza Women In Need, Inc. Shelter: for Veterans and Their Children kate.mazza@yahoo.com Project Type: Civic

SEA Semester is place where students and faculty can join together to perform oceanic field study. This concept, adapted from others like it around the world, will help those who are studying the life and systems of the ocean. This vessel can house up to 32 students, along with 16 crew and 8 faculty members, making it an immersive environment for everyone to learn and feel capable of new adventures.

Women In Need Inc. (WIN), a shelter for female veterans and their children, houses thousands of women and children in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. This shelter is located in Queens to expand WIN into a new borough and to have a specialized center for women veterans, an increasing portion of our homeless population. The aesthetic is both modern and traditional, calm and cheerful, hotel-like and home-like. The design lies somewhere in between these characteristics, acting as a metaphor for the guests who are between a military career and a civilian career. By creating lighthearted, harmonious spaces, the design fosters friendship and optimism and provides a respite from the stresses of life after returning home from war. ATELIER 2013

MFA-2 THESIS PROJECTS

Jin Seo Park Golfzon Center iadjinseo@gmail.com Project Type: Sports and Recreation

Henry Roa Centro Experimental De Arte Latino Americano henryroabeltran@gmail.com Project Type: Civic Latin American culture has been recognized worldwide for its rich identity, people, arts, architecture, music, politics, and more. Its culture and customs have had a great impact not only within Latin America but also in countries such as the United States, especially in cities such as New York. The center has a number of cultural spaces within the building to reflect a socialartistic experiment. This concept is followed by developing a form of self-artistic expression, exploration, imagination, and, most importantly, a cultural understanding. The experiments of the center will result in new ways of looking at and exploring art, and will hopefully drive the Latino community of New York to appreciate and draw inspiration from different types of visual arts. 22

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This design concept for the Golfzon Center is the perception of the real and the virtual world. On one hand it considers how one perceives distances and shapes and makes sense of space. On the other is how one creates and displays space for virtual sports. I wanted to rethink and create a new culture for golfers and make people reconsider how virtual technology is getting closer to our lives today.

MFA-2 THESIS PROJECTS

Antonio A. Rodríguez Argüelles Atlántico Senior Health Center antonioara07@gmail.com Project Type: Healthcare

Chandara Sunder Learning Center for Children with Developmental Delays ramya_esakki@yahoo.com Project Type: Educational

The Atlántico Senior Health Center groups together some of the most common healthcare services the Puerto Rican senior population needs under one roof, making them easily accessible, while reducing wait times and offering comfortable and inviting facilities. The 55,000-square-foot center incorporates public spaces and waiting areas, a health food concession, healing gardens, and small locations for a pharmacy, beauty salon/barbershop, and food market. Forced perspectives, architectural sunshades, and different elements of biophilia were used as main design concepts.

This center utilizes a communal approach to design that enables collaboration among children, teachers, and parents with a belief that children learn from one another. The center has a number of differently scaled spaces, from the wide open and connected to nature, to the more private, tiny nooks. This design enables developmentally delayed children to learn to live life in a vast world of all kinds of spaces.

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MFA2 THESIS PROJECTS

Yueguang Wu Mott Haven Community Center – Amplify the Local Kinetics yueguangwu2010@ gmail.com Project Type: Community Center

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The Willis Theater was established in 1923 as a performance venue in the South Bronx and became a symbol of the relationship between music, place, and community. It was closed down in 1957, and the building was later converted into a supermarket. The new Mott Haven Community Center revives this building and creates a dramatic landform that mediates the scale of the South Bronx. Permanent program spaces include a performance hall, gallery, shop, classroom, and restaurant, but the design also includes flexible spaces that can be reshaped and repurposed as needed. The white roof and ample glazing mesh indoors with the outdoor, highlighting the landscape. Contemporary in form, the transparency allows onlookers to gaze through the Center from different perspectives. The space’s curly form promotes ease of movement, and the layout creates zones for people to easily congregate. In the evening, video screens emblazon the night sky and appear throughout the curving wall.

MPS-S CAPSTONE PROJECTS

The Master of Professional Studies in Sustainable Interior Environments (MPS-S) is a one-year, post-professional program focused on specialized knowledge, thinking, and skills structured to prepare design professionals to assume leadership roles in developing and maintaining sustainable interior spaces that will impact the world in a positive way. Intended for those working in the design or architecture professions, the program provides students with a thorough grounding in the best practices in environmentally informed designs for the interior.

Olisa Cifligu ocifligu@gmail.com

Pingping Jin pingping0924@gmail.com

This bridal boutique is located in SoHo and utilizes the lower floors of a landmark building. The environment offers an innovative way of approaching one of the most important days in one’s life—your wedding day. The space uses recycled and local building materials and daylight flows through the store, emphasizing energy conservation. The boutique sells environmentally friendly, vintage, and handmade wedding dresses and veils, which serve as the inspiration for this airy and beautiful environment.

Oleksandra Novytska alisanovytska@gmail.com

La Vie en Blanc – Bridal Boutique Project Type: Retail

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MPS-S CAPSTONE PROJECTS

Zarina Hamdard zarinahamdard@gmail.com

Kiho Park KentKiho@gmail.com

Zarina New York Project Type: Retail

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Zarina New York is a sustainable high-end women's boutique that carries fashion apparel, cosmetics, accessories, and footwear. All of the merchandise is from local fashion designers and vendors in New York City. The clientele are women between the ages of 18 and 50 who are trendy, sophisticated, eco-conscious, tech-savvy, and love to travel. The entire experience is sustainable, from the aesthetics of the interior space to the actual merchandise.

MPS-H CAPSTONE PROJECT

The Master of Professional Studies in Healthcare Interior Design (MPS-H) is a one-year, post-professional program providing practicing designers and healthcare professionals with broad knowledge of current issues, research, and theory in the design of healthcare interiors, including a focused studio experience.

Amy Carter carta0210@gmail.com

Alice Mastrangelo Gittler alice_mg@live.com

Youngran Jheun yjheun@gmail.com

Duangjai Masrungson djmasrungson@gmail.com

Cassandra Evelyn Ramirez cramirez@nysid.edu

Bay Shore Cancer Institute A collaborative effort of NYSID’s inaugural Healthcare Design MPS five-student team, these images highlight a year’s immersion into designing supportive, safe and sustainable healthcare environments. Five key design principles have emerged over the course of this year which we believe are essential to designing for healthcare: each project reflects our intent to inspire, restore, safeguard, connect and sustain both the people and the spaces that support health. These renderings are from a studio project to design a cancer treatment center, the adaptive reuse of an existing 45,000-square-foot grocery store. Our challenge centered around how a building could become an ally in the treatment of cancer—directly supporting the patients who must endure the treatment, the people who care for them, and the community at large. Renderings by Amy Carter (entry) and Net Masrungson (infusion and medical oncology unit).

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MPS-L CAPSTONE PROJECTS

The Master of Professional Studies in Interior Lighting Design (MPS-L) is a one-year, post-professional degree providing rigorous professional education in the area of natural and artificial illumination for the interior environment. The program includes lighting design studio courses that integrate acquired knowledge and research, while exploring residential, commercial, and institutional environments. Graduates are prepared to sit for the certification exam given by the NCQLP (National Council on Qualifications for Lighting Professionals).

Sofia Arredondo Reynaud sofia.arredondo.r@gmail.com Restaurant Lighting Renovation Project Type: Hospitality The lighting design for this project sought to integrate and structuralize the space, creating different areas that come together under the same visual language, generating its own identity. An array of wooden beams cross the space in one direction and feature an indirect lighting system that illuminates the space. The geometrical pattern is echoed by glowing slots located in the concrete lowered ceilings located in different dining areas.

José Albuquerque Fonseca jozhe@yahoo.com Restaurant Lighting Renovation Project Type: Hospitality This project is for a two-floor restaurant in Coral Gables, Florida. The 1st floor caters to a younger crowd and the 2nd floor to an older crowd with private dining and outside lounge spaces. The central concept is to have the special materials sparkle under ambient and grazing lights. Ambient ceiling light uses LED points to look like sparkles of light.

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MPS-L CAPSTONE PROJECTS

Ramy Makhaly ramy.tu@gmail.com Office Lighting Renovation Project Type: Commercial

The client for this project is a structural and civil engineering firm called Matrix New World, which recently merged with Stevens Institute of Technology. For their new headquarters in suburban New Jersey, I created a lighting concept that emphasizes the merger and the difference between the two firms. The design revolves around contrast, between the structurally rigid aspect of Matrix and the modernity of the Institute of Technology, by exposing existing architectural elements in clean flat surfaces and by using structural features with more modern materials and lighting solutions. The executive offices area, including the lobby, conference room, and other common spaces, share a key design feature— the clean white ceilings are excavated to expose the existing structural I-beam system within. Those recesses are then illuminated by flat planes of light situated on the sides of the created soffits. The open-office area is covered with a grid of luminous resin vaults. The columns that previously supported these vaults were replaced with beams of light escaping from within the structures. Bringing these two different principles into one design creates a feeling of juxtaposition while simultaneously creating a cohesive and harmonious design.

