School of Design Archives

Simon Doonan of Barneys New York to Present Honoree Award at 2016 Pratt Institute Fashion Show

Barneys New York creative ambassador-at-large Simon Doonan will present the Pratt Fashion Award for Lifetime Achievement to Harold Koda, former curator in charge at The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, at the Pratt Institute Fashion Show + Cocktail Benefit on May 5.

Graduate Interior Design

Interior Design Students Create Installation for DIFFA’s Dining by Design New York Event

Students from Pratt Institute’s Interior Design Department created a unique tabletop installation for Dining by Design 2016, an event held by the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) from March 17-21. The annual event, which runs concurrently with the Architectural…

Fashion

Video: Fashion Alumna Kasia Wisniewski Builds Her Business at the BF+DA

After working for several years in luxury womenswear, Kasia Wisniewski (B.F.A. Fashion Design ’10) started the company Collected Edition to design jewelry, accessories, and home products at the intersection of modern manufacturing and handcraft. Wisniewski is developing her business…

Architecture

Pratt Shows 2016 to Celebrate Best Work of Graduating Students

Pratt Institute will display graduating students’ best work in a series of year-end events and exhibitions this spring. Pratt Shows 2016 will allow the general public an exciting opportunity to view the outstanding work of Pratt’s talented students. Pratt Shows…

Fashion

Pratt Fashion Show + Cocktail Benefit to Be Held May 5

On May 5, the 2016 Pratt Institute Fashion Show + Cocktail Benefit will spotlight inventive student designs from graduating seniors in its 117th runway show. At this year’s event, Pratt Institute will honor Harold Koda, former curator in charge of…

Graduate Communications Design

What’s in a Logo? The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Controversial Logo Redesign

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) recently redesigned its logo to much criticism in the press. Pratt Institute’s Communications Design faculty member Graham Hanson, president and chief creative director at GHD, discusses the rationale behind these types of rebranding efforts…

Fashion

U.S. News & World Report Runs Feature Story on Wearable Technology Studio at Pratt

U.S. News & World Report has published a significant feature article about the wearable technology studio class taught by Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, adjunct associate professor of industrial design and fashion, and Pratt’s ongoing wearable technology collaboration with NASA. The article, “Designers,…

Fashion

Are Fashion Shows Going Out of Season?

Some designers are opting out of having a traditional runway show during New York Fashion Week (NYFW). Fashion Department Chair Jennifer Minniti talks about the recent change. What is driving this departure from runway shows during NYFW? Social media, technology,…

School of Architecture

Changes in US-Cuba Relations Inspire New Pratt Academic Initiatives and Travel to Cuba

Recent changes in United States policy toward Cuba are opening up new potential for educational exchange and travel between the two countries. Pratt Institute is offering new opportunities for Pratt students, faculty, and alumni to visit Cuba to explore its…

School of Design

Alumnus Johnnie Christmas Teams with Renowned Author Margaret Atwood on New Graphic Novel

Pratt alumnus and artist Johnnie Christmas (B.F.A. Communications Design '01) has collaborated with Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood on her first and widely anticipated graphic novel, Angel Catbird, to be published in the fall of 2016. Angel Catbird will be…