Undergraduate

Graduate Interior Design

SOFA CHICAGO Art and Design Fair Features Work by Interior Design Students and Faculty

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…

Graduate Interior Design

Alison Snyder Selected as Chair of Interior Design Department

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…

School of Design

Professor Scott Menchin Illustrates Presidential Debate Live for The New York Times

On Wednesday, October 19, Scott Menchin, adjunct professor of undergraduate communications design, illustrated the final televised presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump live for the New York Times on Facebook. During the real-time drawing, people watching…

Architecture

DesignIntelligence Ranks Pratt Among Top 10 Colleges for Interior Design and 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

Fashion Alumna Camerin Stoldt Shows Thesis Collection during New York Fashion Week 2016

Recent Pratt Institute alumna Camerin Stoldt (B.F.A. Fashion Design ’16) presented her 2016 thesis collection during New York Fashion Week at Ralph Pucci International Showroom in Manhattan. Her 10-piece collection was displayed on mannequins, creating a still-life runway in the…

Fashion

From the Stage to the Runway: The Creative Frontier of Music and Fashion

The longstanding relationship between fashion and music has recently taken on new energy and direction, from the resurgence of music videos to musical artists such as Kanye West who are making their own forays into fashion design. With the arrival…

Architecture

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Features Mars Transit Habitat Designed by Students

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,…

Fashion

Pop Icon Rihanna Wears Thesis Garment by 2016 Graduate Isabel Hall in Music Video

A little more than a month after fashion design student Isabel Hall (B.F.A. Fashion Design ’16) showed her senior thesis collection at the 2016 Pratt Institute Fashion Show at Spring Studios, pop icon Rihanna wore one of Hall’s thesis garments,…

School of Design

Industrial Design Alumna and Professor Linda Celentano Honored at Rowena Reed Kostellow Fund Event

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.

Fashion

Alumnus Paul Tazewell Wins Tony Award for Best Costume Design for Hamilton

Pratt fashion alumnus Paul Tazewell, costume designer for the Broadway musical Hamilton, won the Tony Award for Best Costume Design at the Tony Awards ceremony held on June 12 at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan. Tazewell, originally from Ohio, left…