Students

Graduate Communications Design

Exploring Togetherness through Design

Finding ways to be with others has been a challenge throughout this period of pandemic isolation and social distancing, and an important reminder of the value that individuals and communities place on being together. How do we overcome not only…

Fashion

A Campus Garden Flourishes with Flowers for Natural Dyes

Cultivating beds of indigo, marigolds, dahlias, hibiscus, and goldenrod, Pratt Institute students are exploring how to make natural dyes from seed to harvest. The Textile Dye Garden was planted in Cannoneer Court on the Brooklyn campus this year, and…

City and Regional Planning

Empowering Coastal Communities in a Future of Rising Shorelines

With the world’s sea levels projected to rise due to global warming, much of the New York City coastline could be underwater by 2100. Planning for these changes is essential and in a recent studio, Pratt Institute students…

Where Are Pratt’s Most Recent Grads? Survey Shows Careers at Variety of Dynamic Companies

Pratt Institute graduates are entering fulfilling careers in their fields while making a positive difference in the world. These findings and more are reported in the newly released first destination survey for the class of 2019. Conducted by Pratt’s…

School of Design

Capturing the Ephemeral Beauty of a Fall Day in Central Park

On a fall day in Central Park, Pratt Institute students got hands-on experience using illustration to communicate a time and place. As an extension of the Drawing on Location class led by Veronica Lawlor, adjunct professor-CCE of undergraduate communications design,…

The Importance of New York’s Urban Ecology Shared through Technology and Storytelling

High school student Karissa with the Urban Ecology Pavilion on Governors Island A curving structure containing personal stories of connecting with local nature and considering the future of this ecology in a time of climate change…