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Follow @prattinteriors for work from graduating students, such as “Surrealist Collisions” by Kaelee Helms which brings glitch-like moments to a workplace interior.

The 2022 Masters in Industrial Design (MID) Thesis Exhibition is available to view online, with student work including tools for children to detect tree health, a sofa ramp for senior dogs, and zero waste seating.

Through May 31, Pratt interior design students are exhibiting their work in an exhibition by New York Eleven Plus (NY11+) at Port Authority Bus Terminal. The focus of the installation is on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and the event is part of NYCxDesign.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle covered the Infinite Mussel Project launched by the RETI Center in Red Hook. RETI Co-Founder Gita Nandan, adjunct associate professor in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE), is quoted in the story as is Shanaz Kahn, a Fulbright scholar from Pakistan studying at Pratt: “In terms of climate change and how our world is changing, this project is important because it’s a pioneer towards the future and how we envision living in the cities we are currently in.”

Visit @prattfoundation to see work by winners of the Foundation FOLIO and Earth Action awards, including this art by Alexis Peng.

The Pop Up/Drop Off inflatable structure developed by a team of Pratt undergraduate architecture students is on view in Times Square as part of Design Pavilion. The installation that collects plastic to be recycled and raises awareness for plastic film recycling is a collaboration between Pratt’s d.r.a. Lab (design research in architecture) and Pneuhaus.

The Unwritten Book: An Investigation by Samantha Hunt, professor in the Writing Department, was recently published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The book was excerpted in the New Yorker and reviewed in the New York Times, Lit Hub, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.

Yiting Liu, MID ’22, designed a solitary bee hive system for urban environments to facilitate biodiversity, whether on private balconies or in community gardens.

The Made in NYC Learning Lab at Pratt Center is now accepting applications for 2022–23 programs. Stipends are available for faculty and staff to teach workshops or provide creative services to Made in NYC businesses. Learn more and apply by June 10.

In “Marine Boscage” by graduate architecture student Paloma Bernaldo de Quiros, nature and manufacturing cohabitate along the New York Harbor. See more @prattsoa.