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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…
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…
City and Regional Planning
Five undergraduate and graduate Pratt Institute students have been selected to participate in the Community Mobility Challenge as part of the 2017 Innovate NYC program, which provides students with the opportunity to learn valuable entrepreneurial skills and tackle real-life…
Fashion
Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, adjunct associate professor of industrial design and fashion design, has designed a number of high-tech costumes for the Brooklyn Ballet’s production of The Brooklyn Nutcracker, which was performed for sold-out audiences at the Brooklyn Museum from December 7-9…
School of Design
Selected Pratt students from a range of disciplines are taking advantage of a unique opportunity to work collaboratively to solve challenging problems through the Institute’s recent partnership with Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Lehigh’s Mountaintop Program is an innovative 8-…
Giving
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…
Architecture
A Mars transit habitat project designed by Pratt architecture and industrial design students was on view at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan from July 13–18. The project was the result of a challenge presented by NASA,…
Adjunct Associate Professor Linda Celentano (B.F.A. Industrial Design ’80) was presented with the Rowena Reed Kostellow (RRK) Award for her support and enhancement of the industrial design profession at a ceremony on April 26 at the Humanscale showroom in Manhattan.
With the arrival of spring and the celebration of Earth Day 2016 on April 22, Frank Millero, visiting assistant professor of industrial design, shares thoughts on how to be a great sustainable designer. He teaches the course Sustainability and…
Pratt is participating in NYCxDESIGN, New York City’s official citywide celebration of design, through a variety of exhibitions and presentations of student, faculty, and alumni work. Highlights are listed below. Pratt Design 2016 May 12–16 Pratt Design 2016: This exhibition,…
