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Parsons was the first school to offer programs in fashion design, interior design, advertising, graphic design, transdisciplinary design, and lighting design. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] Parsons became the first American school to found a satellite school abroad when it established the Paris Ateliers in 1921. [ 8 ]
The school offered courses in architecture, interior decoration, stage design, and costume design, adding poster and graphic design a year later. After closing before the onset of World War II in 1939, Parsons restarted its activities in Paris in 1948 offering a summer course combining travel and study.
From 1978 until 1991, it was affiliated with New York's Parsons School of Design and known as Otis–Parsons (full name: Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, a division of the New School for Social Research). [9] This affiliation allowed students to spend a semester or more at the Parsons schools in New York and Paris.
With school closed and classes going completely virtual, fashion design students graduating from the Parsons School of Design this year did what no senior class had done before: create their ...
Parsons School of Design executive dean Rachel Schreiber said, “Empowering diverse high school students to understand and choose from among the myriad career possibilities in fashion and other ...
The major concentration incorporating fashion design may have alternative names like Apparel and Textiles or Apparel and Textile Design, and may be housed in departments such as Art and Art History, or Family and Consumer Studies. Some schools, such as Parsons, offer a major in Fashion Management, combining fashion education with business courses.
Students at Lang may also cross-register for courses sponsored by other divisions of The New School, including Parsons School of Design and The New School College of Performing Arts. Students are allowed to double-major, minor in programs across The New School, and enroll in the bachelor's/master's program, which allows Lang students to ...
In 1962, Levy was appointed Director of Admissions at Parsons School of Design, [13] becoming the school’s vice president in 1968. Following the resignation of Parsons’ president in 1969 and the imminent prospect of Parsons’ insolvency, Parsons’ trustees instructed Levy to close the school.