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BFA THESIS PROJECTS

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Interior Design provides students with the professional-level preparation to become practicing interior designers. The program combines a comprehensive interior design curriculum and a broad-based education in the liberal arts. The emphasis is on creativity, effective verbal and graphic communications skills, technical proficiency, and sustainability.

Ana Blanc Verna Award Recipient Dohwe Gu New York Performing Arts Center gdh0804@gmail.com Project Type: Cultural

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Located at Pier 17, South Street Seaport, the New York Performing Arts Center’s building and interior spaces will allow for abundant natural light and great views of the East River and the city’s skyscrapers. For the design concept, the simple and organized grid pattern of New York City was applied to the overall exterior and interiors of the building. Lines and blocks become design elements that define the spaces. The center has a retail space, a bookstore, and two auditoriums. The main auditorium accommodates nearly 2,000 people and will be used for large performances, including operas, ballets, and musicals. The smaller auditorium, seating about 500 individuals, can be used for music and orchestra concerts. On the third floor there is a restaurant and bar with an outdoor observation terrace.

BFA THESIS PROJECTS

The Robert Herring Travel Prize Recipient Jess Villanueva Silverio New York Orthopedic Institute jesssilverio@gmail.com Project Type: Healthcare

New York Orthopedic Institute (NYOI) is a specialty hospital devoted to orthopedics. Every doctor, surgeon, scientist, nurse, and therapist at NYOI is a specialist in caring for orthopedic patients. The institute is designed to provide a “one-stop shop” where patients can get all their pre- and postoperative care as well as their surgery in one place without having to move from facility to facility.

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BFA THESIS PROJECTS

Valli Aleman Culinary Center in Panama City, Panama valligrace@mac.com Project Type: Hospitality and Educational

JinSoo An Chelsea School of Drama jinsoo930@gmail.com Project Type: Cultural The Chelsea School of Drama is a college of performing arts in New York City. The initial vision of the school was to create a multi-purpose facility where artists can meet fellow artists. The final design remodels the old Neo-Gothic building to function as an educational institution and performing arts theater. Inspiration for the project comes from Oscar Wilde’s quote, “I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.”

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This neighborhood-oriented culinary center is made up of three components: retail/farm, restaurant, and educational facility. It is located in a repurposed building in Panama City's up-and-coming Costa del Este neighborhood. A client will be able to buy products coming from the onsite farm in the surrounding site, eat these products at the restaurant or café, and learn about these products and how they can be cooked in the classroom kitchen.

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Nicole Barthelme Long Island City Arts nicole.barthelme@gmail.com Project Type: Cultural Long Island City Arts is a community arts center located in western Queens. The existing building is a local iron workers’ facility with a concrete structure. The arts center embraces the industrial characteristics of the building and the surrounding neighborhood. It will provide a multipurpose theater that opens to an outdoor garden during warmer months, a café with foods from local restaurants, gallery spaces, screening rooms, and a large communal bar area.

Jessica Serrano Capurro Airport Terminal, Genoa, Italy

The new Genoa Terminal Two is a modern, geometric building structure that encompasses four-levels, giving passengers a better and more efficient traveling experience. The concept is modern and sleek, and incorporates the national Italian colors red and green alternated with natural palette colors. This historic timber style building in Brooklyn, NY has been transformed into a modern glass and metal grid box.

jessica.capurro@gmail.com Project Type: Hospitality

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BFA THESIS PROJECTS

Elisa Carlson Technoteke elisacarlson@gmail.com Technoteke Project Type: Civic

Weishan Chan The Lantern Hotel weishan.fc@gmail.com Project Type: Hospitality The Lantern Hotel is a contemporary Chinese hotel located in the heart of New York’s SoHo district. The design aims to establish a harmonic connection between the late 19thcentury cast iron building and the Chinese interior elements and finishes. The concept is based on the use of color, light, and the structure of a traditional Chinese lantern, which creates and defines space through symmetry, balance, and harmony.

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Today’s society needs creative, innovative, individual thinkers. How can interior design cultivate this shift? Located in the Lower East Side, the Technoteke is imagined as a prototype for a new space typology. Here nothing is precious and little is static; the space itself is a canvas balanced by structure, much like sand in a sand box. By combining and making public the tools of creation and social environments, Technoteke will do for product development what the public library did for literacy.

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You Jung Choi Seaport Musical Theater

The Seaport Musical Theater is located at 19 Fulton Street, Pier 17 South Seaport, in New York. The design concept is an opaque aluminum-and-glass form containing the auditorium, which is set at an angle within a transparent glass form containing the theater lobbies and a restaurant overlooking the East River and the city’s skyscrapers.

loveyj84@gmail.com Project Type: Cultural

Stuart Clarke P57 Urban Resort stu_clarke@mac.com Project Type: Hospitality P57 Urban Resort is a proposed redevelopment of Pier 57, a historic pier located on the Hudson River. The resort is a unique mix of retail, entertainment, and event space that is centered on a 54-room hotel. Other features include a rooftop garden, seasonal swimming pool, and marina for small recreational watercraft. Integral to the project is the reuse and conversion of shipping containers into the majority of the resort’s interiors. The containers allow flexible configurations and can easily be modified for multipurpose use.

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BFA THESIS PROJECTS

Erick J. Espinoza medusa. Ej.espinoza@live.com Project Type: Mixed Use

Zarina Gabaraeva New York City Hotel zazayka@gmail.com Project Type: Hospitality The New York City Hotel is set in the Beaux Arts Corbin building, which has stood for over a century as a proud reminder of New York's first skyscrapers. The new Fulton Street Transit Center that is being constructed next to the Corbin building will bring new life to the area. The design of the New York City Hotel will bring the interior into the 21st century while maintaining the historical beauty of the building. The interior space elicits the drama of New York City's transit system and the glamour of mixing old and new.

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The concept of this thesis is a greenhouse cube with various levels of park space, a common dining space, and an underground aquarium. The project aims to provide locals and visitors to New York City with a sense of a third place away from home and work. Located in Midtown Manhattan (on the southwest corner of 5th Avenue and 43rd street) this space is easily accessible to all.

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Aurelia Garza 21st Century Funeral Home garzagold@gmail.com Project Type: Institutional

Located in California’s Silicon Valley, this project is a contemporary funeral home. I started this project questioning why typical funeral homes, places where family and friends gather to bid final farewell seem to be the least considered place in design. My goal was to design a place of powerful spiritual experience that is able to comfort people in time of grief.

Lovina Zoe Hauge Hotel Vatulele lovinazoehauge@gmail.com Project Type: Hospitality Designed to weave the boundaries between guests and the exotic getaway, Hotel Vatulele is situated on its namesake island in Fiji. Visitors celebrate the island’s surf culture and experience the ultimate engagement with nature throughout the hotel. Each space and suite opens directly to the beach and sky, allowing one to reconnect with an often too-distant natural environment.

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BFA THESIS PROJECTS

Alison Jennison The Franklin ajennison@me.com Project Type: Hospitality The Franklin is located on Franklin Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, steps from the ferry terminal and central to the newly revived historic waterfront area. The building houses an 18-room hotel with a restaurant, coffee shop/bar, retail space, and garden. The project aims to combine common New York apartment buildings while stripping them down to their raw components. The rooms are adorned with contemporary furniture that is locally crafted.

Na Young Kang Museum of NYC evadiva4u@gmail.com Project Type: Cultural

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Museum of NYC has two different characteristics: its interactivity and its multipurpose functionality. This project uses the concept of coexistence of historical past and innovative modern times of New York by mixing a classical exterior and modern interior design, which represents the uniqueness of New York City.

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Katie Gyeonghee Kil GM Learning Center evadiva4u@gmail.com Project Type: Educational

“Today’s curious student is tomorrow’s innovator.” –General Motors GM Learning Center is a place where General Motors can give back to society by offering an educational facility. The center will promote the company’s new vision while also opening itself up to the community. The learning center is modern and innovative. Rather than focus directly on the company’s known aesthetic, the center introduces a new, progressive vision of GM.

Jacqueline A. Levine Museum of Women in Flight jackie.levine89@gmail.com Project Type: Museum

Revealing the often untold stories of America’s female pioneers in flight, MoWiF takes visitors through a grand memorial hall, up through reception and into a totally immersive environment. The main focus: Women’s Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II. The exhibits include airplanes, uniforms, recordings, and many other types of narrative history. American women in the 1940s had an incredible impact on generations to come and this project pays homage but also instills memories for future generations.

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BFA THESIS PROJECTS

Nadine Lynch Sans Souci Palace – Orphanage & Children’s Center nlynch88@hotmail.com Project Type: Mixed Use Sans Souci Palace, built for King Henri I, is nestled in a mountainous landscape in the small town of Milot, Haiti. The palace has been abandoned since it was ruined in the 1842 earthquake. The years of neglect have left it an elegant monument, slightly alien against its tropical backdrop. The palace offers housing, education, and healthcare to children in need. It will provide a safe, nurturing environment for the children of Haiti to grow, learn, and play.

