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D-Crit Thesis Symposium and 2NDFL Issue Two Launch

MA Design Research, Writing, and Criticism

May 15, 2026; 5:00 - 8:00pm

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Past Events

D-Crit Summer Intensive Virtual Info Session and Q&A

MA Design Research, Writing, and Criticism

Mar 4, 2026; 12:00 - 1:00pm

Online

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Information Session

D-Crit Spring Kickoff Salon and Spring Cleaning

MA Design Research, Writing, and Criticism

Jan 13, 2026; 6:00 - 8:00pm

MA Design Research, Writing, and Criticism

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MA Design Research, Writing, and Criticism Virtual Info Session

MA Design Research, Writing, and Criticism

Jan 7, 2026; 12:00 - 1:00pm

Online

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Information Session

The Machine Is the Message: Writing and Reading in the Age of AI

MA Design Research, Writing, and Criticism

Graduate Center

Red flyer for D-Crit’s The Machine is the Message talk, featuring Droitcour, Gharavi, and Kuang, Nov 20 at 6:30 PM ET.

Graduate Programs Combined Portfolio Review and Info Session

MFA Visual NarrativeMFA Photography, Video, and Related MediaMFA Products of DesignMFA Illustration as Visual EssayMFA Interaction DesignMPS Fashion PhotographyMFA Fine ArtsMPS Data Visualization and CommunicationMPS Film DirectingMFA Design for Social InnovationMFA DesignMA Design Research, Writing, and CriticismMPS Digital PhotographyMA Curatorial PracticeMFA Computer ArtsMPS BrandingMPS Art TherapyMA/MAT Art Education

Nov 8, 2025; 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Graduate Center

Information Session

MA Design Research, Writing, and Criticism Virtual Info Session

MA Design Research, Writing, and Criticism

Oct 28, 2025; 12:00 - 1:00pm

Online

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Information Session

2NDFL: Dispatches from D-Crit

MA Design Research, Writing, and Criticism

2NDFL: Dispatches from D-Crit

New Platforms for Publishing: The Thing Magazine & The Whitney Review

MA Design Research, Writing, and Criticism

Graduate Center

Issues of The Whitney Review with hands on top of them

Jeppe Ugelvig, "Critical Content: Media Work in an Economy of Influence"

MA Design Research, Writing, and Criticism

MA Design Research, Writing, and Criticism

Cover image from Viscose, a journal for fashion criticism

Danah Abdulla: Transforming Design Education in the Arab Region

MA Design Research, Writing, and Criticism

MA Design Research, Writing, and Criticism

Danah Abdulla, "Transforming Design Education in the Arab Region"