Stefan Al, visiting associate professor in Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (GAUD), joined the Slate Money podcast to discuss his new book about skyscrapers, Supertall.
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Through September 9 at Rockefeller Center, Pratt Trustee and alumnus Derrick Adams, BFA Art and Design Education ’96, is exhibiting Funtime Unicorns, an interactive installation of sculptures inspired by playground toys. As the artist told WWD: “More than ever, people want to be more connected to things.”
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Rebekah Morris, senior program manager at the Pratt Center for Community Development, was interviewed for a Gothamist story on the ongoing safety issues of New York City’s basement apartments as another hurricane season is underway. The story highlighted the Pratt Center’s years of advocacy on the issue.
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Olivia Gorman, MID ’22, designed the Heer-oh desk for working from home with minimal space. The design creates a calm and focused environment. Read more on the Pratt MID site.
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Quilian Riano, assistant dean of the School of Architecture, was elected vice-president for architecture of the Architectural League of New York. The announcement was covered by the Architect’s Newspaper.
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Check out photos from 1976 and 1980 on @prattischool from when the School of Information was the Graduate School of Library & Information Science.
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The 58th Carnegie International opening September 24, 2022, at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh includes work by Carlos Motta, associate professor of interdisciplinary practice in fine arts, and Félix González-Torres, BFA Photography ’83. Titled Is it morning for you yet?, the exhibition features historical and contemporary work to examine how artists respond to critical questions in the world.
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Juan Camilo Osorio, assistant professor in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE), was named Brooklyn representative on the City Planning Commission by Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. Read more in the report from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
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Through August 20 in the Pratt Manhattan Gallery, The Work of Love, the Queer of Labor is exhibiting drawings, photography, video, posters, and installations reflecting on queer and left activism. Read more @prattexhibits.
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“Interplay” by Chen Zhong, MFA Interior Design ’22, reimagines an interior as an incubator for spontaneous encounters and unexpected interplay between strangers, seeking to re-establish interpersonal relationships lost during the pandemic. Read more @prattinteriors.
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