Spring 2016 Events

SPRING

2016 EVENTS

PARK AVENUE APARTMENT, ALUMNA MARIETTE HIMES GOMEZ.

Dialogues on Design New York School of Interior Design is pleased to present Dialogues on Design, a series of conversations with noted designers moderated by Newell Turner, editorial director of the Hearst Design Group and NYSID trustee. In each session two prominent designers will address issues in design and talk about their approach to their work. The dialogues will begin at 5pm, followed by a reception where the discussion will continue.

Participation is by subscription: $300 for the series. To subscribe, contact Samantha Fingleton at sfingleton@nysid.edu or (212) 472-1500 x431.

January 28, 2016 Miles Redd Jeffrey Bilhuber

April 14, 2016 Keith Langham Alessandra Branca

February 25, 2016 Ellie Cullman Robert Couturier

June 2, 2016 John Danzer Edmund Hollander

Spring Exhibition Interior Design Today: Alumni Exhibition The celebration of our 100th anniversary begins with an exhibition of work from our esteemed alumni. More than 30 alumni, established designers as well as recent graduates, will show the continuity and evolution of interior design. A wide range of projects for living, working, playing, and healing celebrates the diversity and complexity of the profession.

The exhibition will be on view from March 4–April 29, 2016 Opening Reception: Thursday, March 3, 6–8pm NYSID Gallery 161 East 69 Street, NYC Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 11am–6pm Admission is free.

COVER, TOP: PRIVATE RESIDENCE, LIVING ROOM, ALUMNUS DAVID SCOTT, DAVID SCOTT INTERIORS. COVER, BOTTOM: TEACH FOR AMERICA HEADQUARTERS, ALUMNA ERIKA REUTER, HOK.

SPRING

EVENTS 2016 FEBRUARY Wednesday, February 10

6pm

Donald Kaufman: The Art of Custom Paint Colors A discussion with master colorist Donald Kaufman, who creates custom paint colors for clients from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to art collectors’ homes, to the offices of high-tech firms. He will be joined by interior designer Carey Maloney, M (Group), to discuss past collaborations and the impact of architectural color. There will be a book signing to follow, featuring the speakers’ books–Color Palettes: Atmospheric Interiors Using the Donald Kaufman Color Collection and Stuff by Carey Maloney.

LE CAMPUS, HYATT REGENCY CHARLES DE GAULLE, ALUMNA THERESE VIRSERIUS, VIRSERIUS STUDIO.

APRIL

MARCH Wednesday, March 23

6pm

Wednesday, April 6

MAY 6pm

Wednesday, May 4

6pm

Timothy Rohan: NYC’s Modernist Architectural Interiors

The Evolution of Interior Design: Alumni Panel Discussion

James Russell: Sustainability and Resiliency in NYC

Architectural historian Timothy Rohan lectures on Manhattan’s lost but remarkable Modernist domestic interiors. Between 1965 and 1985, New York architects such as Paul Rudolph, Robert A.M. Stern, Charles Gwathmey, and Alan Buchsbaum explored innovative aesthetic, spatial, and social dimensions for living when they renovated Manhattan apartments, townhouses, and lofts. Seizing the interior from interior designers, they saw it as a realm for experimentation, a way to expand or establish their reputations, and eventually as an important source of income in the deepening recession of the 1970s.

In conjunction with Interior Design Today: Alumni Exhibition, this panel will bring together four NYSID alumni to discuss the evolution of the interior design profession and their experiences working at their respective firms—residential, commercial, large and small. Panelists include Mariette Himes Gomez, founder and principal at Gomez & Associates; George Marshall Peters, interior designer at Pamela Banker Associates; Erika Reuter, senior interior designer at HOK; and Therese Virserius, founder and principal at Virserius Studio. The discussion will be moderated by alumna Becky Button, principal at Gensler.

Sally Henderson Memorial Lecture on Green Design

Free for all NYSID alumni. There will be a reception following the lecture.

This event is FREE and open to the public. Reservations are encouraged.

Wednesday, March 30

6pm

Sean Corcorran: Design for Learning Spaces Sean Corcorran, general manager of Steelcase Education Solutions, will discuss how space impacts behavior and how design thinking is transforming classrooms and learning spaces. In the United States the average “functional age” of a school building is more than 40 years. Meanwhile, students, pedagogies, and technology have all changed while our physical learning environments continue to look and work the same. This lecture will focus on how to best help schools, colleges, and universities design solutions for the many spaces where learning happens, from classrooms and libraries to in-between spaces and cafes.

Wednesday, April 20

6pm

Creative Collaborations: Designing Signature Product Lines More and more established interior designers are embarking on creating their own product lines—furniture, rugs, lighting, and accessories. Interior designers Alexa Hampton and Laura Kirar, and licensing agent Kate Verner will discuss the ins and outs and pros and cons of developing signature product lines. Moderated by Glenn Gissler, president of Glenn Gissler Design and president-elect of American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) NY Metro Chapter.

Unless otherwise noted, all events take place at New York School of Interior Design, Arthur Satz Auditorium, 170 East 70 Street, NYC. Tickets: $12 general public $10 seniors and non-NYSID students NYSID students & faculty are free To purchase or reserve tickets in advance, visit nysid.edu/publicprograms or call (212) 472-1500 x405.

BFA Winter Thesis Projects

MFA Thesis/MPS Capstone Projects

Exhibition on view: January 22– February 19, 2016

Opening reception: Tuesday, May 17, 6–8pm Exhibition on view: May 18 – August 18, 2016

This exhibition features the work of BFA candidates who completed their thesis projects in December 2015.

BFA Spring Thesis Projects

A range of thesis projects will be on view from graduates of the professional-level MFA-1 program, the postprofessional MFA-2 program, as well as capstone projects from graduates of the MPS programs in Sustainable Interior Environments and Interior Lighting Design.

Opening reception: Monday, May 16, 6-8pm Exhibition on view: May 17 – August 18, 2016

NYSID Graduate Center, 401 Park Avenue South, 3rd floor, NYC. By appointment only.

NYSID Gallery, 161 East 69 Street, NYC. Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11am–6pm.

Graduating BFA students will present their final thesis projects—hypothetical designs based on the adaptive reuse of existing buildings.

2016 BFA WINTER THESIS PROJECT. HOME, RENDERING. XIAO LIU.

James Russell, the newly-appointed director of Design Strategic Initiatives at the NYC Department of Design and Construction, will speak about the agency’s recently released Guiding Principles for Design Excellence; upcoming initiatives in environmental sustainability, resiliency, equity, and healthy living; and the potential impact for interior spaces. Russell was the architecture critic for Bloomberg News, editor at Architectural Record, and has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. He is the author of The Agile City: Building Well-Being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change.

NYSID Gallery, 161 East 69 Street, NYC. Gallery Hours: Monday – Thursday, 11am – 6pm.

The Spring 2016 Public Programs are sponsored in part by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) New York Metro Chapter.