A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute
In the Micro-Infrastructure and the Epidemiology Clinic studio led by Eunjeong Seong, adjunct associate professor of undergraduate architecture, Rachel Pendleton, BArch ’22, explored designs for an open-air clinic that could be installed rapidly in urban spaces. See more @PrattInstitute and read the full story in Prattfolio.
Adrian Koenigsberg, BFA Communications Design ’16, was featured in a New York Times story on skateboarding in New York and its rise during the pandemic. Koenigsberg is the founder of the media outlet Quell Skateboarding which focuses on nontraditional skaters: “The landscape is changing. I think that companies started to see the financial value of women-owned businesses, and the skateboarding industry kind of had to get on board—no pun intended—with figuring that out themselves.”
The Summer 2021 issue of Prattfolio is now online. Themed on “Care,” stories include how Pratt Creative Arts Therapy engaged with a time of trauma, architecture and interior design student projects reimagining New York, and the art made by Pratt students to humanize issues shaping our communities.
Leslie Roberts, professor of foundation, is exhibiting work in Colored Pencil Redux at McKenzie Fine Art. The group show highlights the innovative ways artists are using colored pencil with a focus on abstraction.
Make: magazine with Newsweek included Pratt Institute on their list of the Best Maker Schools in Higher Education. The 200 schools were nominated by a global community of makers, educators, and Maker Faire leaders for their maker-focused programs and on-campus makerspaces.
Curbed’s story on librarians, archivists, and staff returning for the reopening of the New York Public Library on 42nd Street features several Pratt alumni and faculty, including Tal Nadan, MSLIS and MS History of Art and Design ’09, Elizabeth Rutigliano, MSLIS ’10, Deirdre Donohue, MSLIS ’97, Carolyn Vega, MSLIS ’08, and Philip Sutton, visiting assistant professor in the School of Information.
As part of a Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (GAUD) studio, students proposed adaptive reuse ideas for the Brooklyn Army Terminal, such as Charlie Verni, MArch ’21, who explored localizing food production in response to pandemic-related supply chain shortfalls.
Katrin Zimmermann, visiting associate professor of fine arts (jewelry), was part of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Scholarship Fund Selection Committee and shared why it was important to empower the next generation of designers: “This year more than ever before, I feel the need to lift the students up … we have a chance to really push forward important new ways of looking at this country and fashion overall, of telling stories that matter in such a true and fundamental way.”
An exhibition by Carrie Moyer, BFA Painting ’85, and Sheila Pepe is on view at the Museum of Arts and Design through February 13, 2022. Called Tabernacles for Trying Times, it was highlighted by the New Yorker for a collaborative installation that offers a place to lounge and reflect “beneath an extravagant, genre-defying canopy of clouds.”
In a recent Q&A, Alisa Zamir, professor of graduate communications design, shared advice for students and reflected on her long career in design: “Love what you do. Never say it is good enough. Stay curious, keep experimenting and expand your horizons.” Read more @prattgradcomd.
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