Zisi Kurzer-Naimark Seabrook Club and Community Center simchaandzisi@gmail.com Project Type: Recreational The Seabrook Club and Community Center maintains the integrity of the antebellum architecture and layout while updating the building’s interior. The new design is a postmodern parody of the original style. The Seabrook respects and preserves the original architecture while updating the use of the building for the 21st century.

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BFA THESIS PROJECTS

Yashlie Negron La Mix Hotel Yashlie07@yahoo.com Project Type: Hospitality Too often, people visit resorts without experiencing the authentic, vibrant, and exciting local culture. This hotel, along a rejuvenated waterfront plaza in San Juan, Puerto Rico, uses architectural form and symbols to maximize interaction and socialization between locals and guests. Each room is technologically advanced, yet guests do not miss out on the seductive power of Old World charm and glamour.

Molyka Sorn East Falls Residence lmolykasorn@hotmail.com Project Type: Residential

East Falls Residence, located in west Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, consists of 36,000-square-feet for independent senior living. One of the project goals was to create a strong indoor/outdoor connection. Its design encourages freedom and choice for independent senior living in a safe environment. The major design feature is the central interactive garden surrounded by activity areas on the ground floor and dwelling units on the floors above. A unique feature is a bridge over Kelly Drive to the park on the banks of the Schuylkill River.

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Kristen L. Toro 6VR10 Riding Stable Tuppence1425@yahoo.com Project Type: Sports and Recreational The 6VR10 Riding Stable is a state-of-the-art riding stable where many different walks of life can merge and coexist in harmony. It is a 46-stall facility with indoor and outdoor arenas, indoor and outdoor café, and office spaces spread out over 20 acres in Detroit, Michigan. The technological advances include recycled flooring for the arenas, stalls outfitted with self-refilling water buckets, and a natural flow of ventilation running through the entire stable. The facility houses riders diverse in age and background, and caters to the rider’s individual needs, allowing them to advance their individual skill sets in a community setting. 6VR10 Riding provides professionally trained equine specialists and top-notch trainers a place to work together to help individuals grow and progress to new levels of riding.

Katie Whalen East End Arts Center katiemariewhalen @gmail.com Project Type: Cultural The East End Arts Center is a community center and public library, with space for performing and visual arts, a gallery, and a café. This facility is geared exclusively toward young people from middle school through college. The mission of the East End Arts Center is to inspire a thirst for knowledge and creativity, provide current materials to students, and connect young people to the community and local art.

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THESIS OPENING RECEPTIONS

The future of interior design can be glimpsed each spring at NYSID, with the always-anticipated opening receptions for BFA Thesis Projects and MFA Thesis & MPS Studio Projects. The international spectrum of experience of our student body resulted in imaginative spaces for living, working, learning, and healing. These events, which took place on May 21 and 22, brought together the interior design community, media, faculty, students, friends, and families. Projects on view included a design that transforms abandoned post offices into community retail destinations, adaptive reuse of a former prison into a hip youth hostel, a museum for women aviators, a golf center, and much more. These imaginative, well-executed plans demonstrated the mastery and talent of NYSID students.

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COMMENCEMENT

NYSID’s 2013 commencement ceremony on May 23 brought together the NYSID community to celebrate the graduation of 141 students. Degrees awarded included: 44 Master of Fine Arts degrees, 23 Master of Professional Studies, 27 Bachelor of Fine Arts, and 47 Associate in Applied Science candidates. Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, with its stunning view of Columbus Circle, was the ideal setting for inspiring speeches, poignant moments, and general merriment. President David Sprouls’ introductory remarks touched upon events that shaped the past year, including Hurricane Sandy. “The hurricane that destroyed so much of our human environment and reshaped so much of our natural environment,” he said, “also impacted the way we must plan and build for the future. Nature shocked us into a better understanding of what smart, sustainable design must be. Class of 2013, it is your task to turn this understanding into action.” Honorary doctorate degrees were presented to design icon Thom Filicia, known for his role in the TV hit Queer Eye for the Straight Guy; Betty Sherrill of McMillen Inc., a legendary interior designer to notable figures, including U.S. presidents; and Susan Szenasy, the well-known sustainability expert and editor in chief of Metropolis magazine. Filicia also gave the commencement address, sharing clues to the secrets of his success and giving encouragement to graduates about to enter the job market. “Today, as graduates of a prestigious design school,” he said, “you have the opportunity to translate your degree into a career in whatever area of the industry, or art, or whichever medium that most interests you. All you have to do is trust your instincts, stick to your guns, and continue to develop and refine your point of view. I know this, because it happened to me.”

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Each year, a number of awards are presented to students and faculty at commencement. The 2012-2013 awards are:

Chairman’s Award Recognizes outstanding creative achievements at the graduate level

Erika Reuter (MFA-2) Tae Hyun Yu (MFA-1) Elisabeth Christie (MPS-S) Sofia Arredondo (MPS-L) Amy Carter (MPS-H)

Ana Blanc Verna Award for Excellence in Interior Design Established to honor the memory of Verna, who was a distinguished graduate of the College.

Dohwe Gu (BFA)

Alumni Award Given to an academically outstanding graduate who has also performed exceptional services to the College.

Elisa Carlson (BFA)

Robert Herring Travel Prize Established to raise awareness of the value of foreign travel as part of a designer’s growth.

Jess Silverio (BFA) Libby Rose Augarten (MFA-1)

William Breger Faculty Achievement Award Christopher Welsh Welsh has served as a NYSID instructor and administrator for over two decades, teaching studio courses in perspective drawing.

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STUDENT AWARDS/ ACHIEVEMENTS The design excellence of NYSID students is recognized both inside the College and beyond its walls, one measure of which are the prestigious awards given to our students each year. This year, more than a dozen NYSID students were acknowledged for their outstanding design concepts—from sophisticated, futuristic lighting designs inspired by musical compositions to designs for a community center affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Hyemi Kang (MFA-1)

IIDA Student Scholarship Award The scholarship awards of the International Interior Design Association, New York chapter, recognize junior and senior undergraduates as well as graduate students who are currently enrolled in interior design programs at accredited New York State colleges or universities. Incorporating modern and traditional design in an office interior, Kang’s winning design for a Turkish law firm, Esitlik, brought elements of Turkish culture to New York City. The traditional design language of arches, domes, and symmetrical plan of the famed Hagia Sophia mosque/museum in Istanbul was the inspiration for the design of the space. For example, the kind of traditional, geometric tile floor pattern found in Hagia Sophia’s grand central hallway facilitates circulation and movement in the busy Gotham office.

Anne Aristya (BFA)

Angelo Donghia Foundation Senior Student Scholarship Awards The Angelo Donghia Foundation’s Senior Student Scholarship Awards provide scholarships each year to promising interior design students in the U.S. This $30,000 award covers senior-year tuition, board and maintenance, and books and other student materials. Each year only 12 scholarships are awarded out of a pool of more than 200 competitors. Aristya’s project is a community workspace for Bold, a magazine for teens that aims to nurture Generation Y’s moral, intellectual, and social development. Aristya was inspired by Bold’s method of cultivating the individual identities of teenagers; she used the concept of “Writing on a Blank Page” as a starting point for her design concept, which she calls Revolution of Ideas Space.

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STUDENT AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS

Alevtina Vinokur (BFA)

Angelo Donghia Foundation Senior Student Scholarship Awards Gensler Donald Brinkmann Scholarship, Second Place The Gensler Brinkmann Scholarship Fund award is a memorial to Donald G. Brinkmann, a gifted interior designer, inspirational leader, and former partner at the design firm Gensler. Celebrating Brinkmann’s career-long commitment to nurturing new design talent, the fund presents outstanding interior design students with an internship and a financial award for their final year of school. Vinokur’s design for a restaurant called Detras earned her both the Gensler Brinkmann Scholarship award and the Donghia award. It was inspired by Elie Saab, a prominent fashion designer whose dresses have fluid form, striking geometric shapes, and precise tailoring. Vinokur translated these elements with materials and colors that create a sense of illusion, obscurity, and discovery—for instance: hard-edged architectural and ornamental brass screens in front of windows, contrasted against soft interior draperies and fluid chandeliers.

Sheria Butler (MFA-1) Montessa Garcia (MFA-1) Ashley Lacen (AAS) Nicole Valentine (BID) Catarine Wright (BFA)

ASID Student Challenge

The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) held its annual Student Challenge—an all-day event held at the Steelcase Showroom in Manhattan. Students from area colleges worked in teams to create concept boards, which were then judged by professional designers. The winning NYSID team created a community room for a neighborhood in the Rockaway section of Queens, New York, that was severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Five students worked as a team and designed an open space based on the concept of a tree, for all of its philosophical and scientific resonance in fostering an appreciation of nature and community. ATELIER 2013

STUDENT AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS

Katie Gyeonghee Kil (BFA)

Xinyi Li (BFA) Danielle Quinn (BFA) Sharon Wong (BFA)

IFDA Rising Stars Award The Rising Star Awards are given by the International Furnishings and Design Association (IFDA) to recognize talent in the arena of its worldwide professional network in the furnishing and design industries.

