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Giving

Video Spotlight: Megan Lighty (B.I.D. ’17) Designs Legends 2016 Award

Earlier this year, Megan Lighty (B.I.D. ’17) was selected to design the award for Legends 2016, Pratt Institute’s annual scholarship benefit honoring icons of art and design whose works have helped shape the cultural landscape. Pratt’s…

Graduate Interior Design

SOFA CHICAGO Art and Design Fair Features Work by Interior Design Students and Faculty

Graduate and undergraduate interior design students and faculty from Pratt participated in the SOFA CHICAGO (Sculptural Objects Functional Art + Design) CONNECT competition this fall for the fourth consecutive year. The annual art and design fair, which draws more than…

Graduate Industrial Design

Dubai Design Week Showcases Work by Industrial Design Students and Recent Graduates

The second annual Dubai Design Week, an event held in Dubai from October 24-29, featured designs from Pratt students and recent graduates for its Global Grad Show, the world’s largest gathering of student innovators. The Global Grad Show is an…

Fashion

Fashion Alumna Camerin Stoldt Shows Thesis Collection during New York Fashion Week 2016

Recent Pratt Institute alumna Camerin Stoldt (B.F.A. Fashion Design ’16) presented her 2016 thesis collection during New York Fashion Week at Ralph Pucci International Showroom in Manhattan. Her 10-piece collection was displayed on mannequins, creating a still-life runway in the…

School of Continuing and Professional Studies

More than 400 High School Students Attend Pratt’s 2016 Summer PreCollege Program

Pratt Institute’s summer PreCollege program welcomed more than 400 high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors to the Brooklyn campus in July for four weeks of college-level studies in art, design, architecture, and creative writing. This year’s program attracted students from…

Graduate Communications Design

Pratt Celebrates Marc Rosen Scholarship and Education Fund for Packaging by Design at Gala

At its 2016 Art of Packaging Award Gala, a glamorous event that celebrates excellence in packaging design, Pratt Institute honored Jean Madar, chairman of the board and CEO at Inter Parfums, Inc., and introduced the recipient of the new Marc…

Architecture

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Features Mars Transit Habitat Designed by Students

A Mars transit habitat project designed by Pratt architecture and industrial design students was on view at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan from July 13–18. The project was the result of a challenge presented by NASA,…

Fashion

Pop Icon Rihanna Wears Thesis Garment by 2016 Graduate Isabel Hall in Music Video

A little more than a month after fashion design student Isabel Hall (B.F.A. Fashion Design ’16) showed her senior thesis collection at the 2016 Pratt Institute Fashion Show at Spring Studios, pop icon Rihanna wore one of Hall’s thesis garments,…

School of Design

Pratt Participates in NYCxDESIGN and Showcases Student, Faculty, and Alumni Work

{exp:slideshowpro id=”879″ type=”album”} Pratt Institute participated in NYCxDESIGN, New York City’s official citywide celebration of design, through a variety of exhibitions and presentations of work in venues around the city from May 3 to 17. Highlights of NYCxDESIGN included Pratt…

Renowned Artist and Pratt Alumna Kay WalkingStick Inspires Graduates at 2016 Commencement

Celebrated artist and Pratt alumna Kay WalkingStick (M.F.A. ’75) encouraged graduating students to take risks and choose interesting ways to lead their lives, urging each of them to “challenge yourself, and enjoy every single day” at Pratt’s 127th Commencement on…