School of Art, Media, and Technology

MFA DT thesis project turns into Pennant, awesome baseball app

2010 MFA DT Alum, Steve Varga has turned what was originally his thesis project into Pennant, an amazing app now available for sale on the App Store.  As spring training begins,…

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AMT Alum and Faculty Member Selected to Speak at Design Indaba

Joseph Saavedra has been selected to speak at the 3rd annual Design Indaba conference, which welcomes top multi-disciplinary graduates from around the world to present their work in a Pecha Kucha…

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Two MFA DT alumni are IGF finalists

Alumni News

Gaming site Gamasutra features an interview with Zach Gage (MFADT ’10) about the game he and Kurt Bieg (MFADT ’11) put together. Their game, Halcyon, is up for Best Mobile Game….

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Two web/interactive internships at global brand management firm

Internships

Sean M. Simpson, MFA Photo Alum and Senior Web Developer at STC Associates, a global brand management firm, is looking for two interns to join their web/interactive department. These positions are…

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SEEKING JUNIOR SCENIC DESIGNER

Jobs

Good Sense & Company is a young boutique special events agency with high profile clients and a diverse array of projects. They handle all creative, production and logistics for small, medium…

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dorkShop Committee Interest Meeting, Wed Feb 16th

Are you a dork? Interested in becoming more involved with Parsons within the DT department? The dorkShop committee is looking for Parsons AMT students (MFA, BFA, DT, CD, etc.) to help…

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Website Design help needed

Jobs

Job Description: A faculty of the New School is seeking someone with experience in creating a website to develop an out-of-the-box web page that includes several images of artifacts. Required skills:…

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MFA DT student praised in NYTimes for his Dance company

Student News

Adam Scher, a MFA DT student received a glowing notice in T: The New York Times Style Magazine. The piece reviewed the Adam Scher Dance Company’s new piece, “Five Blind Mice,”…

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AMT Mudbucket Research Assistantships

Research Assistantships

A limited number of Research Assistant (RA) positions open to graduate students this semester who will be working on various projects via ‘Mudbucket’. Mudbucket is the School of Art, Media, and…

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Roosevelt Island Transit Smartphone Application Contest

competitions

Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) is now accepting submissions of smartphone applications as part of a competition to become the official transit app of the government entity. The winning application will…

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Full-time Game Designer Position

Jobs

Full-time, 1-year position for a game designer — Project = informing real-life work situations with game techniques. — Team = a small team of researchers re-evaluating and redesigning business processes using…

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MFA DT alum presents project at TEDx Dubai

Alumni News

MFADT alum Sheena Matheikin just presented on her “uniform Project” at TEDx Dubai. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program…

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Students seeks funds for thesis project

Student News thesis

Jeanne Kelly, a candidate for a MFA in Design & Technology is reaching out for help to fund her thesis project. She is a visual fine artist with a background in…

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immediate opening for a Senior Technical Producer at Asia Society

Jobs

Senior Technical Producer This is a key role in the Online Department, responsible for the front-end and back-end maintenance and development of AsiaSociety.org and for various mini-sites on our domain. They…

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Original Typography Lands DT Alum's Logo Design for Non-Profit Nostrand Park

Alumni News

The typography and logo design were the inspiration of Leslie Cain, WireMedia’s Art Director, who holds a BFA in Design & Technology from Parsons. Marcy Rye, who founded WireMedia in 2002…

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Original Typography Lands DT Alum’s Logo Design for Non-Profit Nostrand Park

Alumni News

The typography and logo design were the inspiration of Leslie Cain, WireMedia’s Art Director, who holds a BFA in Design & Technology from Parsons. Marcy Rye, who founded WireMedia in 2002…

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MFA DT alum wows engadget with Google Demo Slam entry

Alumni News

Done in part by recent MFA DT alum Varathit Uthaisri, a Google Demo Slam entry amazingly depicts the process behind a trio of animators creating a 450 page presentation in just…

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Assistant/Associate Professor in Game Design at DePaul

Teaching Jobs

DePaul’s Game Development program is conducting a search for a game designer to join their tenure-track faculty. This is a great opportunity to become a core member of the team, with real…

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The EyeWriter 2.0

Alumni News Student News

The EyeWriter is a low-cost eye-tracking apparatus + custom software that allows graffiti writers and artists with paralysis resulting from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis to draw using only their eyes. The original…

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DT Students' project makes ABC News

Alumni News Student News

Kurt Bieg (MFADT ’11) and Zach Gage (MFADT ’10) are the masterminds behind the new iPad game Halcyon. Check out the great review segment here, as well as an interview with Zach…

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Drawing on history, politics, economics, psychology, ergonomics, and other disciplines, this program combines the study of visual, interactive, and narrative aspects of technology with programming and computation. Projects may involve games, Web and mobile applications, film, video, and audiovisual performance.

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