ASID Legacy Fund Since its inception in 1998, the Legacy Fund of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has awarded more than 60 scholarships to outstanding students enrolled in the five programs in the New York metropolitan area recognized by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA).

For her winning entry, Kil designed two innovative chairs—a sculptural, slatted wooden restaurant chair and an “asymmetrical lean chair” that has angles that allow a semi-reclined, feet-up option since people tend to lounge in chairs in unconventional ways.

Sofia Arredondo (MPS-L)

IES IllumiNOTES New York City Student Competition, Third Place The Illuminating Engineer’s Society of NYC (IESNYC) recognizes excellence in the field of lighting by sponsoring annual awards programs and design grants. The IllumiNOTES competition encourages students to explore light as an art form, demonstrate light as a stimulus, and show it as a valuable medium. Arredondo created a lighting installation interpretation of Piano Works, a Craig Armstrong music composition. Her design “created an image of a storm suspended in time . . . as a static representation of the movement and dynamism of the melody.” The shape of a storm is represented by spiral patterns etched in several layers of Plexiglas. The etchings are staggered, creating the effect of movement. When the work is illuminated, the edges of the layers and the etched patterns glow with life.

DIFFA’s Dining By Design Christina Haight (BFA) Youngjin Park (MFA 1) Henry Roa (MFA 2) Naoko Yamazaki (MFA 2) Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) is one of the country’s largest supporters of direct care for people living with HIV/AIDS and preventive education for those at risk. Each year students as well as major industry notables are invited to design a dining “landscape” for its annual fund-raising event (March 21-24) held in conjunction with the Architectural Digest Home Design Show at Pier 94 on the Hudson River in Manhattan. As part of DIFFA’s Student Design Initiative, the NYSID team created a 3-D design installation called Remember, conceived around the proposition that HIV/AIDS is still in our midst, and that a cure is yet to be found. “Beauty, represented by the image, is distorted by the voids in the adjacent image, and circles in the superimposed image representing the disease. The void in the tableware is to remind everyone to remember that the disease is still around, and that we should not forget to raise awareness,” said René Estacio, NYSID instructor who was the faculty advisor, along with designer Marc Blackwell, who served as a mentor to the group.

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SCHOLARSHIPS Each year, NYSID awards undergraduate scholarships and graduate assistantships to worthy students. To be eligible, students must have at least a 3.0 GPA and be engaged in full-time study. Below is the list of students who received scholarships/assistantships in the 2012-2013 academic year.

UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS/SCHOLARSHIPS

ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS

MFA ASSISTANTSHIPS

Geoffrey Bradfield scholarship Barbara Bernie scholarship Keith Bjes scholarship Ruth Burt scholarship Sheila Chapline scholarship J. T. Collins scholarship Inez Croom scholarship Murray Bartlett Douglas scholarship Albert Hadley scholarship McMillen scholarship Charlotte Moss scholarship LaVerne Neil scholarship

Elizabeth Nesbit Shean scholarship Karl Springer scholarship Sherrill Whiton scholarship Mario Buatta scholarship

TRUSTEE SCHOLARSHIP Natalie Rivera

CHAIRMAN’S MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS Xinyi Li Devon Gallant Aparna Avasarala Shannon Epstein Yazmin Dorado

Juhee Chung Stephanie Longo Jordan Schehr Kerri Rappaport Samantha Teyhen Yaneyra Hilario Lucas Cedoz Jamina Silen-Rauchman Erick Espinoza Karla Bracken Kathleen Finley Sarah Mermelstein Samantha Masone Tania Medina Ajaee Shepard Leighanna Ternosky Aylem Merino Elisa Carlson Lovina Hauge Yashlie Negron

NYSID GRANTS Dohwe Gu Rusty Clayton Samantha Mickiewicz Michael Rohey Rose Darbouze Elizabeth Martinez Deanna D’Elia Lyndsey Morris Carly Chetek Allison Malenfant (prev. Holmes) Adrienne Colenburg Erica Potash Zachary Zimmerman Nicole Barthelme Weishan Chan

Virginia Ammidon Shraddha Balasubramaniam Courtney Menu Andrew Kaplan Juliana Aristizabal Andrea Vince Jennifer Gomez Aaron White Antonio A. Rodriguez Arguelles Dong Il Kim Caitlin Snavley Maria Montessa Garcia Matthew Giampietro Patricia Miller Jeong Mi Kang

MARK HAMPTON/ JEAN LINDSEY ASSISTANTSHIPS Melissa Boucarut Henry Roa

RUBEN DE SAAVEDRA SCHOLARSHIP Andrew Kaplan

MPS SCHOLARSHIP Cassandra Ramirez

PRESIDENT’S MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS Zarina Gabaraeva Jessica SerranoCapurro Jess Silverio Molyka Sorn Alison Fidler Craig Warfield Valentina Thorsen Jeffery Boisvert Marissa McCurter Dunyia Tawil Michael Taylor Maria Villarruel Danielle Quinn Mijin Lee Lisa D'Elia Yashlie Negron

Jae Seong Jun Courtney Garcia Meegan Hurst Andressa Pavlovic Emmanuella Brezault Gabriella Garcia Jessica Archeval Anthony Leal

Ashley Lacen Alexandra Sobolewski Ieva Guzeviciute Julie Wallach Bethany Callihan Helen Yuan Natasha Zylberg Sarah LoGiudice

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CONTENTS

OFF-CAMPUS STUDIES: U.S. & ABROAD

At NYSID, there is a strong belief that travel is a key component of every designer’s development. As a result, the College has greatly expanded its domestic and overseas travel opportunities over the past few years. NYSID faculty members lead small groups to visit design firms, historic buildings, landmark estates, hotels, museums, galleries, shops, and private homes. Students also have the opportunity to meet with curators, appraisers, and leading designers and to learn about the local culture. China In May, NYSID made its inaugural study-abroad trip to China, led by art and design scholar and NYSID faculty member Zhigian Qian. The tour began in Shanghai, where jaw-dropping 21st-century buildings stand alongside early 20th-century Western-style structures. Students explored classical private gardens in the city of Suzhou and saw Ming dynasty interiors. A journey to the western Chinese city of Xi’an exposed students to artifacts from the golden age of the Tang Dynasty and in Beijing they witnessed firsthand the transformation of a graceful old city into a booming metropolis. Paris Another group of students explored the iconic sites of Paris—from the gargoyles of Notre Dame to the treasures of the Louvre. Through visits to private homes, gardens, and off-the-beaten path museums, students also got to know a more intimate side of the city. And the group gained an insider’s knowledge of the current French design scene through meetings with French interior design professionals. The trip was led by NYSID faculty members Tom Morbitzer and Sean Weiss. South Florida In January, led by NYSID instructor Judith Gura, NYSID students embarked on a 10-day immersion in the art and design found in Miami, Miami Beach, Coral Gables, and legendary Palm Beach. The students had the opportunity to meet design showroom principals, architects, and interior designers and admire architecture ranging from Italian Renaissance and Mediterranean Revival to Art Deco and cutting-edge contemporary.

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CELEBRATIONS & KEY EVENTS

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BENEFITS Albert Hadley Reception On September 20, NYSID hosted a Benefit Cocktail Reception to honor the late Albert Hadley, in conjunction with a VIP private opening for Avenue Antiques, Art & Design at the Armory Show. More than 150 guests attended. The highlight of the evening was the announcement that Albert Hadley, who died in 2012, had left NYSID a bequest of nearly half a million dollars.

John Rosselli, Bunny Williams, David Kleinberg

Albert Hadley

Arthur Satz, Patricia Sovern, David Sprouls

Annual Spring Benefit The College’s annual spring benefit gala dinner on April 30 honored Geoffrey N. Bradfield with the Albert Hadley Lifetime Achievement Award and Laurie D. Olin with the Thomas N. Armstrong III Award in Landscape Design. Held at the Asia Society & Museum, guests included Martha Stewart, Ralph Rucci, Mario Buatta and other designers and supporters as well as members of the press. The event raised more than $250,000 for NYSID scholarships.

Laurie D. Olin and Geoffrey N. Bradfield 52

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ANNUAL SPRING BENEFIT

Martha Stewart, Jill Dienst, and Tom Hahn Bunty Armstrong and Ben Rauch

Michael S. and Tara Rockefeller

Alexa Hampton, Thom Filicia

Ross Francis, Michael Sovern, Patricia Sovern

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AWARDS & ALUMNI EVENTS

Green Design Awards and Lecture The Annual Green Design Awards, held for the fifth year (April 25), is an event that acknowledges individuals and businesses that have made outstanding contributions toward advancing the cause of sustainable design. Award winners were Envision Design for Design of Interior Space; Environment Furniture for Interior Products; Turner Construction Company for Development/Real Estate; and the award for Advocacy/Community was given to Project H Design for its work transforming schools, communities, and lives with design-based education. In conjunction with the Green Design Awards, Emily Pilloton, founder and executive director of Project H, presented the annual Sally Henderson Memorial Lecture on Green Design. Her inspiring talk, entitled Tell Them I Built This, touched upon her work empowering high school students in a design/build program in rural North Carolina and elsewhere. Campion Platt, Campion Platt Interiors; Emily Pilloton, Project H Design; Ethan Lu, NYSID

Left: From left to right: Ethan Lu, NYSID; Ellen Fisher, NYSID; Diana Horvat, Perkins + Will; Michael Dean, Turner Construction Company; Alyssa Prohias, Environment Furniture; Kendall Wilson, Perkins + Will; Emily Pilloton, Project H Design, and David Sprouls, NYSID. Right: Emily Pilloton presenting the Tell Them I Built This lecture

Alumni Event at Newel Showroom

Spring Alumni Party at Doris Leslie Blau Showroom

NYSID alumni gathered on October 25 for the fall alumni event at Newel, a decorative arts and fine arts showroom located on East 53rd Street in New York. More than 60 alumni were on hand to enjoy food and drinks and look over Newel’s collections. Newel’s hosts, Guy Regal, Nicole Kapit, and Jake Bauer generously opened the showroom for the alums.

