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This installment of Crit features Karol Murlak, Associate Professor of Industrial Design, with Danielle Begnaud, MID ’20.
One Pratt Professor Explores Post-Human Architecture for Native Pollinators
How can waterfront communities withstand shifts in their environment brought on by a changing climate, and even flourish as the world transforms? Two Pratt professors are working with the RETI Center, a resilience-education organization in Red Hook, to create a…
Critical and Visual Studies
Bridging the expertise of Pratt students and faculty with communities beyond the gates begins with strong partnerships. For six years, the Taconic Fellowship, a program of the Pratt Center for Community Development, has…
School of Design
School of Architecture
The Pratt architecture studio Designing Machines that Design prompted students to dig into the underpinnings of design, toward the creation of their own 2-D and 3-D design apparatuses.
As part of a series of conversations between faculty and students on student work, professor Alex Schweder and Aaron Ethan Green, MID ’18, discuss Green’s Pillbox for Clothes project.
As part of a series of conversations between faculty and students on student work Fine Arts professor Analia Segal and Film student Lindsay McAleavy discuss McAleavy’s film The Plastic Pilgrim.