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  • Caspar Lam

    Assistant Professor of Communication Design

    Email
    lamc@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    L - 2 West 13th Street

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    Caspar Lam

    Profile

    Caspar Lam is a designer and partner at Synoptic Office, a multidisciplinary design studio operating in the space between design, technology and education. The studio’s work has been exhibited internationally and recognized by Fast Company Design, iDn, Neshan, Etapes, and It’s Nice That. 

    Caspar holds an MFA from Yale and degrees in biology and design from the University of Texas at Austin. He formerly led design and digital strategy at Artstor, a Mellon-funded non-profit developing digital products related to metadata and publishing for institutions like Harvard, Cornell, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He has worked with the Guggenheim Museum, the Yale School of Architecture, and at Li, Inc. on fashion brands including Ohne Titel and Vogue China. Adobe, AIGA, and the ID Annual Design Review have recognized his work.

    He has been a visiting critic at the Hong Kong Design Institute and served as an Adjunct Associate Research Scholar at Columbia University’s GSAPP. He currently is an Assistant Professor of Communication Design at Parsons School of Design and sits on the board of directors of AIGA NY.


    Portfolio

    Synoptic Office


    Future Courses

    CD Studio: Dig Product Design
    PSAM 2120, Fall 2024

    Core 1: Typography Studio
    PUCD 2025, Fall 2024

    Past Courses

    Currents
    PSAM 3060, Fall 2023

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