May 2009
Parsons recently unveiled a new wallpaper in the critique area of the Shiela C. Johnson Design Center, occupying the corner space at 13th Street and Fifth Avenue in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center.
Created by Integrated Design Curriculum student Michael DiPietro, the design was selected from a number of submissions for installation.
Titled Cartes de Viste, the design explores how text functions in the public arena through a description of 16 events that appear historically accurate, but are actually fictitious.
The design was originally created as a set of index-card sized prints distributed anonymously in the city, as part of the fall 2007 course Media and Representation, taught by assistant professor Cynthia Lawson.
Three elevator banks in the Johnson Center are decorated with wallpaper that highlights work by Parsons students.
To begin the process of selecting a new wallpaper for the corner critique space, a committee of faculty, staff, and students placed a school-wide call to Parsons students to submit coursework that they felt best represented the Parsons mission of critical thinking and social engagement.
From a broad range of submissions, the committee chose three finalists to submit more detailed proposals, and DiPietro’s design was selected as the winner.
The wallpaper installation has been overseen by Parsons’ recently formed Exhibitions & Public Programs Committee.
The committee intends to continue calls for submissions for future wallpapers in the Johnson Center.
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