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DEED is a collaborative effort between students and faculty of The New School, artisan groups in emerging economies, generous donors and foundations, external partners, and retailers. For people involved in each project, refer to our projects page.
– from Parsons School of Design and the Graduate Program in International Affairs co-founded and run our fieldwork programs since 2007. Additionally, they disseminate our work as guest lecturers, presenters at conferences, and in publications.
– have amazed, inspired, and worked with us in Guatemala, Colombia, and more places to come! Most of the craftspeople with whom we have worked are master weavers (using both backstrap and floor looms as well as handweaving techniques). We’ve also learned with artisan specialists in beading, basket weaving, and woodworking.
– local organizations who connect us with the Artisans and sometimes help us get funding. They are key to the long-term sustainable success of our projects, as they diminish the dependency between the artisan groups and our lab.
– from all schools and disciplines are welcome. More than 50 New School students have participated in our fieldwork programs. Parsons and Schools for Public Engagement students have come from undergraduate programs in design & technology, fashion design, integrated design, product design, and strategic design and management; and from graduate programs in international affairs, non-profit management, organizational change & management, strategic design & management, and. Select students also participate as research fellows in the lab.
– in both New York City and our various sites, young creative professionals keep the projects alive outside of the fieldwork time. They are key to the long-term sustainable success of our projects, as they diminish the dependency between the artisan groups and our lab.
Associate Professor of Integrated Design, School of Design Strategies, Parsons School of Design, The New School
Part-time Faculty, School of Design Strategies, Parsons, The New School
Part-time Faculty, School of Design Strategies, Parsons, The New School
Founder, CADA Foundation
MS candidate, Strategic Design & Management, Parsons School of Design, The New School
Associate Dean of Partnerships & Practice-Based Learning, Schools of Public Engagement, The New School
Head of the Fashion Design Master’s programme at ArtEZ University of the Arts, Netherlands
(Hand)Made to Market/Social Innovation Research for the Artisan Sector
Former financial journalist
Associate Professor, School of Design Strategies, Parsons
Assistant Professor of Practice in the Studley Graduate Program in International Affairs
Associate Professor, School of Art, Media and Technology, Parsons
And former colleagues Janine Cibellis, Assistant Director of Development, The New School; Jay Dehejia, Part-time faculty, Design & Management program, Parsons; Alice Demirjian, formerly Director, Fashion Marketing, School of Fashion, Parsons; Charles Finlay, formerly Director of Foundation Relations, Office of Institutional Giving, The New School; Anu Malhotra, formerly Assistant Director of Development, The New School; Will Murray, formerly Assistant Director of Foundation Relations, Office of Institutional Giving, The New School; Scott Pobiner, formerly Assistant Professor, School of Design Strategies, Parsons; Edwin Torres, formerly Director, External Partnerships, Parsons; Tatiana Wah, formerly Assistant Professor of Urban Studies, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy.
MFA, Transdisciplinary Design, Parsons School of Design, The New School
MS, Strategic Design and Management, Parsons School of Design, The New School
MS, Strategic Design and Management, Parsons School of Design, The New School
MFA, Design and Technology, Parsons School of Design, The New School
MFA, Transdisciplinary Design, Parsons School of Design, The New School
MFA, Transdisciplinary Design, Parsons School of Design, The New School
MA, Economics, New School for Social Research, The New School
MA, Nonprofit Management, Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy, The New School
MFA, Design and Technology, Parsons School of Design, The New School
Guatemala City-based industrial designer
MFA, Design and Technology, Parsons School of Design, The New School