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Across industries, Pratt alumni have been influential in reimagining and reshaping the way we live, responding to the challenges, needs, and questions of their times. Part five of six from Prattfolio’s feature on Pratt alumni leading the way in a changing…
Graduate Industrial Design
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…
Graduate Interior Design
According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, there are 65.3 million people around the world today who have been forced from their homes, including 21.3 million refugees—the highest levels of displacement on record. As…
Professor of Interior Design Jon Otis has been selected by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) as its 2017 IIDA Educator of the Year. The IIDA is the commercial interior design association that supports design professionals, educators, students, firms,…
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…
Graduate and undergraduate interior design students and faculty from Pratt participated in the SOFA CHICAGO (Sculptural Objects Functional Art + Design) CONNECT competition this fall for the fourth consecutive year. The annual art and design fair, which draws more than…
Alison Snyder has been appointed chair of the Department of Interior Design at Pratt Institute. She assumed the role on August 1, 2016, succeeding acting chair Karin Tehve, who has stepped down after two years of service to join the…
Architecture
Pratt Institute’s interior design programs and undergraduate architecture program are ranked among the top 10 in the country according to America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools 2017, the newest edition of the annual survey of industry professionals coordinated by DesignIntelligence…
Fashion
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,…
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…
