Notable at NYSID: Winter 2021
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Chesie Breen Joins Board
NYSID has a new trustee: Chesie Breen, the co-founder and principal of NivenBreen, a strategic brand communications firm specializing in media, lifestyle, home, fashion, and luxury brands. She’s also editor-in-chief of ID BOSTON magazine. “We are pleased that Chesie has made the decision to come on board and provide her expertise and leadership to NYSID,” says President David Sprouls.
ALUMNI
Marie Aiello Becomes President of Alumni Council
Marie Aiello ’04 (AAS), owner and principal of Marie Aiello Design Studio, took the helm of the NYSID’s Alumni Council this summer, succeeding outgoing president Lawrence Levy ’05 (BFA). Levy will continue to serve as a member of the Council. Aiello says, “I want alumni to feel like this is their home in the design community.”
FACULTY
NYSID Welcomes New Faculty
Ilya Pulyaev ’17 (MFA2) is an interior designer and associate at Perkins & Will. He’ll be teaching Design and Drawing I in the MFA1 program.
Kyle Spence is an architect and the founding principal of the design and architecture firm The BAKLab. As an architectural designer at Grimshaw Architects, he worked on the Dubai Expo 2020 Sustainability Pavilion project and the Newark Airport International Airport’s Terminal 1 project. He’s teaching Presentation Techniques I to undergraduates.
STUDENTS
Natasha Rivera ’21 (MFA1)
Natasha Rivera ’21 (MFA1)
Rivera beat out applicants from all over the country to become the Spring 2020 Chairish scholarship winner. Raised in Harlem, Rivera says, “I want to go back into underprivileged spaces like those in my own community and allow people to experience beauty and life through design.”
Sheng-Wei Yang ’22 (MFA1)
Sheng-Wei Yang ’22 (MFA1)
Yang was the 2020 Dacor National Kitchen Design Contest First Place Student prize winner, securing a scholarship of $10,000.