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Home Becoming

As an artist, Alex Schweder—who was trained as an architect and has taught in Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture and Industrial Design and Interior Design programs for more than a decade—is not interested in design as a means of predetermining…

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Passive House, Climate Action

As a practice, New York-based architecture studio ChoShields has always been interested in environmental and social sustainability. But it wasn’t until founding principal In Cho, visiting assistant professor in the undergraduate architecture program at Pratt Institute, became concerned about mold…

50 Years of Drawing the Eternal City

Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the Pratt Rome Program has long been a staple of Pratt Institute’s foreign-studies programs and the School of Architecture, granting generations of developing architects a unique perspective on architectural history and contemporary practice…

American manufacturing has crushed independent designers, reshaping your living room in the process

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The Threads That Connect Us

“When my grandmother and I started weaving together, I wasn’t thinking about family heritage,” says fashion designer Emily Ridings, BFA Fashion Design ’18. “But the more we shared the practice, I realized how special it is to continue a creative…

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Move First

In a warmly lit space, laughter is in the air as the first ethereal strains of Grover Washington Jr.’s “Just the Two of Us” emanate from a record player. People begin to move through the room, though some are slow…

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Practice: One Lovely Hour with Industrial Designer Amanda Huynh

Tom yum soup with tomato and kaffir lime oils, Hainanese chicken with sweet soy sauce and roasted-garlic chili paste, soy milk flan with milk tea ginger caramel. For those who have experienced a meal at a care home for elders,…

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Illuminating a History of Action

At Pratt, a particular ethos of concern for social justice, the quality of civic life, and community care is palpable, woven through student projects, faculty research, the work undertaken by the Pratt Center for Community Development, and connecting back…

Faculty Books of 2022

This year, publishers released more than 30 diverse, innovative works of creativity, scholarship, and research authored, edited, and featuring contributions by Pratt Institute faculty. Artists and authors share new experiments in photography, language, storytelling, and more. Historians present new looks…

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