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Dwell's Editor in Chief Amanda Dameron recently quoted Lucia DeRespinis, industrial designer and adjunct industrial design professor, in her Editor's Note column on women in design. As a woman, DeRespinis faced assumptions about her technical proficiency. “Only once people…
Treehugger recently featured Pratt and Herman Miller's “Body and Mind” collaboration, which challenged industrial design students to create designs that balance body and mind in ways that potentially increase health benefits and elevate mood and productivity while providing…
Undergraduate and graduate industrial design students from Pratt Institute, who participated in an intensive, year-long collaboration with Herman Miller to design furniture that promotes physical and mental well-being, will present an exhibition of work as part of the 24th…
Pratt Institute industrial design students Sejung Oh and Sang Yoon-Lee were awarded the top two prizes and Andrew An, David Krawczyk, and Caleb Ferris (also undergraduates in Pratt's Department of Industrial Design) were awarded honorable mention from the Illuminating…
The New York Times Magazine quoted Industrial Design Professor Bruce Hannah on the iconic butterfly chair design in its March 11 issue. Hannah was quoted in a column, titled “Who Made That?,” that focuses on the origins and…
Design Milk blog recently featured Pratt's Industrial Design department in a post on how young designers are learning and what tools they are using in design education. Associate Professor Jonathan Thayer was interviewed for the post on the…
