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The mission of Pratt Institute is to educate artists and creative professionals to be responsible contributors to society.
Pratt seeks to instill in all graduates aesthetic judgment, professional knowledge, collaborative skills, and technical expertise.
With a firm grounding in the liberal arts and sciences, a Pratt education blends theory with creative application in preparing graduates to become leaders in their professions.
Pratt enrolls a diverse group of highly talented and dedicated students, challenging them to achieve their full potential.
Pratt Institute and the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership (the Partnership) recently announced a collaboration to expand the reach of PrattCard, Pratt’s student and faculty identification card, to businesses on the Myrtle Avenue commercial corridor at the start of the Fall 2009 semester. Once in place, Pratt students, faculty, and staff will be able to put a cash balance on their cards similar to a debit card that can be used to shop or dine at participating Myrtle Avenue businesses.
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Pratt Institute Center for Sustainable Design Studies (CSDS) and the Pratt Incubator for Sustainable Design Innovation will partner with Pratt Towers housing cooperative to hold a community “design jam” on Saturday, July 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Pratt Towers located at 333 Lafayette Avenue. Members of the community are invited to brainstorm possible residential uses for 60 square feet of unused space behind the towers that has remained empty for 15 years.
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Pratt Institute President Thomas F. Schutte and The Board of Trustees of Pratt Institute will hold a dinner to celebrate the establishment of The Marc Rosen Distinguished Visiting Chair in Design on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at The Gramercy Park Hotel Roof at Two Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. The event will include a cocktail reception at 7 p.m. followed by dinner, and will celebrate the first endowed professorship in the history of Pratt Institute.
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Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, a Pratt alumna and fashion design executive with over 15 years of experience, has been named acting chair of the Institute’s Fashion Design Department. Pailes-Friedman, who has taught in Pratt’s fashion and industrial design departments since 1998, will begin her appointment July 1, 2009. She replaces Rosie DePasquale, who is stepping down after serving as chair of the Fashion Design Department since 2000 to work on the launch of her yoga accessories and clothing line. DePasquale will return in the spring 2010 semester as a full-time professor.
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Pratt Institute department of fine arts graduate students Charlotte Meyer
and Kris Scheifele won 2009 Joan Mitchell Fellowship Awards for their accomplishments in sculpture and painting, respectively. Through this award program, Meyer and Scheifele will each receive a $15,000 grant and will also participate in a group exhibition at the Cue Art Foundation in Chelsea, New York in
spring of 2010.
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Industrial Design (ID) is a field of artists, designers, and inventors who create the objects we live with every day. Pratt/ID students arrive with a wide range of talents: in math and science, in drawing and painting, in model making and sculpture. All find a home in Industrial Design. Pratt/ID develops students’ individual talents. It might even be called “Individual Design” rather than “Industrial Design.” Opportunities after graduation are as unique and broad as our students themselves. It is an education that opens wide career possibilities.
Pratt/ID alumni are designers, artists, craftsmen, educators, entrepreneurs, researchers, and corporate leaders. This diversity comes from a program of study that allows freedom of choice and specialization. Six studio paths are offered:
• Product: hand tools to future technologies.
• Furniture: chairs to office systems.
• Transportation: hovercraft to hybrid cars.
• Exhibit/Experience: museums to restaurants.
• Table Top: teapots to teaspoons.
• General: a combination of the above.
Students study with faculty professionals with varied backgrounds. They take core courses in the freshman and sophomore years, which provide grounding in drawing, color, 3-D, and problem solving. Junior and senior year students choose studios as their talents dictate. Industrial Design department counselors assist each student with choices.
Pratt/ID offers study abroad exchanges and summer programs in Paris, Barcelona, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam. Students complete two to four semesters of computer studies in high-end workstations 3-D modeling and animation CAD programs. Elective computer courses are available for students who wish to specialize in the electronic medium.
Students who wish to major in industrial design will be reviewed at the end of the freshman year by the department for acceptance.
Pratt/ID maintains strong ties to industry through corporate-supported programs and internships. Fortune 500 companies are regular sponsors of Pratt/ID competitions and studios. With its magnificent collection of museums, libraries, and galleries, New York City is the world’s center for design. Students learn from both the richness of past culture and the cutting edge of contemporary design.
Seniors take a full year of portfolio and professional practices in preparation for career entry. The senior show is an annual showcase celebration for the next generation of Pratt designers.
Pratt’s industrial designers seek to create beautiful forms and products that express their vision as reflected by the people and culture of the times.
Directed Research I
IND-405
Interdisciplinary study concerning an approved industrial design project with research, design and presentation completed under supervision of faculty is involved. This is offered as a studio elective in the junior and senior years with chairperson and faculty approval.
2.00 credits
Design V (product)
IND-401A
Studios in Product, Furniture and Transportation. In the senior design course, the student is expected to exhibit a full range of professional competence and facility in designing advanced products, environments and component complexes of broad scope. All phases of each problem are brought to a professional level: sketches, renderings, drafting, models, written documentation and photographs.
4.00 credits
Intro to Prototypes
IND-215
This course takes the students through a series of design projects that result in complete, full-size working prototypes. There is an introduction to fabrication techniques in wood, metal, and plastics - the most common materials used to build visual and working prototypes.
