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  • Yvette Chaparro

    Assistant Professor of Product and Industrial Design

    Email
    chaparry@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    Parsons Faculty Hotseat

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    Yvette Chaparro

    Profile

    Yvette Chaparro is an Associate Professor of Product and Industrial Design in the School of Constructed Environments.

    She is an educator, researcher, and industrial designer. Her studio’s clients include Restoration Hardware, Ammara Designs, Villeroy & Boch, Kate Spade, Prym Consumer, West Elm, Ralph Lauren, and others. She also served as brand leader for Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, and other brands while working for Global Brands Group and Springs Global.

    Yvette has served as the director of the MFA Industrial Design programme (2020-2024) and is currently the interim director (2026-2027). She has been teaching product and industrial design at Parsons since 2015 and has also taught at the Academy of Art University.

    As a researcher, she focuses on design pedagogy, interdisciplinary collaboration, terminology in design, modularity in families of objects, and typology. She has collaborated with Michele Gorman (Interior Design) and Preeti Gopinath (Textiles) in A Decolonized & Decarbonized Dinner Party since 2022 (https://event.newschool.edu/dddinerparty2026).

    Degrees Held

    PhD, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

    MID, Master of Industrial Design, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

    5yr. Professional Degree in Industrial Design, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia

    Recent Publications

    Gorman, M., Chaparro, Y., Gopinath, P., (2022) A Decolonized & Decarbonized Dinner Party. Parsons / The New School. NYC. ISSUU

    Gorman, M., Chaparro, Y., Gopinath, P., (2024) A Decolonized & Decarbonized Dinner Party. Vol.2. Parsons / The New School. NYC. ISSUU

    Gorman, M., Chaparro, Y., Gopinath, P. (2025) A Decolonized & Decarbonized Dinner Party. Vol. 3. Parsons / The New School. NYC. ISSUU

     

    Research Interests

    Design pedagogy, interdisciplinary collaboration, terminology in design, modularity in families of objects, typology, decolonizing&decarbonizing in design.

    Portfolio

    https://yvettechaparro.com

    Future Courses

    ARS: Constructed Environments
    PLSD 3500, Fall 2026

    Design Studio 1
    PGIN 5100, Fall 2026

    Design Studio 6
    PUPD 4011, Spring 2027

    Urban Glass
    PSCE 5085, Fall 2026

    Past Courses

    ARS: Constructed Environments
    PLSD 3500, Fall 2025

    Design Studio 1
    PGIN 5100, Fall 2025

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