Students in the Wearable Technologies Studio led by Adjunct Professor Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman worked to solve problems impacting astronauts, leading to projects like trousers for high altitude flight and improved vent ducts for spacesuits. See more @prattindustrial.
The Daily Hub
A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute
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Mapa Mueller, MFA Interior Design ’28 was profiled in Saratoga Living in an article that explores her design career. “A great design makes a strong first impression, keeps people comfortable, and creates those moments that stick with them—and end up all over social media,” she said.
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Can Yasar Köklü, BFA Film ’26, has published CYK, a book of photographs and writings. The artist’s book “explores his experiences growing up, the traditions that inform his art, and his feelings in three different cultures”—Germany, Turkey, and the United States.
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Laurel Dewitt, BFA Fashion Design ’06, designed Glorilla’s wardrobe for her performance for the iHeartRadio Awards. Dewitt also designed the outfits for the backup dancers.
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A stadium designed by Theoharis David, FAIA emeritus, Pratt distinguished teacher, professor, and school of architecture alumnus, was selected to host the 2025 EuroBasket Tournament. To learn more, visit the School of Architecture News Page.
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Professor of History of Art and Design Eva Díaz’s new book After Spaceship Earth, which recently launched with a panel talk at Cabinet magazine, was reviewed in The Arts Fuse. “The author focuses on a wide range of politically engaged artists from around the world who are addressing the space race begun in the Cold War era and the burgeoning ‘NewSpace’ industrial revolution in which entrepreneurs compete to provide private spaceflight services.”
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Associate Professor of Graduate Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design and Founding Director of the Center for Climate Adaptation David Erdman participated in a High-Level Celebration of the World Day for Glaciers & World Water Day 2025 at UN Headquarters in NYC. He also recently gave a Public Keynote lecture at Chulalongkorn University, as well as a presentation to the Hong Kong Institute of Architects Belt and Road International Symposium at Asia Society on Co:existence: Urban-rural Integration and Eco-urbanism.
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Aarushi Agni, MFA Writing ’19, was featured in Time Out New York for her upcoming solo show EMOJI: The Hieroglyphs of Our Time, or how I learned to stop worrying and send the risky text 🤷🏾♀️. The show, which is part of the New York City Fringe 2025 festival this April, is a “sharp and funny mix of music, comedy and multimedia explores risky texts, emoji semiotics, and how we navigate love, longing and global crises through connections both digital and deeply human.” A poster of the show along with all the other acts will be displayed on a billboard in Times Square for the length of the festival.
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Static Fish Comic Club tabled at MoCCA Arts Fest 2025, organized by the Society of Illustrators.
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The 2025 Alumni Achievement Awards luncheon celebrated the Pratt alumni community, the class of 1975, and distinguished honorees Emilio Sosa, BFA Fashion Design ’89, Little Wing Lee, MS Interior Design ’09, Neda Kakhsaz, BArch ’17, and Zabie Mustafa, BArch ’13.
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