School of Design

Graduate Communications Design

Pratt Bids Farewell to Several Retiring Faculty Members

This spring Pratt Institute celebrates the legacies of several retiring faculty members whose teaching and presence on campus contributed to the academic richness of the college. Philip Ayers joined the Pratt faculty in 2005. An associate professor in foundation…

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Roxane Gay, Nick Cave, and Nancy Spector Are Honored at Pratt’s 2019 Commencement

In her address at Pratt Institute’s 130th Commencement on May 20, author and cultural critic Roxane Gay urged graduating students not to be complacent as they move through the world, and to help others by being willing to “make…

Fashion

Fashion Seniors Present Pratt Shows: Fashion “Really Good” to a Packed House at Spring Studios

Pratt Institute presented its 120th annual runway show on May 9 at Spring Studios in Manhattan as part of Pratt Shows, the Institute’s curated showcase by the 2019 graduating class. The show, titled “Really Good,” spotlighted the extraordinary work of…

Fashion

Pratt Participates in NYCxDESIGN 2019

From a colossal xylophone in Times Square to visions for a bathroom of the future, Pratt Institute showcased innovative design at NYCxDESIGN 2019. The annual celebration of global design included exhibitions, fairs, dialogues, and performances around New York City…

Graduate Interior Design

Crit: Music, Media, Feminism, and Interior Design

From the pages of Prattfolio, this article is part of a series of conversations among faculty and students on the subject of student work. This installment features Sarah Strauss, Visiting Associate Professor of Interior…

Graduate Communications Design

Building on the Hudson Valley’s Brickmaking Past, a Pratt Team Trains a New Generation of Makers

The shore of the Kingston Point Beach is a gradient of red descending into the Hudson River. Visitors who walk on its rosy ground will notice that it is strewn with eroded chunks of bricks, many…

Graduate Industrial Design

Rowena Reed Kostellow Fund Honors Industrial Design Alumni at 2019 Awards Ceremony

This year the Rowena Reed Kostellow Fund honored two sets of Pratt classmates for their achievements in industrial design. Deane and Sandra Richardson, ID ‘57, who both studied with Kostellow, were honored with…

Graduate Interior Design

Professor Deborah Schneiderman Receives Pratt’s Inaugural Research Recognition Award 2019-20

Deborah Schneiderman, Interior Design Professor in the School of Design, is the inaugural recipient of Pratt’s new Research Recognition Award. This award joins the annual Distinguished Teacher Award as a special opportunity for the Pratt community to recognize the…

Graduate Communications Design

Animation Career Review Ranks Pratt among Top Schools for Graphic Design and Illustration

Pratt Institute is rated one of the country's top graphic design and illustration colleges in the 2019 rankings published by Animation Career Review (ACR), a comprehensive online resource for aspiring professionals in animation, digital art, game design, graphic design,…

Graduate Interior Design

Japanese Mending Inspires Students for 2019 DIFFA Dining by Design Installation

In the Japanese art of kintsugi, broken pottery is repaired with gold lacquer. Pratt interior design graduate students were inspired by this mending technique in their dining environment concept for the annual Design Industries Foundation Fighting…