School of Design

Graduate Communications Design

Pratt Institute Hosts Comic Arts Brooklyn with Hundreds of Artists and Publishers

The ninth annual Comic Arts Brooklyn festival of comics and cartoon art came to Pratt’s Brooklyn campus on November 11, providing a glimpse at the past, present, and future of comics creation and culture. Co-hosted by Pratt Institute and…

Graduate Industrial Design

Dubai Design Week 2017 Show Features Work by Pratt Industrial Design Students and Recent Graduates

The designs of nine Pratt industrial design students and recent graduates are being featured at the third annual Dubai Design Week, which is being held from November 13-18. Their work is on view at the fair’s Global Grad Show,…

Architecture

Pratt Students Curate Interactive Exhibition from New York Public Library Picture Collection

A group of Pratt Institute students recently used images from the New York Public Library (NYPL) Picture Collection to curate The Naming of Things, an interactive exhibition on view at the Pratt Photography Gallery this fall. The show explores…

Graduate Communications Design

Pratt Art-Science Residents Create Interactive Programming for Oregon Music and Arts Festival

A group of artists and scientists in residence at Pratt Institute—including Pratt graduate students Ian Montgomery (M.S. Package Design ’18) and Cassandra Flores (M.S. Museums and Digital Culture ’18), and faculty members Romie Littrell, Visiting Assistant Professor of Math…

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Alumni Design Team Ben Gould and Dawn Mostow Win Prestigious World of WearableArt Award

Ben Gould (B.I.D. ’08) and Dawn Mostow (M.F.A. New Forms ’08) won the Wearable Technology Award for their Labyrinth Gown at this year’s 29th annual World of WearableArt (WOW) Awards, the world’s leading wearable art design competition. Labyrinth Gown and…

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Pratt Institute and Lehigh University Students Use Design to Change Perceptions of Mental Illness

A group of six Pratt students from a range of disciplines traveled to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, this summer to participate in Lehigh University’s Mountaintop Program, in which students collaborate in teams to solve problems with real-world implications. Work by one…

Fashion

Fashion Alumna Jessie Sodetz Shows Thesis Collection During New York Fashion Week 2017

Recent Pratt Institute alumna Jessie Sodetz (B.F.A. Fashion Design ’17) presented her 2017 thesis collection during New York Fashion Week at Ralph Pucci International Showroom in Manhattan. Her 10-piece collection, which combines Sodetz’s love for illustration with fashion, was…

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Jessica Wexler Appointed Chair of Undergraduate Communications Design Department

Design educator and graphic designer Jessica Wexler has been selected as chair of the Undergraduate Communications Design Department within the School of Design. She assumed the role on August 1, 2017. Wexler has a breadth of experience both as…

Fashion

The Transformers: Shaheen and Linda Sadeghi (both BFA Fashion Design ’77)

Across industries, Pratt alumni have been influential in
reimagining and reshaping the way we live, responding
to the challenges, needs, and questions of their times. Part five of six from Prattfolio’s feature on Pratt alumni leading the way in a changing…

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The Transformers: Finn Yonkers, BID ’91

Across industries, Pratt alumni have been influential in
reimagining and reshaping the way we live, responding
to the challenges, needs, and questions of their times. Part five of six from Prattfolio’s feature on Pratt alumni leading the way in a changing…