The Daily Hub
A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute
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Here: Where the Black Designers Are by Cheryl D. Miller, MS Communications Design ’85, was included in Fast Company’s best design books of 2024.
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Christina Perla, BID ’14, and Manny Mota, BID ’02, were interviewed about their 3D-printing company Makelab. “Perla and Mota both studied industrial design at Brooklyn’s prestigious Pratt Institute, which is more or less the whole rationale behind why the duo started an additive manufacturing (AM) service bureau in the unlikely location of one of Manhattan’s five boroughs.”
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Colette Bernard, BFA Fine Arts (Sculpture and Integrated Practices) ’21, presented designs at the Brooklyn Museum for New York Fashion Week 2024.
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Adjunct Associate Professor – CCE of Writing Sofi Thanhauser was included on a list of The Verge’s favorite books from 2024 for her 2022 book Worn: A People’s History of Clothing. “This book isn’t just for fashion people (though they should be the first to read it); it’s for anyone curious about the labor that goes into the luxuries they take for granted,” writes Mia Sato, a features reporter at The Verge. “You will never look at a T-shirt the same way again.”
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April Maxey, BFA Film ’12, was interviewed in Shoutout LA. “My work is very personal, and it always feels risky to write about myself, my fears, my mistakes, my deepest wounds and desires—it’s an incredibly vulnerable process,” said Maxey. “But I think as artists that is the task, to risk exposing our depths and being rejected, but doing it anyway.”
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Pratt Institute was awarded two Honorable Mentions in Ragan’s 2024 PR Daily Awards, which highlight exceptional campaigns from top brands and agencies across the communications and marketing space. The Pratt Transit Art Tour was recognized for “PR on a Shoestring Budget,” and The New Village: 10 Years of New York Fashion PR campaign was recognized in the category of “Event PR or Marketing Campaign.” The initiatives were led by Pratt Communications and Marketing’s PR and Editorial Communications team.
![Ragan PR Daily Awards Honorable Mention badge, in gold and purple text with geometric designs at the top and bottom.]()
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William T. Williams, BFA ’66, received the 2024 Murray Reich Distinguished Artist Award from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
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The Gothamist paid homage to the Pratt Steam Whistle, “a legendary New York New Year’s tradition last marked a decade ago,” on its list of NYC New Years’ Eve parties. “It is gone but not forgotten, just as 2024 soon will be.”
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Emma Stern, BFA Fine Arts (Painting) ’14, was featured in Interview Magazine on the occasion of her solo show The Rabbit Hole. “I’ve been thinking a lot about magic as I’ve been making the show,” she said. “AI was the kernel that got me thinking about magic, but I also think artists are magicians. You think of something and then it exists. And that kind of makes me feel like a god.”
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