Get in touch—
parsonsmadeleine@gmail.com
About —
Madeleine Parsons is a writer and designer based in Brooklyn. She is a creative writing MFA candidate at Hunter College, the creative director at Colony, and an adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design. She writes Design in Verse, a newsletter on the dialogue between literature and design.
At Hunter, she was awarded a Sainsbury Research Fellowship with author Ed Park. Her writing has been published in Wrong House, Upstate Woman and Design Milk and she has forthcoming fiction in 3:AM Magazine. Her design work has been featured in NY Mag, Elle Decor, Wallpaper*, SightUnseen and Surface. She is working on a personal essay collection which examines how the built environment shapes and reflects our interior lives.
Writing —
Upstate Woman, 2025 (print): Amalia Graziani: A Long Project, Where Callisto Meets Vision / Wrong House, 2025: When the Whole Distorts the Parts / Newsletter, 2025: Design In Verse / Design Milk, 2018: Coast to Coast Lands in Detroit
Exhibitions —
Colony Residency 2025 / Colony Residency, 2024 / Colony Residency, 2023 / The Knockoff Show, 2023 / Pas de Deux, 2019 / Balance/Unbalanced, 2018 / Lightness, The Full Spectrum, 2017
Interiors —
Williamsburg Townhouse / Hilltop Hideaway / Tribeca Loft / Bed-Stuy Townhouse
