Innovation Center

The Innovation Center

At the Innovation Center, we foster creativity and collaboration to drive transdisciplinary exploration, shaping new experiences, applied research, and future-facing ventures.

The Innovation Center at The New School brings together the AI, XR, and Quantum Labs to collaborate with faculty, students, and external partners on the design, prototyping, and application of emerging technologies across creative practice, education, and applied research. Operating at the intersection of technology, art, design, social research, and the performing arts, the Center translates ideas into real-world outcomes.

The Center functions as a platform for co-creation and applied experimentation. Through industry and cultural partnerships, academic programs, design jams, hackathons, public events, and publications, we develop immersive projects, research-informed initiatives, exhibitions, performances, and digital activations. Our work emphasizes user-centered design, ethical engagement, and social impact advancing future-facing narratives and building meaningful experiences, prototypes, and ventures that extend into the world.

Partnerships & Collaboration

The Innovation Center works in close collaboration with industry partners, startups, cultural institutions, nonprofits, and public-sector organizations to co-design and pilot real-world applications of emerging technologies. These partnerships extend learning beyond the classroom and lab, enabling students and faculty to work alongside practitioners on applied research, immersive experiences, exhibitions, and experimental prototypes. Grounded in real constraints, real audiences, and real-world contexts, this model prepares participants for emerging creative and professional landscapes. Partners gain early insight into emerging practices while contributing to future-facing projects informed by foresight, creativity, and ethical responsibility.