Students Archives

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Designing to Elevate the Book Lover’s Experience

In one industrial design prototyping course, Pratt students collaborate with Kikkerland and Barnes & Noble to reimagine book accessories.

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The Paths We Create Together

Letter from the President

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James Brogan, BArch ’90, Is Developing Strong Voices in Architecture

“Mentorship has become one of my primary responsibilities—to help foster a sense of optimism and positive contribution while developing a strong purpose and voice in our evolving architectural industry.”

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Designing a Future in Self-Sustainable Housing

Pratt architecture students consider resource sharing and co-living models to address critical issues around the housing crisis.

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Cover Story: The Things We Call Home

A photo series examines the revelations in our intimate environments.

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The Making of the Objects We Live With

An Interior Options Lab course and exhibition explore the process behind the things that shape our spaces.

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Home Becoming

In Islands, a work of performance architecture cocreated by Alex Schweder, BArch ’93, Professor CCE of Industrial and Interior Design, there is no perfect house.

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Passive House, Climate Action

Architecture professor In Cho brings her expertise in energy-efficient design to equip the next generation of architects to address climate change.

Adaptation(s) at The Pratt House on Governor’s Island is a laboratory of future urban living

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Cover Story: A Fashion Collection Infused with Ancestral Power

To create her thesis collection, Lost in Translation, Lyric Caramto, BFA Fashion Design ’22, delved into the images, stories, and language of her family, with roots in the Philippines, to investigate questions of identity and understanding…