Andrea Dezso Teaching Collaboration Studio 3

ART

Tunnel Books 1 2 3 4
Insect Books 1 2
Painted Journals 1 2 3 4 5
3D Books 1 2 3 4 5 6
Color Pencil Books 1 2
Sketchbooks 1 2 3 4 5
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Mural Art 1 2 3 4 5 6
Silhouette 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Drawing 1 2 3
Embroidery 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Installation 1 2 3
Animation 1

PROJECTS

McSweeney's 1 2 3
Publikum Calendar 1 2 3
The Demon Bridegroom 1 2

WRITING

Illustrated Fiction 1 2 3 4
Non-Fiction 1 2 3 4 5 6
Fiction Writing 1 2 3

TEACHING

Interface Studio 1 2 3 4 5 6
Typography 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Collaborations 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Design Process 1 2 3
Book Design 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Immigrant Mural 1 2 3 4

FEATURES

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The goal of the COLLABORATION STUDIOS is to bring together MFA Design & Technology student teams with "real life" clients and projects with a social agenda. Our clients range from non profit organizations to artists and cultural institutions. The focus of our projects range from design research and innovation to practical implementations. Students in these studios learn how to work with clients and in teams of peers, performing a variety of tasks.

STUDENT WORK 2004
Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
Collaboration Studio

DUSTY'S COLOR QUEST
Interactive coloring activity for kids

by Soojin Choi and Emily Gobeille

Parsons School of Design, Design & Technology MFA
Instructor: Andrea Dezsö

During this Collaboration Studio students follow a design process I call "evolutionary".
I was inspired by the folk craft methods artisans in traditional cultures use to develop objects over several generations. In this process heritage and mindful iterations are important. Students learn to work with something that existed before their time. They add their contribution, maintaining the integrity of the original work. Then they pass it on to the next generation of students who will join the Collaboration Studio one semester later. Students "learn the craft" by first adding functionality, de-bugging, improving pieces inherited from the previous semester. Later they propose and create brand new, original pieces. Dusty's Color Quest is such a "first generation" original piece.