On May 13, there was a special gathering for alumni and a warm welcome to the Class of 2013 at two adjacent showrooms—Doris Leslie Blau, a gallery and store known for its antique carpets and custom-designed rugs, and Balsamo Antiquités and Interior Design, which specializes in 18th- and 20th-century European furnishings and accessories. More than 75 guests attended, including President David Sprouls and Alumni Council President Allison Russell Davis. Davis encouraged new alumni to stay in touch and utilize the connections and resources offered by NYSID’s Alumni Council.

Alumni Executive Committee: Erin Wells, Lawrence Levy, Allison Russell Davis, Don Kossar, and Michael Harold

NYSID alumni Drew McGukin and Alberto Villalobos

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EXHIBITIONS

Sherri Donghia, Miry Park, Jack Lenor Larsen, Hugh Hardy Jack Lenor Larsen and Cindy Allen

In the fall, NYSID mounted the retrospective called “Jack Lenor Larsen: 40 Years,” (September 20-December 5) which celebrated one of the foremost designers and producers of high-end textiles in the U.S. The exhibit brought together an array of original textiles from Larsen’s 40-year career and demonstrated his virtuoso use of handcraft as well as the innovations he has made in the use of new materials and untried technology.

InterContinental Hotels staff joined NYSID Chairman Patricia Sovern and Neal Prince (middle). From left to right: Kristal McKanders, Natasha Gullett, Les Faulk, Debbie Grant, and Barbara Bahny.

For the spring season, NYSID presented “Designing the Luxury Hotel: Neal Prince and the Intercontinental Brand” (March 8-April 26). Neal Prince is an American architect and interior designer who, from the 1960s to the 1980s, designed more than 135 Intercontinental hotels worldwide, playing an important role in creating a new type of luxury hotel. The opening reception on March 7 was attended by name designers, many past and present Intercontinental executives, and NYSID students, alumni, and staff.

The BFA Thesis Projects, Winter 2013 exhibition (January 24-February 22) featured the work of 15 NYSID BFA candidates who had completed their thesis projects in December 2012: Valli Aleman, JinSoo An, Nicole Barthelme, Jessica Serrano Capurro, Weishan Chan, Melissa Christopherson, Stuart Clarke, Zarina Gabaraeva, Dohwe Gu, Na Young Kang, Gyeonghee Kil, Alison Jennison, Nadine Lynch, Zisi Kurzer-Naimark, and Katie Whalen.

BFA & MFA Thesis Projects, Spring 2013 The BFA Spring Thesis Projects exhibition (May 22-September 13), held at the NYSID Gallery on East 69th Street, featured more than 80 projects for hypothetical designs based on the adaptive reuse of existing buildings. The MFA Thesis & MPS Studio Projects exhibition (May 23-September 13), on view at NYSID’s Graduate Center, featured thesis projects from graduates of the professional-level MFA-1 program, the post-professional MFA-2 program, as well as studio projects from graduates of the MPS programs in Healthcare Interior Design, Sustainable Interior Design, and Interior Lighting Design. ATELIER 2013

LECTURES Fall 2012

Spring 2013

Design Events

JACK LENOR LARSEN: 40 YEARS

EZRA STOLLER PHOTOGRAPHS INTERIORS

OPEN HOUSE NEW YORK WEEKEND

A panel discussion in conjunction with the exhibition opening for “Jack Lenor Larsen: 40 Years, ” Hugh Hardy, principal of H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture; Louis Oliver Gropp, former editor of House Beautiful; and Sherri Donghia, textile designer, as well as Larsen himself, discussed some of the highlights of Larsen’s career and the lasting influence of his work. September 19, 2012

With Erica Stoller and Akiko Busch, coauthors of Ezra Stoller: Photographer. January 30, 2013

NYSID participated in the 10th annual Open House New York Weekend, a celebration of New York City’s architecture and design that offered rare access to hundreds of sites throughout the five boroughs. NYSID’s Gensler-designed, LEEDPlatinum Graduate Center, which opened in 2010, opened its doors to the public with tours by Gensler and NYSID staff members. October 6 & 7, 2012

GEOFFREY BRADFIELD: A 21ST CENTURY PALACE LECTURE AND BOOK SIGNING October 2, 2012

HELEN DRUTT ENGLISH: ROOMS OF REVELATION: ENVIRONMENTS OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS October 10, 2012

ROSALYN CAMA: DESIGNING FOR HEALING October 22, 2012

OUTSIDE THE BOX: EXPANDING YOUR DESIGN HORIZONS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND BEYOND With noted interior designers Thom Filicia, Suzanne Kasler, Amy Lau, Amanda Nisbett, Campion Platt, and David Scott. Moderated by design expert and author Susanna Salk. November 14, 2012

LINNAEA TILLETT: THE PRACTICE OF EVERYDAY LIGHT November 15, 2012

CLIVE ASLET: AN ERA OF ELEGANCE, THE EDWARDIAN COUNTRY HOUSE FROM 1890 TO 1939 Copresented in conjunction with The Royal Oak Society November 28, 2012

DESIGNING THE WINTER LANDSCAPE: FROM PRIVATE GARDENS TO PUBLIC PARKS With Thomas Balsley, Jack Lenor Larsen, and Juan Montoya December 12, 2012

THE TEXTURED INTERIOR: FABRIC DESIGN OF D.D. AND LESLIE TILLETT AND THE NEXT GENERATION With Steven Stolman, president of Scalamandré Inc.; textile designer Lori Weitzner; and interior designer Susan Zises Green. Copresented in conjunction with Museum of the City of New York January 31, 2013

RICHARD GUY WILSON: TIMELESS PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN: IS THE DECORATION OF HOUSES, THE SEMINAL DESIGN MANUAL BY EDITH WHARTON AND OGDEN CODMAN, JR., STILL RELEVANT? With design historian and author Pauline C. Metcalf, interior designer Charlotte Moss, Architectural Digest editor Mitchell Owens; moderated by architectural historian Richard Guy Wilson. Copresented in conjunction with The Mount, the Massachusetts home of American writer and designer Edith Wharton. February 6, 2013

MOHAMMED AYOUB: DESIGNING HEALTHIER HOSPITALS February 19, 2013

LETTING IT ALL HANG OUT With Karen Davidson, Lincoln Center Vera List Art Project, and Pascal Jalabert, J. Pocker & Sons, framers. Copresented in conjunction with the New York Design Center. March 5, 2013

NOTHING LIKE HOME: DESIGNING THE HOTEL EXPERIENCE With Meghann Day of Hirsch Bedner Associates, Anna Dufendach of Champalimaud, Les Faulk and Debbie Grant of InterContinental, architect Todd Lee, and hotel historian Stanley Turkel. April 10, 2013

REPURPOSED FOR RESIDENCE: AT HOME IN UNEXPECTED PLACES With Anna Hoffman of Apartment Therapy, and interior designers Tom Morbitzer and Evan Snyderman. Copresented in conjunction with the Museum of the City of New York. April 25, 2013

ROBERT ARTHUR KING: WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE April 17, 2013 56

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NYCXDESIGN NYSID also took part in this inaugural citywide celebration of design, which featured more than 300 events and included topics ranging from graphic design and architecture to technology and urban design; from fashion and product design to interior, landscape, and furniture design. Once again, the NYSID Graduate Center was open for tours. Dr. Ellen Fisher, vice president of academic affairs and dean, participated in a NYCxDesign symposium called Town & Gown: Collaborations with Academia, which took place at the Center for Architecture. May 10-21, 2013

