Object Title
Audio interview with Wid Chapman
Part of
Collection: Radical Shifts: Reshaping the Interior at Parsons (1955-1985) oral history project
Material Category
Digital Audio
Description
Interviewed by Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, Wid Chapman discusses his role in the re-formation of a Bachelor of Fine Arts Interior Design degree in 1993, when the program was established as a field of study separate from the Environmental Design program. Chapman notes that the new program was propelled into being, at least in part, under the force of influence of alumni of the pre-Environmental Design program, who had never been happy that interior design had been absorbed into the broader environmental design curriculum. Chapman describes the program's strong connections with other interior design programs in New York City, comments upon the sea-change to the field with the introduction of computer-aided design, and describes the program as an "interesting combination of old and new" modes of teaching and thinking about interior design. He also discusses the establisment of a materials library and computer lab from a bequest by the estate of Parsons alum Angelo Donghia, and the school's affiliations with schools in Korea, Japan, the Dominican Republic, France, and, later, Malaysia and Singapore.
Date
November 11 2010
Related people
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Design Archives Parsons the New School for Design (publisher)
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Design Archives Parsons the New School for Design (producer)
Parsons School of Design. Environmental and Interior Design Department (subject)
Joanna Merwood-Salisbury (interviewer)
Wid Chapman (interviewee)
Language
English
Use Restrictions
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Identifier
PC070104_Chapman_20101111
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Material Category
Digital AudioDescription
Interviewed by Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, Wid Chapman discusses his role in the re-formation of a Bachelor of Fine Arts Interior Design degree in 1993, when the program was established as a field of study separate from the Environmental Design program. Chapman notes that the new program was propelled into being, at least in part, under the force of influence of alumni of the pre-Environmental Design program, who had never been happy that interior design had been absorbed into the broader environmental design curriculum. Chapman describes the program's strong connections with other interior design programs in New York City, comments upon the sea-change to the field with the introduction of computer-aided design, and describes the program as an "interesting combination of old and new" modes of teaching and thinking about interior design. He also discusses the establisment of a materials library and computer lab from a bequest by the estate of Parsons alum Angelo Donghia, and the school's affiliations with schools in Korea, Japan, the Dominican Republic, France, and, later, Malaysia and Singapore.Date
November 11 2010Related people
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Design Archives Parsons the New School for Design (publisher)Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Design Archives Parsons the New School for Design (producer)
Parsons School of Design. Environmental and Interior Design Department (subject)
Joanna Merwood-Salisbury (interviewer)
Wid Chapman (interviewee)
Language
EnglishUse Restrictions
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Identifier
PC070104_Chapman_20101111There’s more! What you see on this site is only what is viewable online. Please visit archives.newschool.edu to find out more about what’s in the archives.