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Student Work From Pratt and Wall Street Journal Show Selected for Dow Jones’ Office

A portrait series by Michael Levin (M.F.A. ’15) has been selected to go on permanent display in Dow Jones’ corporate office in New York as a result of an initiative to create work that celebrates the rich history and future…

Graduate Communications Design

Student Winners in Pratt/Hennessy V.S Competition Join Artist Shepard Fairey for Panel in LA

This summer, two communications design students were given the opportunity to discuss their work with renowned street artist Shepard Fairey and other art world leaders. The students, Eduardo Palma (M.F.A. Communications Design ’15) and Lillian Ling (M.F.A. Communications Design ’15)…

School of Design

Undergraduate Communications Design Students Win “Yellow Pencil” at D&AD New Blood Awards

Undergraduate Communications Design students Kevin Chao, Johnny Lee, and Michelle Wang, all from the class of 2014, received a Yellow Pencil award for their team’s entry in this year’s D&AD New Blood Awards competition. A second Pratt student team—James Purdy, Leo…

Graduate Industrial Design

MADE@PRATT: A 3D-Woven Chair

For his graduate thesis project, Justin Crocker (M.I.D. '14) created a chair using a three-dimensional structural weaving technique he developed with the help of digital tools. He initially tested the technique by creating a series of small woven paper…

Graduate Communications Design

Student Winners of Third Annual Pratt/Hennessy V.S Competition Head to Los Angeles

As part of an ongoing collaboration between Pratt Institute and Hennessy V.S, the world’s top cognac brand, nine Pratt students from a variety of disciplines were challenged to create works of art influenced by Hennessy’s mantra, “Never stop. Never…

Undergraduate Photography

General Motors Gives Pratt Photography Student Mike Finkelstein Special Access to Shoot New Corvette

Before allowing reporters to photograph the brand new 2015 Corvette Z06 Convertible, General Motors (GM) offered three students—including Mike Finkelstein (B.F.A. Photography, Class of ’14)—access to shoot the car. Each participant selected their four best photos for the public to judge…

Undergraduate Communications Design

Rose Wong Shares Work and Creative Inspiration on Tumblr

{exp:slideshowpro id=”729″ type=”album” play=”true”} People occasionally tell Rose Wong that she’s “Tumblr famous.” An aspiring illustrator and graphic designer, Rose Wong has made a name for herself on the social media platform Tumblr. She uses her site to display…

Architecture

The New York Times Features Three Pratt Students in National Showcase of College Creativity

Can creativity be taught? The New York Times recently examined this question through a slideshow of student projects—featuring three pieces from Pratt Institute—that highlight creative problem-solving skills Students from institutions across the country were invited to submit projects…

Humanities and Media Studies

Writing Program Pushes Students to Pitch Editors, Publish Essays

It’s a quintessential moment for every young writer—seeing your work published for the first time—and Devin Adams (B.F.A. Writing, Class of ’15) experienced it earlier than most. On December 19, Adams published an opinion piece in amNewYork, the free weekday…

New York Magazine Features Pratt Students in Back to School Style Slideshow

New York Magazine recently featured Pratt students in an online slideshow on street style from New York's most stylish campuses.