Parsons the New School for Design has announced it will establish a new academic center in Paris, opening in Summer 2013, which will build upon its long history of engagement and exchange with this world capital for art and culture. In 1921, Parsons became the first American art and design school to establish a campus in Paris. Among its achievements, Parsons Paris was the birthplace of the Parsons table, an icon of Modern design, in a studio led by the designer Jean-Michel Frank in the 1930s.