NYSID SUPPORTERS 2012 - 2013 $25,000+ William N. Breger Hank Family $10,000+ Anonymous, in honor of Patricia M. Sovern Whitney B. Armstrong, in honor of Thomas N. Armstrong, III Geoffrey N. Bradfield The Shubert Organization Patricia M. and Michael I. Sovern $5,000 Cooper Family Foundation Jill and Daniel Dienst IHG: InterContinental Hotels Group Marina French/Anna-Maria & Stephen Kellen Foundation Audrey and Martin Gruss Alexa Hampton Gerry Holbrook/Taconic Builders, Inc. The J.M. Kaplan Fund Cynthia and Dan Lufkin/ The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation Betsey and William Ruprecht S. Donadic Inc. $2,500 Michelle D. Bergeron McMaster BiTT Mario Buatta Suzanne and Rich Clary Cowtan & Tout James Druckman/New York Design Center Agnes Gund Rachel and Ara Hovnanian Eric Javitz Jodie W. King Kenneth F. Koen Anne Korman, in honor of David Sprouls Ellen Kravet/Kravet Inc. Stephanie Krieger & Brian Stewart Ambassador and Mrs. John L. Loeb, Jr. Susan B. Nagle and Peter Bentel Arnold and Hilda Neiss Peter Pennoyer Architects Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco, in honor of Patricia M. Sovern Betty Sherrill David Sprouls and Kate Wood $1,000+ Anonymous, in honor of Geoffrey N. Bradfield Amory Armstrong Arnhold Foundation Tamara M. Bernstein Melinda J. Bickers

CeCe and Lee Black Migdalia Bonilla Alessandra Branca Sharon Bush Butterfield Market Cullman & Kravis, Inc. Allison Russell Davis Barbara de Portago Elinor Deutsch, Antiques and Interiors Anne K. and John Duffy David Easton, Inc. Anne Eisenhower Heidrun Engler Ross Francis Penny Grant, MD Susan Zises Green Janet and Elliot Greene Elizabeth Guest, Elizabeth Guest Interiors, LLC G. William Haas and George Moeschlin William Hodgins Rachel Karr Mr. and Mrs. George Kaufman Elizabeth Gray Kogen Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Kolb Chien Lee, in honor of Kitty Chou Silvina Leone Robert Longo/Fine Arts Furniture Michael Manes/M2L, Inc. May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Brian J. McCarthy, Inc. Dennis Miller Dr. Salvatore Moltisanti Melissa and Chappy Morris Charlotte Moss/Charlotte Moss Interior Design Stanley Mortimer, III Cynthia Murphy Sheila Newman Stephanie Odegard/Odegard, Inc. Eric Pike Cat Jagger Pollon Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Daniel E. Ponton Mr. and Mrs. Peter Regna Allen and Heidi Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Rockefeller A. Joseph and Jennifer Rudick Margaret Russell David Scott Jean and Martin Shafiroff Donna and Richard Soloway Stark Carpet Martha Stewart Barbara Tober, in honor of Patricia M. Sovern Monique van Vooren Baroness von Langendorff

$500+ Alexander Gorlin AVENUE Shows Robin Klehr Avia Pamela Banker Thomas Barbagianis Michael Boodro Nancy Boszhardt Allison Caccoma Wendy Carduner Sue Chalom Elaine Wingate Conway Iris Dankner David Kleinberg Design Associates Pierre DeVegh Craig M. Dix Mica Ertegun Florian Papp, Inc. Garden Conservancy Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla Marjorie Reed Gordon Jo Hallingby Mary Hilliard Amy Hoadley Hottenroth & Joseph Architects Hyland Magazine/Christopher Hyland Textiles Chiu-Ti Jansen Noel Jeffrey Yue-Sai Kan Terry Kleinberg Margo M. Langenberg Helene Lehane Ruth Lynford Jennifer Matthews Dorothy M. Meggitt Pauline C. Metcalf Margaret E. Mintz Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse, Jr./ Morse Family Foundation Newell, Inc. Deborah Nielson Sylvia Owen Alex Papachristides Thomas Pheasant Robyn Pocker/J. Pocker Natalie Pray Peter and Judith Price Quadrille Fabrics & Wallpapers Ethel Rompilla Kim D. Rothberg Ralph Rucci Samuel J. & Ethel LeFrak Charitable Trust Sills Huniford Associates Hunt Slonem Becky Smith/Thatcher’s Fine Timeless Fabrics Mika Sterling Leslie Stevens

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NYSID SUPPORTERS

Robert Stilin Walter Vosburgh Susan Watts Bunny Willliams, Inc. Douglas Wittels Vicente Wolf Thomas L. Woltz $250+ Amanda Nisbet Design, Inc. Ecetra N. Ames W. Graham Arader Jerry Balest Eileen K. Boyd Nancee Brown Marcia Butler Susanne Earls Carr Jessie Carrier Edward L. Cave Charles Pavarini III Design Associates Christopher Coleman Alexander C. Cortesi Mark Cunningham Diane A. De Angelis Frank DelleDonna Kiki Dennis Deborah Ann Donovan Jamie Drake Roger C. Duffala René B. Estacio Dee Faden Ellen Fisher Marilyn and Lawrence Friedland Gensler Mariette Himes Gomez Judith Gura Duane Hampton Inge Heckel Robert E. Helbig Valerie Hyman Annette Kahn Doria Kalt Eileen Kloppenborg Wolfram Koeppe Alexandra Lebenthal Maisie M. Lee Phyllis Lee Levin Adam Lewis Carol Litt Susan Magrino Chris Marden Susan Marienello Larry Mersel Kazie Metzger & John C. Harvey Charitable Fund/National Philanthropic Trust Michael Meehan Nesbitt, in honor of Elizabeth Nesbitt Shean Sandra Nunnerley 58

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Mary Jane Pool Diana Quasha Carol and Gary Ross John Rosselli & Associates, Ltd. Arthur King Satz Alice Shan Britton Smith H. Peter Stern and Helen W. Drutt English, in honor of Patricia M. Sovern John A. Thomann Calvin Tsao Suzanne Tucker Turner Interiors Katherine Wenning Timothy Whealon Veronica Whitlock Mary Lunn Wolfe Ethel Wood $100+ Evan Ainbinder Anonymous, in honor of Geoffrey N. Bradfield Nina Barker Joel Barkley Alan Behr Rebecca Birdwell Ann L. Bowers Peter B. Brandt Catherine Brophy Judith Burgert Joseph Calagna, in honor of Lana Lawrence Dara Caponigro Laura C. Casey Herzlia Clain Jodi A. Cohan Samuel Cohen Justin Concannon Celeste Cooper Carl D’Aquino Marilyn Davis June Dyson Helene Eiber Inger Elliott Lois Avery Gaeta M. Jane Gaillard Kelly A. Galvin William Gilfillin Yves Gonnet Edward A. Goodman H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture Clark C. Halstead Stephen H. Huberman Ilene Wetson Art & Design Co. Kelley Jackson JGArchitects, PLLC Christina Juarez Robert Judell Katherine Juhas

Margaret Kennedy Lindsay B. Key Richard Kieler Stephen Kirschenbaum Lucy Lamphere Anthony Law Kathleeen Lipkins Edward Lombrano Susan M. Marocco Michele Matthewman Valerie E. Mead Evelyn Miller Henry Neville Jamal Panagacos Claire Paquin Kaaren Parker Gray, in honor of Mario Buatta George M. Peters Jane Pierson David Pursch Viggo B. Rambusch Patricia Reger Douglas Roach Thomas Romich Stephen Salny Scalamandré Ellen W. Searles Carolyn Sollis Irena Spencer William Spink Jon R. Tarasuk Peter Tymus Lynne Uhalt Lynne Verchere Mario Villamar Paul F. Walter, in honor of Mark Hampton Erin Wells Scott Wolfe Joel W. Woodard To $99 Karen K. Alessi Arlene B. Angard Joan Barenholtz Linda Blackburn Dorothy Blumner Lawrence Chabra Wendy I. Cruz-Gonzalez Jacquelyn A. Cuccaro Eric B. Curtis Madeleine DeVries Carl Freis Danielle Grigorian Michael D. Harold Judith Irby Gail Jacobs Karen Josue Gabrielli Knable Rebecca Lawrence

NYSID SUPPORTERS

Penni Morganstein Camille Morris Robert Ornstein Chetsi G. Shah Melina Stock Claudia A. Tejeda Susan Wallace

Gifts-in-Kind Balsamo Antiquités and Interior Design Doris Leslie Blau Clodagh Ross Francis Farrow & Ball Interior Design/Sandow Media, LLC Lalique, Inc. Carey Maloney Mancini Duffey Dennis Miller Dinny Morse Charlotte Moss Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects Newell, Inc. David Scott Silvania Lighting Thomas L. Woltz

1916 Society Named for the year in which the College was founded, the 1916 Society consists of people who have made a commitment to the future of the New York School of Interior Design by including the College in their estate plans. NYSID is grateful to the following alumni and friends who have made a planned gift to NYSID. David Scott, 1916 Society Chairman William N. Breger Jack Cogill Burgess Ruth V. Burt Ross Francis Harold Jaffee Fred L. Kass Neal A. Prince Arthur Satz David Scott

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NYSID TRUSTEES AND ADVISORS

Board of Trustees Patricia M. Sovern, Chairman David Sprouls, NYSID President

Special thanks to Alexander C. Cortesi, who has faithfully served on NYSID’s Board of Trustees for 17 years, serving as chairman of the board from 2003 to 2010. His experience in marketing and product development for Fortune 500 companies as well as his business acumen, oversize personality and sense of humor have been great assets to the College. He now joins Inge Heckel and Elaine Wingate Conway as a trustee emeritus.

