Friday, December 14, 2007

MORE AMAZING WALLETS




Check out the patterns and the wallets from the design 2 students!

TRANSPORTATION and DESIGN




In Design 3 students are creating their pod and host vehicles. Starting with the frames they are learning about support and skins.

SARAH, LINCOLN, and JUNIOR



Thursday, December 13, 2007

DESIGNER WALLETS




Year two design students are making fashionable wallets to fit their community style. Hand sewn and block printed on velvet fabric, they rock!

SUBCULTURE TEES




Year 2 design students have been making subculture t-shirts. What is a subculture? Try GOTH, PUNK PREP, SK8TER, etc. Can you figure out which one could be marketed to a specific subculture?

KORI NEWKIRK at STUDIO MUSEUM


The Design 3 students traveled to the Studio Museum in Harlem to see the Kori Kewkirk show. The trip was sponsored by the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Kori will be back in a month to work with our students again!

TIME OUT MAGAZINE covers ROOFTOP LEGENDS


Check out KET and SKINZ in the latest issue of TIME OUT New York! ROOFTOP LEGENDS continues to promote NDHS!

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

VISTAS


The rooftop is quite lovely at night!

STUDENT ROOFTOPLEGENDS PIECE




Students have been creating their own great pieces for the rooftop!

Saturday, November 17, 2007

ROCKETBOOM STORY ON ROOFTOPLEGENDS


Rooftop Legends was featured on ROCKETBOOM as part of their Casual Fridays segment!
Check out ROOFTOP LEGENDS and ROCEKTBOOM under the LINKS to the right on this page.

KORI NEWKIRK VISIT


Whitney Biennial Artist, Kori Newkirk, visited our Year Three design studio. A former high school art teacher in LA, Kori taught a lesson to the students on the power of messages in the media. The visit was sponsored by the New Museum of Contemporary Art. On Wednesday the entire grade will travel to the Studio Museum in Harlem to see his new exhibition!

LATEEN MAGAZINE and the MODEL CLUB



LATEEN magazine shot photographs of the model club for their upcoming issue on teen fashion. The shoot was held on Saturday in the Rooftop Legends Exhibition space.

YEAR FOUR PRODUCT DESIGN


Our Year Four just finished their first round inventions. Now they will use their product design skills to solve New York City problems!

Thursday, October 25, 2007

FILM STUDIO PROGRAM




Students are learning to edit clips and create movies!

GIANT COMIC IN ACTION











Oh yeah, We are rollin' now!

Monday, October 22, 2007

NEW SIGN FOR NEW DESIGN


Wondering where we are on the street? Worry no longer!

YEAR FOUR FUNDRAISER!







As part of their fundraising efforts for class trips, year four students are hosting a basketball fundraiser!

MODEL CLUB IN THE HOUSE!







As part of our fashion class students are learning to photograph their peers using digital cameras.

SOUND DESIGN WITH MTUME!







What does SOUND DESIGN look like? Our students mix beats to generate the hottest hits!

FILM CLUB IS BACK!







Join the hottest club at school! Alejandro Duran hosts this exciting group on Wednesdays and Thursdays!

GIANT COMIC WEEK IS BACK











The event you know and love is back for another season. This year students complete a small comic individually and then a large one in groups. Prizes are awarded for the funniest, most creative, weirdest, and best school scenario comic!