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School of Design

Alumni Design Team Ben Gould and Dawn Mostow Win Prestigious World of WearableArt Award

Ben Gould (B.I.D. ’08) and Dawn Mostow (M.F.A. New Forms ’08) won the Wearable Technology Award for their Labyrinth Gown at this year’s 29th annual World of WearableArt (WOW) Awards, the world’s leading wearable art design competition. Labyrinth Gown and…

Fashion

Fashion Alumna Jessie Sodetz Shows Thesis Collection During New York Fashion Week 2017

Recent Pratt Institute alumna Jessie Sodetz (B.F.A. Fashion Design ’17) presented her 2017 thesis collection during New York Fashion Week at Ralph Pucci International Showroom in Manhattan. Her 10-piece collection, which combines Sodetz’s love for illustration with fashion, was…

School of Design

Jessica Wexler Appointed Chair of Undergraduate Communications Design Department

Design educator and graphic designer Jessica Wexler has been selected as chair of the Undergraduate Communications Design Department within the School of Design. She assumed the role on August 1, 2017. Wexler has a breadth of experience both as…

Fashion

The Transformers: Shaheen and Linda Sadeghi (both BFA Fashion Design ’77)

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…

School of Design

The Transformers: Finn Yonkers, BID ’91

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…

Fashion

Two Pratt Fashion Students Participate in Design for Disability Initiative

Emily Ridings (B.F.A. Fashion Design ’18) and Dominique Kelly (B.F.A. Fashion Design ’18) recently participated in a Cerebral Palsy Foundation initiative in which students from Pratt Institute, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and Parsons School of Design teamed up…

Fashion

New York Times Features Recent Fashion Graduate Ray Liu as One of Six Emerging Designers to Watch

The New York Times named Ray Liu (B.F.A. Fashion ’17) as one of “6 Designers (Straight Out of School) to Know” from around the world in a recent T Magazine pictorial. The June 9 feature, written by T’s market…

Graduate Industrial Design

Design for the Mind: How Can Design Address the Needs of those Living with Alzheimer’s Disease?

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

Refugees Around the World Spur Pratt Students and Faculty to Develop New Ideas and Designs

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…

Graduate Interior Design

International Interior Design Association Names Professor Jon Otis 2017 Educator of the Year

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,…