Amory Armstrong Libby Cameron Jill H. Dienst James P. Druckman Ross J. Francis Elliot Greene Alexa Hampton Jodie W. King Anne Korman Ellen Kravet Dennis Miller Susan B. Nagle Betsey Ruprecht David Scott

Thanks also goes to Terry Kleinberg, who has served as the faculty representative on the Board of Trustees since 2007. We appreciate her time and tireless efforts on behalf of the students, faculty, and staff at NYSID, as well as her intelligence, thoughtfulness, and positive energy. Terry has been an instructor at NYSID since 1991, and will continue to contribute greatly as a teacher, mentor, and colleague.

Matthew DeMarco, Esq., General Counsel Réne B. Estacio, Faculty Trustee Elaine Wingate Conway, Trustee Emerita Alexander C. Cortesi, Trustee Emeritus Inge Heckel, Trustee Emerita Arthur King Satz, President Emeritus

In April 2013, two new members were elected to NYSID’s Board of Trustees: Libby Cameron and René Estacio. Cameron is an interior designer who began her career at Parish-Hadley Associates in 1983, and became a partner at that firm in 1988. In 1995 she established Libby Cameron, LLC, and has continued to create luxurious yet comfortable rooms for high-end residential projects across the country. Estacio, an alumnus of NYSID and a member of the faculty since 1998, was appointed the Faculty Trustee for a three-year term. He has been an invaluable advisor outside the classroom, spearheading student installations at the annual Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids (DIFFA) and the Architectural Digest Home Design Show. He specializes in furniture design and has worked for John Saladino Inc., McGuire Furniture Company, and Baker Furniture. We look forward to continue working with them both in the coming years.

Advisory Board Stanley Abercrombie Christian P. Árkay-Leliever Robin Klehr Avia Jeannie Bochette William N. Breger Michael Bruno Mario Buatta Clodagh Birch Coffey Kathleen M. Doyle David Anthony Easton Anne Eisenhower

Mica Ertegun Mariette Himes Gomez Michael Graves Hugh Hardy Gerald A. Holbrook Douglas Tong Hsu Thomas Jayne Wolfram Koeppe Jack Lenor Larsen Michael Manes Charlotte Moss Michele Oka Doner Barbara Ostrom

Sylvia Owen Charles Pavarini, III Robyn Pocker James Stewart Polshek John Saladino Peter Sallick Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill Alexandra Stoddard Adam D. Tihany Calvin Tsao Susan Wallace Bunny Williams Vicente Wolf

Alumni Council Allison Russell Davis, BFA ’05 President

Meredith Rich Angrist, AAS ’97 Vivian-Lorraine Joynt, AAS ’79 Ruth Virginia Burt, AAS ’88 Marcia Butler, BFA ’07 Becky L. Button, BFA ’01 Sheila B. Chapline, Cert ’40 Maggie Cohen, DD ’75 Deborah Ann Donovan, AAS ’95 Anne K. Duffy, BFA ’92 Lara A. Ellis, AAS ’99 William Engel, DD ’79 René B. Estacio, AAS ’82 Allan H. France, DD ’78

Catherine Cook Gerry, AAS ’93 Kira Wilson Gould, AAS ’97 Robert E. Helbig, Cert ’46 Fred L. Kass, Cert ’57 Marion Lachoff, AAS ’95 Maisie M. Lee, BFA ’00 Daisy Gavilan Marks, BFA ’96 Gray C. Meehan, AAS ’97 Margaret E. Mintz, BFA ’98 Karen K. Nathanson, AAS ’94 Sheila A. Newman, Cert ’96 Charles Pavarini III, BFA ’81 George Marshall Peters, BFA ’08

Erin Wells, BFA ’04 First Vice President Lawrence Levy BFA ’05 Second Vice President Michael Harold BFA ’10 Secretary Don Kossar, BFA ’95 Treasurer

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Colleen M. Rogers, AAS ’93 Ethel Rompilla, BFA ’84 Ingrid E. Schneider, BFA ’89 Linda Cappa Sclafani, BFA ’90 Addie Sels, BFA ’85 Rick Shaver, BFA ’92 Constance J. Sherman, AAS ’99 Michael K. Stokes, MFA ’04 Margrit Strohmaier-Lichter, BFA ’97 Phillip Alden Thomas, BFA ’05 Susan Thorn, AAS ’96 Sue Ventura, BFA ’06 Neha Wallia, MFA ’05

NYSID FACULTY Faud Abillama

Mark Bradin

Eric Cohen

Rachel Fletcher

MA, Lebanese American University BS, Lebanese American University

M.Arch, University of Bucharest, Romania, Graduate School of Architecture

M.Arch, University of Minnesota BA, Kent State University

MFA, Humboldt State University MA, State University of New York at Albany BA, Hofstra University

Raja Abillama

Peter B. Brandt

Adrienne Concra

PhD, City University of New York, Graduate Center MS, London School of Economics and Political Science B.Arch, American University of Beirut

B.Arch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

BFA, University of Georgia

Tom Folk

Scott Braun

Kati Curtis

BM, Berklee College of Music

BFA, Savannah College of Art & Design

PhD, City University of New York MA, Rutgers University MS, New York University BA, Seton Hall University

Maryann Sorenson Allacci

Donald Brown

Robert Dadras

BA, St. Lawrence University

B.Arch, New York Institute of Technology

Daniel C. Friedman

Debra L. Bryant

Victor Dadras

MFA, Syracuse University BFA, State University of New York at Buffalo

Program Coordinator, MPS in Healthcare Interior Design M.Arch, Harvard University B.Arch, New York Institute of Technology

PhD, M.Phil, Graduate School and University Center CUNY MA, Hunter College

Paul Anavian BA, Queens College (CUNY)

Michael Buchanan Goil Amornvivat

BA, Fashion Institute of Technology

M.Arch, Yale University B.Arch, Carnegie Mellon University

David Burdett

Patricia Barbis

MA, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK BA, Leicester Polytechnic School of Architecture, Leicester, UK

MFA, New York School of Interior Design BFA, Escuela Superior de Diseno Interior de Miraflores, Lima, Peru

Elaheh Dalton

Ruth Virginia Burt

M.Arch, North London University B.Arch, North London University

Jennifer Kiki Dennis BA, Ithaca College AAS, New York School of Interior Design

Carol Derby

BFA, University of Toledo

MA, New York University BA, Marymount Manhattan College AAS, New York School of Interior Design

Ann Barton

John Buscarello

Alphonse D. Diaz

BA, Adelphi University

M.Arch, BS in Architecture, University of Illinois

Dean Barger

B.Arch, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

BA, Williams College

Becky L. Button Vanessa Betancourt BPS, Pratt Institute

Reid Betz M.Arch, Georgia Institute of Technology Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Melinda Bickers MA, Parsons, the New School for Design/Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum BFA, New York School of Interior Design BS, Northwestern University

BFA, New York School of Interior Design BS, State University of New York at New Paltz

BA, Brooklyn College

Pamela J. Durante

Danielle L. Galland MA, Parsons, the New School for Design/Cooper-Hewitt National Design BFA, Parsons, the New School for Design

William Gates M.Arch, State University of New York at Buffalo BA, State University of New York at Buffalo

Patrick Gegen M.Arch, University of North Carolina at Charlotte BA, College of Charleston

Steve Gerber BFA, Pratt Institute

Eric J. Gering M.Arch, Yale University BS Arch, Penn State University

Breeze Pascal Glazer

Brenda Byrd

AAS, Parsons, the New School for Design

M.Arch, Texas A & M University BS, Stephen F. Austin State University

M.Arch, Tulane University B.Arch, Tulane University

Emily Eerdmans

Joseph Goldstein

Charles Cameron

MFA, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London BA, Oberlin College

MFA, New York University BA, Drew University

William Engel BFA, New York School of Interior Design

Lissette Carrera MFA, New York School of Interior Design BFA, Ringling College of Art & Design

B.Arch, Cooper Union BA, Yale University

Donna J. Goodman M.Arch, Columbia University BA, Smith College

Rene B. Estacio BS, Architecture, University of St. Thomas AAS, New York School of Interior Design

Judith B. Gura

BFA, New York School of Interior Design

Coordinator, Design History curriculum MA, Design History, Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts AB, Cornell University

BFA, North Carolina School of the Arts

Shaun Fillion

Randi Halpern

Lucy R. Chudson

MFA, California Institute of the Arts BFA, New York University

Benjamin Birillo

Maria Chamberlin-Hellman

School of Visual Arts

PhD, M.Phil, MA, AB, Columbia University

Raymond Blackburn

Eric Chenault

MFA, City College of New York BA, Hunter College

Daniel Bontrop

Patricia DiMaggio

M.Arch, New Jersey Institute of Technology BA, Hobart College

BFA in Interior Design, Parsons, the New School for Design

MA, Parsons/the New School for Design MFA, Brandeis University; BA, Barnard College

Anthea Bosch-Moschini

Richard Todd Class

BFA, New York School of Interior Design

Director of Academic Computing BS, New York Institute of Technology

Michelle Everett

Ellen Fisher Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean PhD, MS, University of Missouri MA, Columbia University BA, Ithaca College AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology

