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Two Pratt Fashion Students Participate in Design for Disability Initiative

Emily Ridings (B.F.A. Fashion Design ’18) and Dominique Kelly (B.F.A. Fashion Design ’18) recently participated in a Cerebral Palsy Foundation initiative in which students from Pratt Institute, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and Parsons School of Design teamed up…

Fashion

New York Times Features Recent Fashion Graduate Ray Liu as One of Six Emerging Designers to Watch

The New York Times named Ray Liu (B.F.A. Fashion ’17) as one of “6 Designers (Straight Out of School) to Know” from around the world in a recent T Magazine pictorial. The June 9 feature, written by T’s market…

Graduate Industrial Design

Design for the Mind: How Can Design Address the Needs of those Living with Alzheimer’s Disease?

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than five million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease today. By 2050, this number could rise as high as 16 million. In this “Faculty Insight” column, Alex Schweder, visiting associate professor of interior…

Graduate Interior Design

Refugees Around the World Spur Pratt Students and Faculty to Develop New Ideas and Designs

According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, there are 65.3 million people around the world today who have been forced from their homes, including 21.3 million refugees—the highest levels of displacement on record. As…

Graduate Interior Design

Noguchi Museum Showcases Work by Interior Design Students in Third Annual Exhibition

Each spring, Pratt graduate interior design students collaborate with The Noguchi Museum, located in Long Island City, Queens, for Noguchi + Pratt, an exhibition of Isamu Noguchi-inspired work. This year’s exhibition, which was on view at The Noguchi Museum…

Graduate Interior Design

International Interior Design Association Names Professor Jon Otis 2017 Educator of the Year

Professor of Interior Design Jon Otis has been selected by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) as its 2017 IIDA Educator of the Year. The IIDA is the commercial interior design association that supports design professionals, educators, students, firms,…

Graduate Industrial Design

Pratt Showcases Student and Faculty Work at NYCxDESIGN 2017

Pratt Institute students and faculty participated in NYCxDESIGN 2017, New York City’s official citywide celebration of design, through a variety of exhibitions and presentations of work in venues around the city from May 3-24. Work by Pratt students…

Graduate Communications Design

Pratt Celebrates Marc Rosen Scholarship and Education Fund for Packaging by Design at 2017 Gala

At its 2017 Art of Packaging Award Gala, a glamorous event that celebrates excellence in packaging design, Pratt Institute honored Batallure Beauty’s Chairman and Co-Founder Robin Burns-McNeil and its President, CEO, and Co-Founder Sam Ghusson. Proceeds from the event,…

Fashion

Practice: From the Studio of Professor Susan Cianciolo

From the pages of Prattfolio, this article is part of a series exploring the artistic and professional practice of Pratt faculty through visits to their studios and workspaces. Here, Prattfolio looks inside the studio of artist Susan Cianciolo, Assistant…

Graduate Industrial Design

CBS Moneywatch Features Aaron Nesser (M.I.D ’17) in Article About Sustainable Footwear

Pratt Institute student Aaron Nesser (M.I.D. ’17) was quoted in a CBS MoneyWatch article about footwear made from biological materials. The April 18 article by Irina Ivanova explored how a new shoe set to be released from Reebok this…