School of Design

Fashion

Homecoming Show Marks Pratt Fashion’s Long-Awaited Return to the Runway

For the first time since 2019, the annual runway show spotlighting the graduating fashion students returned to an in-person event. Themed on Homecoming, this year’s Pratt Shows: Fashion curated showcase was held in Building 77 at the Brooklyn Navy…

Foundation

Pop-Up Runway and Gallery on Myrtle Ave

On a recent spring weekend, Pratt Institute students transformed Myrtle Avenue Plaza just outside the Brooklyn campus into a public showcase of sculpture, video, performance, fashion, photography, and more. The ongoing Foundation Expanded: Myrtle Ave Public Projects (MAPP) initiative…

Graduate Industrial Design

Industrial Design Duo’s Material Research Project Is a 2022 Lexus Design Award Finalist

Charlotte Böhning, MID ‘23 and Mary Lempres, BFA Fine Arts (Painting) ’18; MID ’23, have been named finalists in the 2022 Lexus Design Award global competition. The award invites young creative talent from around the globe to develop original…

School of Architecture

Pratt Shows 2022 Is Fully Underway with In-Person Events, Exhibitions & More

Excitement is building across campus as Pratt Shows, the annual series of public presentations and exhibitions of work by Pratt’s graduating class, gathers momentum this spring. Featuring the best work from the Schools of Architecture, Art, Design, Information, and…

School of Architecture

New Diamonstein-Spielvogel Fellowship Program Will Bolster the Study of Climate Change in Architecture and Design

Pratt Institute is launching a new fellowship program in design and architecture thanks to the generosity of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation, chaired by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel. It will be awarded to two first-year graduate students, one in the School of Architecture and…

School of Design

DIY Robots that Share Storytelling and STEM Learning

Using circuit boards, coding, and stories from fairy tales and fantasy, Pratt Institute undergraduate industrial design students recently engaged middle school students in robotics through STEM learning kits. One by Thyan Zou, BID ’22, references Hans Christian Andersen’s “Little Ida’s…

Fashion

Alumna Jane Nord Creates Pratt’s First Named Professorship to Cultivate the Next Generation of Fashion Designers

Through the generosity of alumna Jane B. Nord, Pratt Institute announces its first named professorship. The $3.5 million-dollar rotating endowed professorship position will be for a faculty member in the School of Design’s Department of Fashion. It will bolster Pratt’s…

Graduate Communications Design

Associate Professor Gaia Hwang Named Chair of Graduate Communications Design

Gaia Hwang has been appointed chair of graduate communications design in Pratt Institute’s School of Design. She assumed the role in January 2022. Hwang’s accomplished work in design and education is complemented by a focus on interdisciplinary practices. Her current…

Graduate Communications Design

Exploring Togetherness through Design

Finding ways to be with others has been a challenge throughout this period of pandemic isolation and social distancing, and an important reminder of the value that individuals and communities place on being together. How do we overcome not only…

Fashion

A Campus Garden Flourishes with Flowers for Natural Dyes

Cultivating beds of indigo, marigolds, dahlias, hibiscus, and goldenrod, Pratt Institute students are exploring how to make natural dyes from seed to harvest. The Textile Dye Garden was planted in Cannoneer Court on the Brooklyn campus this year, and…