Faculty Archives

Pratt brings climate advocacy projects to Governors Island

Decolonizing Industrial Design

Faculty Books of 2020

Prattfolio collects the latest in Pratt faculty members’ works of literature, scholarship, and artistic endeavor. Whether looking to embark on a visual journey, discover new critical perspectives, or escape into imagined worlds, here are a number of fresh volumes to add to a new year’s reading list.

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Inside ComD Professor Ari Melenciano’s Research and Design Haven

Prattfolio looks inside the creative laboratory of Pratt communications design professor Ari Melenciano’s home studio in Brooklyn.

A Visit to Writing Professor Claire Donato’s Creative Sanctuary

Prattfolio looks inside the serene home studio of Pratt writing professor Claire Donato.

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Art Activated

Pratt Fine Arts Fosters Open Exchange with Communities on Campus and Beyond

A script in a room with a few black paintings, an island countertop and a tv screen in blue.

Student Work Explores Intimacy Over Distance

Together More Together is a silent, audienceless performance for two based on a score composed by digital arts student Holly Adams. The piece begins with two people crossing a bridge at sunset, then parting ways and documenting their separate-but-synchronized night with…

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Professor Theodora Skipitares Reimagines a Science Legend’s Story at La MaMa

An electrifying marching band, projected animations, towering puppets, dancers with glowing hula hoops, and cosmic strains of electronic music set the tone for a layered history lesson and celebration of one of history’s brilliant scientific minds. In her recent production,…

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Research Accelerates

Pratt Fosters an Ecosystem of Investigation

Pratt Industrial Design Faculty and Students Create Instrument for Public Celebration

This installment of Crit features Karol Murlak, Associate Professor of Industrial Design, with Danielle Begnaud, MID ’20.