Artful lighting, visual-packed volumes, colorful adornments—read on for Prattfolio’s Fall 2024 highlights of new and noteworthy products and publications by Pratt graduates.

A still from an animation, showing a young person with a bewildered look staring just above the frame, in a city square setting, with an iguana on a leash and a similarly baffled person with a satchel in the background
Agoraphilia on Adult Swim Smalls
Maggie Brennan, MFA Digital Arts ’19

Having illustrated comics for The New Yorker and Fader and debuted her thesis film from Pratt, Our Bed Is Green, at 2021’s SXSW, Maggie Brennan brings her askew vision of the world to streaming with Agoraphilia. As part of Adult Swim’s animated shorts program, Smalls, the short-form series follows Brenda, a donation solicitor for a mysterious nonprofit called “Youth Troupes,” as she searches for meaningful connections through the overstimulating chaos of city life. Watch Agoraphilia on Adult Swim’s YouTube channel.

A green silk scarf painted with pink and purple fruit- and flower-like shapes
Hand-Painted Fruity Scarf
Naomi Clark, MFA Fine Arts (Painting) ’10

The painter Naomi Clark (@naomisclark) takes a multidisciplinary approach to contemporary art and furniture, stage, and product design, both independently and through her New York City-based studio, Fort Makers. In the spirit of blurring disciplinary boundaries, with this collection of scarves, Clark uses batik silk painting techniques to cast bright, eye-catching fruit across silk charmeuse, each piece a work of wearable art unique from the rest. Available at fortmakers.com; learn more at naomi-clark.com.

A book cover showing a white-and-green hound dog in profile, eyes closed and chin lifted to the stars
Dalmartian: A Mars Rover’s Story (Atheneum Books for Young Readers) 
Lucy Ruth Cummins, BFA Communications Design (Graphic Design) ’05

Bestselling author-illustrator Lucy Ruth Cummins’s new picture book tells the story of an unexpected friendship that grows between a boy and a visitor from outer space—a dog of intergalactic origins. With digitally finished ink and charcoal line drawings, Dalmartian brings together “spontaneous-feeling” illustrations (Publishers Weekly) and joyful storytelling for young audiences and adults alike. Available at simonandschuster.com.

A peachy pink lamp with a scalloped footprint and undulating sides with pleat-like ridges running down its length
Mini Wavy Lamp by Wooj Design
Sean Kim, MID ’21

From the creator of the Wavy Lamp—a 3D-printed full-size floor lamp that launched Sean Kim’s home goods brand, Wooj—comes a smaller iteration of their instant hit. Drawing from the form of the comb jellyfish and available in four colors, the Mini Wavy Lamp makes what New York Magazine named the “Best 3D-printed bedside light” even more compact and accessible. Available at wooj.design.

A person wearing a sweater with a red body, black arms with red and white rings at the elbows, and a white collar
Photo by Tommy Rizzoli
Scrimmage Sweater
Liv Ryan, BFA Fashion Design ’18

Brooklyn-born and -based designer Liv Ryan has built her brand of clothing, accessories, and more around a self-described exploration of “sculptural shapes, structure, and subtle texture,” using eco-minded materials and processes. Shown here is one piece from a collaboration with sport-ready streetwear brand Scenes NY (scenes.nyc), a knit sweater with relaxed lines, made in Brooklyn from 100 percent deadstock yard. Learn more at livryannyc.com.

A book slides from a slipcover reading Now Is Better, Stefan Sagmeister, with a cover image showing an oil portrait of a person in a wide-skirted maroon dress and glossy curls overlaid with a contemporary illustration of three tapered cylinders
Now Is Better (Phaidon Press)
Stefan Sagmeister, MFA Communications Design ’98 

The latest book by designer Stefan Sagmeister creates an optimistic view of the present from the materials of the past. Now Is Better collects Sagmeister’s work from a gallery exhibition of the same name, including pieces where the artist inserts graphic shapes and embroidery into 19th-century oil paintings, blurring the line between artworks and infographics to pose a positive take on human progress. Praised by Print magazine as “an intriguing and thoughtful visual meditation on our daily lives,” the monograph’s release was paired with a clothing line created by Sagmeister that includes data featured in the book. Available at phaidon.com. 

A tall floor lamp with two long, furry oval lights backlights itself against a wall
Artio Floor Lamp by Studio S II
Jeremy Silberberg, MFA Interior Design ’19

This recent lighting release by designer Jeremy Silberberg reinvents the traditional standing lamp, covering two connected loops with illuminated fur. Inspired by animal horns, Silberberg told Curbed—in a piece that featured the Artio Floor Lamp in his own Greenpoint apartment—that this design “celebrates the unbridled, sometimes humorous nature of the wild.” Available at studiosii.com.

A long brass earring made of coils of metal in square, circular, and triangular shapes, each centered with a colorful dot, hangs from a model’s ear
Labyrinths Earrings by Studio Sophia Sophia
Sophia Sophia, BFA Fine Arts (Jewelry) ’09

Founded in 2014 and based out of Binghamton, New York, Studio Sophia Sophia offers small, wearable sculptural accessories created with traditional metalsmithing techniques. These handmade, made-to-order earrings composed of playful spirals—in brass, gold-plated, or sterling silver—come with an option to customize dots of color from a palette of 44 options. Available at studiosophiasophia.com.

A low glass with swirling chartreuse stripes sits on a black-and-white striped surface
Hypnosis Glasses by By Way Of
Oya Tekbulut, MID ’19

After finishing her degree at Pratt, Oya Tekbulut followed in her mother’s steps, taking over her jewelry-making practice in Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, and launching the brand By Way Of. With an emphasis on ethical production and global design aesthetics, By Way Of brings a fresh approach to a deep-rooted tradition. The Hypnosis Glasses shown here are hand-blown in Istanbul using the Cesmi Bulbul technique, a practice dating back to the Ottoman Empire. Available at bywayof.com.