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School of Design

Creative Fabric: Mapping Community Connection in NYC’s Garment District

Tessa Maffucci
School of Design

A person holds a piece of pink fabric in their left hand. Their right hand is reaching for a pin within a pin box. There are scissors and thread on their work table.

Dining Thresholds

Sheryl Kasak
School of Design

A title slide with the words, Dining Thresholds, overlayed on top of a outdoor dining structure and a simple street map of New York City.

Equatorial Living Lab

Ridima Jain and Kevin Walz
School of Design

Two people are sitting at a table in a classroom looking at a laptop.

Instruments of Sound and Space

Dr. Alex Schweder
School of Design

A large space with a metal cylinder that looks like a hamster wheel. There are soft deflated balloon-like objects that look as though they are made of organic material like skin hanging from different parts of the wheel and on the floor around it.

Moein Shashaei
School of Design
Innovation Award Winner

A clear vessel contains an orange kombucha. Next to it are a few red-orange crystalline objects.

The Essential Guide to Co-Design: A Community-Engagement Handbook

Irina Schneid
School of Design

A book sits on a gray surface. The book is blue and is titled, The Essential Guide to Co-Design by Irina Schneid.

Together Apart: Investigations in Tabletop Telepresence in Online Co-Design with Children

Amanda Huynh
School of Design

Two pieces of stuff paper, one folder up into a pocket, the other unfolded to reveal pieces that look like a dog and cat as well as word types. The folded up version shows the dog and the cat and the words, Word Farm.