Community Service Club Rocks!

NDHS Community Service Club students helped volunteer at Material for the Arts in Queens! MFTA is an awesome organization that provides thousands of NYC’s arts and cultural organizations, public schools, and community arts programs with the supplies they need to run and expand their programs. MFTA gathers materials from companies and individuals that no longer need them and makes them available, for free, to the artists and educators that do. MFTA is a great resource to NDHS Design staff as we always have an annual trip at the start of our school year! Great work to all the girls that helped organize the warehouse materials!

Identity Sculpture

Based on the work by master sculpture Robert Arneson, Year one students produced several drafts and studies before creating their final piece. The students were asked to place objects on their "heads" that told the viewer about their personality and interests. They used recycled materials, glue, tape, and acrylic paint to create their masterpieces. Way to go 9th graders!

Repeat Pattern Design

Eloina Flores's organic repeat pattern design marketed on an ipod skin.

Brittany Reeves's geometric repeat pattern design marketed on a bed set. 

Shartell Moran's organic repeat pattern design marketed on swim wear.

Melody Dunbar's organic repeat pattern design marketed on a bed set.

10th grade students have been studying repeat pattern design. They studied and created geometric and organic repeats. They then had to solve the problem of how to market their repeat patterns on specific products. Student's also learned about target markets and merchandising. 

Junior Lighting

Junior and Sophomore designers were asked to create table top lamps. The design theme was kept open but all the lamps were variations on the simple cube.

Tribeca Film Festival Here We Come

These Streets Are Our Home: Rough Cut Trailer from Mediastorm New Design on Vimeo.

Check out some of the beginning movie trailers coming out of our upper grade level documentary filmmaking course.  The class, Mediastorm, explores "silences" that exist in our society.  Students in production teams are making short documentaries that focus on bringing attention to a critical issue facing New York City and the larger world outside of the city.  Students are learning all aspects of the filmmaking process including proposal writing, marketing, filming, editing, sound production and research.

Above is raw footage interview from Wicked Kid Production Team's film These Streets Are Our Home.  The film explores teen homelessness and the shelter system in New York City.  The clip is of New Design High's own 12th grader Emmanual who lived in the shelter in New York City.  

Below, is K-Bob Production teams interview with 12th grader Bobbi.  Bobbi explores the life of Bobbi Barker and her experiences in the juvenile justice system.  The film is focused on telling the story of youth incarcerated in our city. 



Bobbi Trailer Draft from Mediastorm New Design on Vimeo.

The Mediastorm films will premiering this spring and will be entered into film festivals all over the country.  To find out more about the class please check out the Mediastorm Class Blog.  

Domincan Republic here comes New Design

6 New Design High School students have been selected for Global Potential's six-week summer program in the Dominican Republic! They will be traveling summer 2012 to do community development work in rural villages and living with host families for the duration of their stay. The application process was quite competitive so we are super proud that they were accepted. Congrats to Taylor M, Christian O, Junior B, Ashley R, Danielle H and Peter R.

NEWSPAPER FASHION 2011

New Design NewsPaper Fashion Show 2011
Edited by 9th Grader Jonathan Ramos
"After it was filmed I started to put the whole thing together from the sketches to the making of the clothing to the the fashion show itself. This was my first time using iMovie and my first time video editing. It took a long time! I'm excited because I really want to become a filmmaker."
--Johnathan Ramos, 9th Grade NDHS

CB2's Eastside Store Opening Bash

APER and CB2 had a little get together last night to celebrate the opening of the CB2 Eastside Manhattan store on 3rd Ave and 58th street. The party also marked CB2's partnership with New Design High School, which gives students the chance to work with street photographers like Backyard Bill, Eddie Newton and Street Peeper. Their pictures were on display at the store launch party and available for sale via silent auction with proceeds benefiting the high school. Check out our shots from last night, which included attendees Maggie Gyllenhaal, Darryl "D.M.C." Matthews McDaniels of a little group called Run-D.M.C. and PAPER fav, artist Kalup Linzy.

Billy Rohan on NDHS Skate Program!

HBTV: Scholastic Survey with jeffstaple - Billy Rohan from HBTV on Vimeo.

"Education is undoubtedly a foundation of any culture and society. The very success of society hinges on a proper reinforcement that engages the people in acquiring and disseminating knowledge. Sharing a common interest in the continued focus on bringing education and learning to the forefront, HBTV and jeffstaple of Staple Design are partnering to create a new series titled Scholastic Survey which consists of online episodes exploring the importance and necessity of placing our best interests in education. In a time and place where education has been relegated to the back burner amidst budgetary cuts and misdirected spending in the United States, now more then ever is a time to look into the unrepairable damage that comes with an uneducated society."

Check more at Scholastic Survey with Billy Rohan!