The Festival of New

Have you ever failed? Well, if so, you have something in common with the most creative people in the world. Over the last seven years, Parsons faculty John Sharp and Colleen Macklin have interviewed creative practitioners to see how they manage the inevitable failures involved in their work. Their secret? Iteration. Or in the words of Samuel Beckett, learning to "fail better.”

Join Macklin and Sharp in a hands-on creativity workshop to imagine a better future through failing better. The workshop will use techniques learned from a variety of fields and practitioners—from chefs to skateboarders, filmmakers to winemakers, and toy designers to comedians.