Rama Chorpash
Founding Director, MFA Industrial Design, Parsons School of Design

Rama Chorpash is the founding director of the MFA Industrial Design program at Parsons School of Design in New York City, where he is a tenured associate professor. Before shaping this forward-thinking graduate program, he was director of BFA Product Design, Parsons and BS Industrial Design, University of the Arts. His pedagogy cultivates critical making; exploring what products are, what they could be, and how they might tangibly posit positive change in an uncertain world.

While engaged as an academic, Rama Chorpash also balances a creative-practice where he has worked with clients such as Victorinox Swiss Army, Ikea, and Swatch Watch. His designs have traversed a broad spectrum of project types, from innovative office furniture for Herman Miller to a celebratory roller-skate disco in Central Park with avaf and the Public Art Fund in Central Park. Embedded in each project is an exploration of social-use.

Work has exhibited coast to coast, from the Museum of Modern Art, New York to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He has had feature profiles in publications such as The New York Times Style Magazine, The New Yorker, and Co.Design | Fast Company. He has had the honor of being listed by Elle Décor as one of the ten most influential people in design.

Other Jury Members 2021
Anders Bang Kiertzner Senior Design & Innovation Strategist, MONOLITH
Anders Bang Kiertzner
Anders Bang Kiertzner Senior Design & Innovation Strategist, MONOLITH
Lene Tanggaard Cand. psych., PhD, Principle and Professor at the Design School Kolding
Lene Tanggaard
Lene Tanggaard Cand. psych., PhD, Principle and Professor at the Design School Kolding
Anders Lendager CEO and Founder, Lendager Group
Anders Lendager
Anders Lendager CEO and Founder, Lendager Group
Tue Mantoni Chairman, Investor and Advisor
Tue Mantoni
Tue Mantoni Chairman, Investor and Advisor
Mikkel Jespersen CEO og Co-founder af 1508
Mikkel Jespersen
Mikkel Jespersen CEO og Co-founder af 1508
Lars Ploug-Sørensen Senior Project Director PDP, Danfoss Drives
Lars Ploug-Sørensen
Lars Ploug-Sørensen Senior Project Director PDP, Danfoss Drives
Simon Boas Hoffmeyer Senior Director, Sustainability & Communications in the Carlsberg Group
Simon Boas Hoffmeyer
Simon Boas Hoffmeyer Senior Director, Sustainability & Communications in the Carlsberg Group
Anne-Louise Sommer Museum Director, Adj. Professor
Anne-Louise Sommer
Anne-Louise Sommer Museum Director, Adj. Professor
Christina Halskov Co-Founder, Halskov & Dalsgaard design
Christina Halskov
Christina Halskov Co-Founder, Halskov & Dalsgaard design
Nina Tolstrup Designer and Co-founder of Studiomama
Nina Tolstrup
Nina Tolstrup Designer and Co-founder of Studiomama
Philip Linnemann Creative Director at Kontrapunkt
Philip Linnemann
Philip Linnemann Creative Director at Kontrapunkt
Dr. Vanessa Julia Carpenter Founder & Design Researcher at Kintsugi Design
Dr. Vanessa Julia Carpenter
Dr. Vanessa Julia Carpenter Founder & Design Researcher at Kintsugi Design
Rosan Bosch Founder and Creative Director, Rosan Bosch Studio
Rosan Bosch
Rosan Bosch Founder and Creative Director, Rosan Bosch Studio
Erik Balck Sørensen Partner, Vaekstfonden Venture
Erik Balck Sørensen
Erik Balck Sørensen Partner, Vaekstfonden Venture
Pil Bredahl Designer and owner of Pil Bredahl Design
Pil Bredahl
Pil Bredahl Designer and owner of Pil Bredahl Design