Inside the Design Studios: Studio DB, Alfredo Paredes, The Brownstone Boys & Steve Cordony
Top interior designers, including Studio DB, Alfredo Paredes, The Brownstone Boys, and Steve Cordony—known for their work with high-profile clients—join a panel at POWERHOUSE Books for Dumbo Design Day. Moderated by a leading design journalist, they’ll discuss monographs, running a studio, and the future of interior design.
IDSA Design Leadership Bootcamp
PARK Academy is partnering once again with the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) to proudly offer another exclusive intensive and impactful professional design leadership training program to the design community.
This annual Bootcamp with a growing community of esteemed empowered alumni will be celebrating its fifth consecutive bootcamp as which coincides with IDSA’s 60th Anniversary.
This intensive interactive 6-week training program will help you build the competencies (knowledge, skills, and attitude) in 5 key subject areas to help you step up and stand out in leading design for business.
Learn how to manage the complexities between leading and managing design across people, processes, and content. Learn how to speak the language of design for business and how to deliver more value and more positive impact across the triple (people, planet profit) bottom line.
Student Showcase Night
The annual NYCxDESIGN Student Showcase Night, hosted this year by Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), features presentations from selected design students from The Cooper Union, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York Institute of Technology, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, and School of Visual Arts. The theme of this year’s event is “Perseverance.”
China-US Co-creation: Innovation-Driven Global Strategy for Chinese Design Brands
This online panel forum explores strategies for Chinese brands to thrive on the global stage, with a focus on navigating the challenges of today’s U.S. market amid escalating trade and tax tensions. Discussions cover market differentiation, smart manufacturing, cross-border marketing, supply chain integration, and effective cultural narratives.
Technological Innovation: Generative AI-Driven Design and Brand Innovation
Join this online panel forum exploring how generative AI transforms art, design and branding. Discover AI applications in product innovation, cultural revitalization, and interactive experiences. Featuring experts from Tencent, Adobe, PhotoG, Harvard, and MIT, hosted by founder of Edensign, Zhi(George) Zheng.
Inclusive Technology：ART, DESIGN, AND INNOVATION FOR ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITIES
This panel will explore how inclusive design could leverage minority community well-being. By highlighting the significance of artistic creativity and technology power, the panelists will share their opinions on how art and technology could become a joint force, empowering diverse communities and facilitating social transformation.
The Future of the Intersection Between Design and Technology
Join Jenny Sabin, Chair of Cornell’s Department of Design Tech, for an engaging panel discussion on the future of the intersection between design and technology. In conjunction with the Design Tech Exhibition at Cornell Tech, this talk will explore how emerging technologies are transforming design practices and solving global challenges.
Recess // Reset: Conversations for Design Tomorrow
Parsons School of Design presents Recess // Reset: Conversations for Design Tomorrow—a fast-paced talk series with top experts exploring AGI, future design jobs, new teaching methods, and urgent ethical questions.
Disability Meets Design: Hack Your Home with Laura Mauldin
A program on tactics and strategies for making our homes more accessible for ourselves and our loved ones. Led by Laura Mauldin, the program includes a presentation followed by a hands-on workshop inviting participants to identify and take action toward making a more accessible world, one home at a time.
Micro and Macro: A Conversation on Interior Design and Architecture
A conversation with 2025 National Design Award winner Little Wing Lee and architect Frida Escobedo about their work and the multifaceted relationship between interior designers and architects. Gain insight into their respective design approaches and hear more about how they continue to think on micro and macro scales together.
