Fashion Week Daily featured Pratt Manhattan Gallery's "Ethics + Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion" exhibition in a recent "Chic Report" post. The exhibition is open now through February 20, 2010 and is the first American exhibition to investigate the sustainable practices of American fashion designers, many of whom are based in New York City.
The…
Pratt Manhattan Gallery exhibition "Ethics + Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion" was previewed in a November 10 TreeHugger post. "Ethics + Aesthetics" is the first American exhibition to investigate the sustainable practices of American fashion designers, many of whom are based in New York City. The exhibition will run from November 20, 2009 through February…
ABC's 20/20, a national primetime news magazine program watched by millions of viewers, will feature Bill Hilson, an adjunct professor in the Graduate Communications Design Department, as he contributes his Photoshop expertise in a segment airing on the program from 10-11 p.m. tonight, December 11 on Channel 7 (standard definition) and Channel 707 (high definition)…
Five students in Pratt's Undergraduate Communications Design Department were selected to display their designs as part of the mtvU Woodie Awards, an annual awards show that highlights the best in college music. The awards show will air at 10 p.m. Friday, December 4 on mtv, mtv2, and mtvU.
This year, mtvU challenged 25 art…
Design blog Core77 recently featured a first-hand account from 11 young Pratt designers who traveled to Guyana to collaborate with factory workers and indigenous artisan weavers to create sustainable furniture designs. Click here to read about their experience.
Surface Magazine included thesis projects by recent Pratt graduates Charles Constantine, John Renaud, and Laura Weatherly in its annual Thesis Guide, which comprises the top graduate thesis work from 2009. Constantine's industrial design thesis addresses the North American funeral ritual, creating furniture and accessories that place life and death side by side. Renaud's fashion…
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Spring 2010 - Wednesdays 12:30-3:20, Main 336
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Explore how artists and designers work with the Bedford Stuyvesant community on issues of social justice!
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