Crossing the Line: The 2010 D-Crit Conference, Moderated by Kurt Andersen

On April 30, The School of Visual Arts MFA Design Criticism Department presented “Crossing the Line: The 2010 D-Crit Conference,” organized by graduating D-Crit students. Read more ›

D-Crit Alum Amelia Black on GOOD blog

The bloggers of GOOD magazine posed the question “Is It Ethical to Scent-Brand Public Places?” Recent D-Crit graduate Amelia Black, whose ongoing research explores the role scent plays in the design experience, responded to their online query. Read her thoughts published here.

D-Crit Students write for Cooper-Hewitt Design Blog

Check out the Cooper-Hewitt Design blog over the next two weeks, as recent D-Crit grads—who took a course on the Triennial last semester taught by the exhibition’s curatorial team—publish their impressions of the current museum exhibition,”Why Design Now?“. Read more ›

Website Launched: CCA Day Camp Led by Frederico Duarte and Becky Quintal, July 2010

This July, D-Crit alumnae Frederico Duarte and Becky Quintal founded and led a week-long day camp program at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, “Putting Architecture in Its Place” for sixteen burgeoning architecture buffs aged fifteen to seventeen. For five days, these participants explored arguments over architecture, focusing on selected architectural projects. With help from Becky, Fred and CCA they share the fruits of their labor online: http://www.cca.qc.ca/daycamp.

D-Crit 2010 Conference on Abitare

Barbara Eldredge reports for International design magazine Abitare’s Web site on “Crossing the Line: the 2010 D-Crit Conference.” View the piece here, which offers an illustrated breakdown of presentations by the event’s keynote speakers and graduating D-Crit students.

Glass House Fellows Emily Leibin and Molly Heintz Help Launch Online Forum

Today the Philip Johnson Glass House, a National Trust for Historic Preservation site, officially launches Glass House Conversations, a website designed in conjunction with the School of Visual Arts.

D-Crit alumni Emily Leibin and current second-year student Molly Heintz are this year’s Philip Johnson Glass House fellows, who have been working over the summer to launch the site. Read Molly’s article on Architizer from July 19 announcing Glass House Conversations and the online discussions it fosters. Read more ›

Busy Summer for D-Crit Students and Alumni

School’s out for summer, but SVA MFA Design Criticism students are not just sitting around watching the World Cup (well, maybe just a couple of games). Students in the Class of 2011 have embarked on summer internships and fellowships at respected magazines, museums and organizations. They are writing regular Web articles for Metropolis, interning with curators at The Museum of the City of New York and with the editor at Change Observer, developing public programming at The Philip Johnson Glass House, and researching for Judy Wert & Company. Additionally, D-Crit students are contributing to online publications such as Stylepark.com, Core77 and Fast Company, as well as to their own blogs and magazines, and participating in D Flux, a research collaborative in Detroit. Read more ›