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.

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alumniOlivia BaldacciMPSS
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). 

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Olivia Baldacci
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.

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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.    

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