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Joella Lai (MFA1) Shares Her Experience in NYSID’s 2024 Service Learning Studio

Joella Lai shares her experience designing a staff lounge in a foster care facility in NYSID’s Service Learning Studio.

Greece, Japan, Vietnam: Check Out NYSID’s Extraordinary Upcoming Study Abroad!

NYSID previews its travel-study to 12 destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America over the next 3 years. The College also names the 6 Study-Abroad Scholars who will go to Florence for the Winter/Spring 2025 semester.

Design Luminaries Will Be Celebrated at NYSID Gala 2025

Join us on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, as we honor and celebrate the achievements of Alessandra Branca, Jesse Carrier, Mara Miller, and Beth Diana Smith '15 (AAS).

MPSS Alums Korina Athanasiadou and Samantha Berlanga Are Putting Sustainability Into Practice at CetraRuddy

NYSID alums Korina Athanasiadou ‘22 (MPSS) and Samantha Berlanga ‘22 (MPSS) work as interior designers at CetraRuddy, an award-winning architecture and interior design firm based in New York. These graduates of NYSID’s Master of Professional Studies in Sustainable Interior Environments say that sustainable design is a priority for their firm and that their knowledge of it contributed to their hiring.

A Life-Changing Travel Award From Ferguson & Shamamian Architects

Xinrou Qiu (BFA), Winner of the Ferguson & Shamamian Travel Award at NYSID, Describes Her Journey & Internship

2024 Robert Herring Travel Prize Winner, Jason Win, Recounts His Journey

At Commencement 2024, NYSID's Office of Academic Affairs awarded Jason Win ‘24 (MFA1) with the Robert Herring Travel Prize. The prize recognizes exceptional design and presentation skills and must be used within 10 months following graduation, for a program of travel proposed by the recipient.

Craftsmanship and Creativity: NYSID Students Shine at Nantucket by Design 2024

NYSID students took honors in the Student Competition of this year’s Nantucket by Design from July 15-18. Nantucket by Design is an annual fundraiser for the Nantucket Historical Association (NHA), as well as an amazing networking opportunity that brings leading designers (and design enthusiasts) to the island for four days of panels, exhibitions, and parties. The NYSID student winners were Megan Millner (BFA), Valerie Cheung (BFA), and Shoshana Beck (BFA).

NYSID’s AAPIDA Student Chapter, the First Anywhere, Launches at Kravet Showroom

On September 11, the Kravet showroom opened its doors to more than 50 New York School of Interior Design students, members, and supporters of the Asian American Pacific Islander Design Alliance (AAPIDA) who were there to see their beautiful archives, with a display highlighting Asian fabrics. With food, drinks, and conversation flowing, the showroom was filled with excitement as NYSID celebrated the launch of the first AAPIDA student chapter in the country.

NYSID Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 and honors the immeasurable contributions of more than 62 million Hispanic Americans, Latinos, Latinas, and Latinx-identifying people to our society.

Impressions of Mexico City from NYSID’s Duffy Scholars

Corbett De Giacomo & Jee Park, recipients of the Anne K. Duffy Travel Study Scholarship, share essays they wrote during NYSID’s Study Abroad trip to Mexico City.

NYSID’s Introduction to Interior Design Course Helped These Moms Find a Path to a Second Career

Career changers Leslie Adato (AAS) and Lucy Yang (BID to AAS) started their journeys at NYSID with the six-week Introduction to Interior Design course, through NYSID’s Institute for Continuing and Professional Studies. A new cycle of Introduction to Interior Design courses begins the week of September 9. NYSID offers sections of Introduction to Interior Design on multiple days of the week, with both online and onsite options available.

Alums Atara Beller and Melania Tosh Design for a Habitat for Humanity Showhouse

NYSID Alums Atara Beller (MFA) ’23 and Melania Tosh (MFA) ’23 recently launched their new design firm, Malt Studio Interiors, with an act of service. The Kingston Design Connection selected the up-and-coming duo to design a guest bedroom in the Kingston Design Showhouse, a benefit for the Ulster County Habitat for Humanity.

Ukrainian Pre-College Student Valeriia Scherbyna Takes Nothing for Granted

When the Russian Federation’s invasion and annexation of Crimea, in 2014, forced her family to immigrate to New York, it was Valeriia Scherbyna’s love for art and design that kept her happy, and eventually led her to NYSID.

NYSID Pre-College Scholarships Transform Talent into Opportunity

Through its Pre-College Scholarship Fund, NYSID introduces high school students from communities traditionally underrepresented in design to the profession at a formative period in their lives.

Upcoming Events

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Jan 8

Residential Lighting: Good Light / Bad Light

Jan 22

Interior Rendering Today: Exhibition Tour and Panel Discussion

Jan 25

New York Modern: Paul Rudolph's Modulightor Building

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Interested in a past event? Watch them online! For those of you who couldn't make one of NYSID's public programs this year, we have added a number of our lectures to the NYSID YouTube channel.

Dialogues on Design

Dialogues on Design consists of a series of four moderated conversations with prominent interior designers where each discusses their approach to their work — their inspiration and influences, their response to trends, and the evolution of the field. We are happy to announce that this year these conversations with leaders in the design world will be moderated by Dennis Scully from Business of Home. Dennis is the host of the BOH podcast, where he explores changes and challenges in facing the Interior Design community.

Learn more about Dialogues on Design →