Art in General and NDHS will be working together to produce a school store. Based on the work of Fawn Krieger, the school store will be mobile and sell products designed by students.
Friday, February 08, 2008
ART IN GENERAL and NDHS COLLAB
Art in General and NDHS will be working together to produce a school store. Based on the work of Fawn Krieger, the school store will be mobile and sell products designed by students.
INTERSESSION
In January we had 3 days of faculty designed classes that focused on interdisciplinary instruction. We offered classes such as Bike Krafting, T-Shirt Re- Construction, and Cheffery.
G-Class at New Museum
A group of our seniors will be having design class once a week at the New Museum of Contemporary Art. The class will examine the topic of neighborhood through the lense of art and design.
TENEMENT MUSEUM OPENING!
Ben and Alice show off their students' creation....SEAMS OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE. Done in conjunction with the Tenement Museum, the mural is for their new space!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Design 3 HOST VEHICLES
What will the future of public transport look like in NYC. Design 3 students designed these HOST vehicles to be the new people movers of the 21st century!
Friday, January 18, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
LABOR OF LOVE: the factory edition
February 14th is LABOR OF LOVE, our annual student showcase. Please come to the auditorium on the first floor to see work from the design studios and our after school programs. The show starts at 5 o’clock. Parents are more than welcome! There will be a special Valentine's Day School Dance following the show!
Friday, January 04, 2008
CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE- MODULAR DESIGN WEEK
Eric Ratkowski from the Center for Architecture helped our students create modular chairs from cardboard. Each chair was created in teams of four and was meant to hold the weight of an adult. Chairs were placed in the hallways to see the designs of all our students!
Friday, December 14, 2007
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.
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
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!
Friday, November 02, 2007
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