Design Life: An Interview with SVA Alumnus Ambar Margarida
Ambar Margarida (BFA 2009 Interior Design) came to New York in pursuit of a design education, but has found life after college to be more than she could have imagined.
BFA Interior Design’s Illya Azaroff Heads Post-Sandy Task Force
BFA Interior Design faculty member Illya Azaroff is spearheading a post-Hurricane Sandy task force, formed by the American Institute of Architects’ New York chapter, to assess the effects of climate change on New York City. Azaroff is the co-chair and co-founder of AIA New York’s Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee, which is leading this [...]
Q&A with Jane Smith of Spacesmith on Designing at SVA
When it came time to select a firm to design the space for the MFA Design for Social Innovation Department (MFADSI), now in its inaugural year, chair Cheryl Heller tapped BFA Interior Design Department Chair Jane Smith. Aside from serving on the faculty at SVA, Smith is also a partner at the architecture and interior [...]