BFA, New York Institute of Technology

Kate Hanenberg M.Arch, University of Virginia BA, Sarah Lawrence College

Robert J. Harding MFA, Southern Illinois University BA, Rutgers University

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NYSID FACULTY

Andreas Hausler

Brandon Komoda

Ethan Lu

Zhijian Qian

MA, Yale University MA, University of North Dakota; BA, University of North Dakota

MS, Columbia University B.Arch, Woodbury University

Director of Graduate Studies Program Coordinator, MPS in Sustainable Interior Environments Coordinator, Sustainability Curriculum MS, Columbia University M.Arch, Harvard University BS, University of Michigan

MA, New York University MA, The Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China BA, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Anne Korman John Heida BA, University of Montana B.Arch, California College of the Arts Certificate, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Design Diploma, New York School of Interior Design

Don Kossar BFA, New York School of Interior Design BS, Brooklyn College

Janet Hild

Ellen R. Krasik

MS, Philadelphia University BFA, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

MBA, Columbia University MPH, Columbia University AB, Barnard College

Matthew Hoey B.Arch, Temple University

Chad Laird

Janet Howard-Fatta

MA, Stony Brook University BA, Florida State University

BFA, Pratt Institute

Morris Hylton III MS, Columbia University B.Arch, University of Kentucky

Eileen Imber Masters in Urban Planning, Graduate Center, City University of New York MS, Education, Brooklyn College BS, City College, City University of New York BS, Education, New York University

Darris W. James B.Arch, University of Tennessee

William M. Jenkins B.Arch, Drexel University

Evie T. Joselow PhD, Graduate Center CUNY BA, Vassar College

May Julsuwan MS, Pratt Institute BBA, Baruch College

Steven R. Kaplan M.Arch, Columbia University BA, Bowdoin College

John Katimaris MFA, Parsons, the New School for Design BS Arch, New York Institute of Technology

Addison Kelly Parsons, the New School for Design

Robert Arthur King B.Arch, Columbia University; A ADipl, Architectural Association, London

Terry Kleinberg M.Arch, Princeton University BA, Wesleyan University

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Eric Lam BA, City College of New York

Natalie Langone B.Arch, New York Institute of Technology

Mark La Rosa BA, Central Michigan University

Kunho Lee BFA, New York School of Interior Design

Rocco Leonardis MFA (Sculpture), MFA (Painting), New York Academy of Art B.Arch, Pratt Institute

Chia-Yu Li M.Arch, Columbia University BA, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan

BAE, Pennsylvania State University

Robert Malone BFA, Yale University BA, Wesleyan University

Ethel Rompilla

Francine Martini

William Rosebro

Master’s in Design Management, Pratt Institute BA, The College of New Jersey

M.Arch, Rice University; BA, University of Virginia

Patricia McGillicuddy MFA, Lighting Design for Theatre, New York University BA, State University of New York at Oswego

Valerie Mead

Tina Sarawgi M.Arch, Miami University B.Arch, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India

Steven J. Schroeder Thomas Morbitzer MArch, Yale University BS, The Ohio State University

Kelly M. Seeger MS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Addie Sels BFA, New York School of Interior Design BS, Cornell University; Diplome d’Etudes de la Civilisation Francaise, Sorbonne

BS, University of Denver

Thomai Serdari Erin Peavey

BD, University of Florida

Stephen Thomas Lofthouse

Pamela Perkins

Director of MFA Programs M.Arch, Princeton University BA, University of Michigan

BS, State University of New York at Stony Brook M.Arch, New School of Architecture and Design

Leah Nanpei

Bachelor of Environmental Design, Texas A&M University

Barbara Lowenthal

Roxanne Ryce-Paul

MA, Carleton University, Canada BA, University of Windsor, Canada BEd, University of Toronto, Canada BFA, New York School of Interior Design

Ozgem Ornektekin

MA, BA, Hunter College

MA, Parsons, the New School for Design AAS, Parsons, the New School of Design BA, Seton Hall University

Margaret Mintz

Pedro Lima

Cathleen Lindsay

Teresa Ryan

B.Arch, Carnegie Mellon University

Larry Mersel

MS, Columbia University B.Arch, University of Oregon

MFA, Academy of Art University Online BFA, Brigham Young University

BFA, New York School of Interior Design

MS in Urban Planning, Columbia University MS in Historic Preservation, Columbia University B.Arch, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

BFA, New York School of Interior Design

MS, Columbia University B.Arch, University of Oregon Ali Nematollahy MA, Graduate Center City University of New York BA, University of Maryland

Kai X. Liang

Daniel Rogers

Coordinator of the Writing & Communications Center Coordinator, Liberal Arts curriculum PhD, AM, Brown University AB, Vassar College

MBA, New York University PhD, New York University MA, New School for Social Research MA; National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Mark T. Simpson MFA, Lighting Design, New York University MA, American University BA, Case Western Reserve University

Matthew A. Postal

Marjorie Sobylak

PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York MA, New York University, Institute of Fine Arts BA, Vassar College

BFA, Syracuse University BA, Syracuse University

NYSID FACULTY AND STAFF

Jin Young Song

Christopher Welsh

Vladimir Charles

John Minieri

M.Arch, Harvard University BS, Yonsei University, College of Human Ecology, Seoul

B.Arch, Pratt Institute

Technology Support Associate

Public Programs Coordinator

Doug West

Todd Class

Penni Morganstein

BS, Cornell University

Director of Academic Computing

Psychologist

Veronica Whitlock

Celeste Collins

Thomas Nguyen

Associate Dean MA, Parsons, the New School for Design/Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum BFA, New York School of Interior Design BA, Duke University

Director of Admissions

Technology Support Associate

Jade Dressler

Cassandra Ramirez

Communications Specialist

Assistant Registrar

Meg Donabedian

Linda Sclafani

Librarian

Assistant Dean/Academic Advisor

Sarah Falls

Duc Se

Director of the Library

Technology Support Associate

Samantha Fingleton

Julieta Sibug

Development Associate

Accountant

Luz Garcia

Thomas Sowinski

Assistant to the Dean

Director of Data Management and Administrative Network Administrator

Steven G. South B.Arch, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Christopher Spinelli MFA, School of Visual Arts BA, Oberlin College

Mark Squeo M.Arch, University of Texas at Arlington B.Arch, Syracuse University

Cecilia Whittaker-Doe BFA, State University of New York College at Buffalo

Stefan Steil MFA, BFA, New York School of Interior Design

Mason Wickham M.Arch, Rice University BS, University of Virginia

Andrew Tedesco BFA, University of Maryland

David Wilburn

Richard S. Thomas

MFA, New York University BA, University of Pittsburgh

MBA, New York University; BArch, Pratt Institute

Katherine Wildt O’Brien

Karen Higginbotham Dean of Students

Samantha Hoover

Ernesto E. Trindade Master of Urban Design, City University of New York B.Arch, City College of New York

Jennifer R. Worth

Director of External Relations

MA, Hunter College BA, Hunter College

Russell Kaplan

Peiheng Tsai

Edwin J. Zawadzki

MS, Graduate School of Architecture Columbia University B.Arch, Tung-Hai University, Taichung, Taiwan

M.Arch, Yale University BA, Harvard University

Attila Uysal MA, Pratt Institute B.Arch, Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey

Freya Van Saun MA, Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts BFA, Fashion Institute of Technology AS, Empire State College

Dan Terchek Bookstore Manager

Jeanne Ko Assistant to the President

Katie Tomko Academic Advisor

Elizabeth Kogen Director of Development

MA, BS, New York University

Christopher Spinelli Creative Director

Admissions Administrator

Peter Tymus

Jason Spangler Office Services Manager

BA, New York University

NYSID Staff David Sprouls President

Ellen S. Fisher Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean

Jane Chen Vice President, Finance and Administration

Associate Director of Technology Support

Zeke Kolenovic Director of Facilities

PhD, BA, BS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dorian Alston

Sean Weiss

Raymond Amato

M.Phil., The Graduate Center, The City University of New York BA, Vassar College

Bursar

Network Administrator

Linda Biggs

Mylinh Truong Accountant

Halina Kosiorowska Bursar’s Assistant

Andy Kuang Technology Support Associate

Jenny Liang Registration Assistant

Christopher Vinger

Nicholas Watkins

Dan Truong

Veronica Whitlock Associate Dean

Audrey Zahor Financial Aid Coordinator

Patricia Ziegler Academic Advisor/Career Development Coordinator

Director of Institutional Research

Susan Lovell Registrar and Senior Director of Student Information Management

Barbara Lowenthal Director of MFA Programs

Student Data Coordinator

Erin Wells BFA, New York School of Interior Design BA, Oberlin College

Sue Rowe

Ethan Lu Director of Graduate Programs

Director of Human Resources

ATELIER 2013

NYSID AT A GLANCE

PROGRAMS OFFERED

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

GRADUATE STUDENTS

558

149

AVERAGE CLASS SIZE

STUDENT TO FACULTY RATIO

7-1

13 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED

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FACULTY MEMBERS

141 US STATES REPRESENTED

20 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

12%

AVERAGE AGE OF STUDENTS

29 TOTAL STUDENTS

707

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