School of Design

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Video Spotlight: Megan Lighty (B.I.D. ’17) Designs Legends 2016 Award

Earlier this year, Megan Lighty (B.I.D. ’17) was selected to design the award for Legends 2016, Pratt Institute’s annual scholarship benefit honoring icons of art and design whose works have helped shape the cultural landscape. Pratt’s…

Graduate Interior Design

SOFA CHICAGO Art and Design Fair Features Work by Interior Design Students and Faculty

Graduate and undergraduate interior design students and faculty from Pratt participated in the SOFA CHICAGO (Sculptural Objects Functional Art + Design) CONNECT competition this fall for the fourth consecutive year. The annual art and design fair, which draws more than…

Graduate Interior Design

Alison Snyder Selected as Chair of Interior Design Department

Alison Snyder has been appointed chair of the Department of Interior Design at Pratt Institute. She assumed the role on August 1, 2016, succeeding acting chair Karin Tehve, who has stepped down after two years of service to join the…

Graduate Industrial Design

Dubai Design Week Showcases Work by Industrial Design Students and Recent Graduates

The second annual Dubai Design Week, an event held in Dubai from October 24-29, featured designs from Pratt students and recent graduates for its Global Grad Show, the world’s largest gathering of student innovators. The Global Grad Show is an…

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Professor Scott Menchin Illustrates Presidential Debate Live for The New York Times

On Wednesday, October 19, Scott Menchin, adjunct professor of undergraduate communications design, illustrated the final televised presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump live for the New York Times on Facebook. During the real-time drawing, people watching…

Architecture

DesignIntelligence Ranks Pratt Among Top 10 Colleges for Interior Design and Architecture

Pratt Institute’s interior design programs and undergraduate architecture program are ranked among the top 10 in the country according to America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools 2017, the newest edition of the annual survey of industry professionals coordinated by DesignIntelligence…

Fashion

Fashion Alumna Camerin Stoldt Shows Thesis Collection during New York Fashion Week 2016

Recent Pratt Institute alumna Camerin Stoldt (B.F.A. Fashion Design ’16) presented her 2016 thesis collection during New York Fashion Week at Ralph Pucci International Showroom in Manhattan. Her 10-piece collection was displayed on mannequins, creating a still-life runway in the…

Fashion

From the Stage to the Runway: The Creative Frontier of Music and Fashion

The longstanding relationship between fashion and music has recently taken on new energy and direction, from the resurgence of music videos to musical artists such as Kanye West who are making their own forays into fashion design. With the arrival…

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Vogue Pictorial Features Pratt Interior Design Students’ Exhibition at Noguchi Museum

A fashion pictorial in the August 2016 issue of Vogue features work in a recent exhibition by Pratt graduate interior design students at The Noguchi Museum in New York City. The summer fashion feature, which credits the students and their…

Graduate Communications Design

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

At its 2016 Art of Packaging Award Gala, a glamorous event that celebrates excellence in packaging design, Pratt Institute honored Jean Madar, chairman of the board and CEO at Inter Parfums, Inc., and introduced the recipient of the new Marc…