Design Research, Writing & Criticism: applications open for two week Summer Intensive and one-year Intensive MA

Last call for the Design Writing & Research two-week Summer Intensive, June 5-16, 2017! 

In this rigorous two-week writing program, participants will be introduced to a range of techniques for constructing compelling narratives about images, objects, cities, and spaces. You will experiment with different research methods and writing formats, visit multiple design studios, and complete several projects across media, including a collaboratively produced publication. A robust daily schedule of seminars, lectures, workshops, and one-on-one consultations will be supplemented with visits to the city’s design collections, archives, and libraries, as well as behind-the-scenes access to new exhibitions, buildings, and urban planning developments. Participants will also have the opportunity to visit, interview, and profile some of New York’s most prominent designers in the fields of architecture, interaction design, graphic design, fashion, and product design. Past visits have included Pentagram, Rockwell Group Lab, BIG Architects, Viñoly Architects, MOS Architects, and Met MediaLab, among other studios.

2017 Summer Intensive Faculty includes:
–media critic and author Virginia Heffernan
–design author and editor Steven Heller
–architecture writer and critic Karrie Jacobs
–author, critic, and The Weeklings co-founder Jennifer Kabat
–New York Times culture reporter Robin Pogrebin
–BBC interviewer and Design Observer contributor Adam Harrison Levy 
–author and playwright Craig Taylor
–and design writer and New York Times business columnist Rob Walker

Final enrollment deadline: May 4. To apply or find out more about summer faculty, projects, participants, and instructors, see the Summer Intensive website!

Our one-year, intensive MA program is now accepting applications on a rolling basis for Fall 2017. Significant scholarships are available for successful candidates. The SVA MA in Design Research, Writing & Criticism is well suited to the circumstances of established professionals, in addition to graduates wishing to continue their studies at an advanced level. A synthesis of theory and practice, the intensive writing-focused curriculum provides the tools and techniques for researching, analyzing, and interpreting design. The program amply prepares its graduates for future-facing careers in research, publishing, education, museums, institutes, design practice, and entrepreneurship, or for continued studies in a design-related subject. 

Please contact us with questions or for more details! designresearch [​at​] sva.edu