2.00 credits
3-D Design I
IND-211
The visual organization of design elements such as line, plane, volume, and the analysis of their abstract relationships and principles of order are studied. The course aims to develop the students aesthetic sense through the creation of abstract visual order.
4.00 credits
Design I
IND-201
Concerned with design from concept to conclusion, this two-part course involves the student in all aspects of the design process, and incorporates skills and knowledge gathered from most of the other courses in the sophomore year. Starting with a series of exercises, students work progressively toward more wide ranging goals. Ideas are developed, drawings are made, models are built, documents are compiled, and presentations are made. Through criticism and analysis, and hands-on experience, students begin to understand the complex process of designing.
4.00 credits
Drafting
IND-151
This is an introductory course that provides the student with fundamental information, understanding, and skills in orthographic projection and isometric projection specific to and concurrent with the practice of drafting for industrial design. Students move from drafting by hand to drafting on the computer.
2.00 credits
3-D Design III
IND-311
The course uses principles of design in the visual organization of design elements, form and space, and analysis of their abstract relationships. The objective is to develop sensitivity to form and space and synthesize this abstract language into functional objects.
2.00 credits
4 Design VI IND-402
2 Space Analysis II or Prototypes: Selected types IND-510 OR IND-516
2 Professional Practice & Portfolio II IND-442
3 Social Science/Philosophy
2 Studio Elective
2 Liberal Arts Elective
15 CREDITS
4 Design V IND-401
2 Space Analysis I or Prototypes IND-509 OR IND-515
2 Professional Practice & Portfolio I IND-441
3 Math/Science
2 Studio Elective
2 Liberal Arts Elective
15 CREDITS
4 Design IV or Transportation Design II
IND-302 OR IND-508
2 3-D Design IV IND-312
2 Production Methods IND-586
2 CAID II: Alias or CAID II: Solid Works/Pro E.
IND-540 OR IND-542
3 World Civilizations II CH-400
3 Liberal Arts Elective
16 CREDITS
4 Design III or Transportation Design I IND-301 OR
IND-507
2 3-D Design III IND-311
2 Production Methods IND-585
2 CAID I: Alias or CAID I: Solid Works/Pro E.
IND-539 OR IND-541
3 World Civilizations I CH-300
2 History of Industrial Design HD-361
3 Liberal Arts Elective
18 CREDITS
4 Design II IND-202
4 3-D Design II IND-212
2 Drawing II IND-146
2 Introduction to Prototypes IND-215
2 Survey of Art: 20th Century HA-216
3 Social Science/Philosophy
17 CREDITS
4 Design I IND-201
4 3-D Design I IND-211
2 Drawing I IND-145
2 Drafting I IND-151
2 Survey of Art: 19th Century HA-215
3 Math/Science
17 CREDITS
4 Drawing II: Figure & General FDC-144
3 3-D Design II FDC-158
3 Light/Color/Design II FDC-164
2 4D Design II FDC-181
3 Survey of Art II HA-116
3 Introduction to Literary & Critical Studies I ENGL-103
18 CREDITS
4 Drawing I: Figure & General FDC-143
3 3-D Design I FDC-157
3 Light/Color/Design I FDC-163
2 4D Design I FDC-180
3 Survey of Art I HA-115
3 Introduction to Literary & Critical Studies I ENGL-101
18 CREDITS
Pro Practice & Portfolio I
IND-441
This course covers professional practice and presentation techniques, including verbalm written, and visual. Participation in design competitions and in developing effective presentations is a strong part of this course. A goal of the course is to develop a complete portfolio designed to best present the student's work in a highly professional and visually interesting manner.
2.00 credits
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Jose Alcala
Visiting Assistant Professor
Pratt Studios 4
(718) 636-3631
jalcala@pratt.edu
Adam Apostolos
Sculpture Technician,Visiting Instructor
Chemistry Buidling 3
(718) 636-3466
aapostol@pratt.edu
Harvey Bernstein
Adjunct Professor
Pratt Studios 4
(718) 636-3631
hbernste@pratt.edu
Personal Biography
Consultant: Interior,Industrial, Graphic, Exhibit, Retail Design. Clients: JCPenney, Sony, Hallmark, Knoll, Chase, Calvin Klein, American Crafts Museum, Speedo, Warnaco, Franklin Mint. Past Chair NY Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA). Awards: Gold/ silver IDSA,(product), Lumen,(lighting) Interior Magazine (retail, office, exhibit) AIGA, Print, Communication Design,(graphics) Roscoe,(furniture),ID Magazine. Exhibited: MoMa, Cooper Hewitt, Gallery 91, AIGA, ADC, ICSID. Publications: Architectural Record, Domus, Abitare, International Design, ID, NY Times, Forbes, Journal, Business Week, Metropolis, Womans Wear, Design Encyclopedia(MoMa). Consulting: Landor, Pentagram, Unimark International. Professor/CCE Pratt,Parsons
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Matthew Burger
Chairperson of Industrial Design
Pratt Studios 4
(718) 636-3520
mburger@pratt.edu
Personal Biography
In 22 years I have developed concepts & products in a number of areas including transportation, consumer products, graphics & furniture. I have worked with consulting studios, manufacturers, & a government agency. B.ID from Pratt Institute & I completed my graduate studies in Visual Communication at Hochschule für Kunst & Gestaltung in Basel, Switzerland. In 13 years of teaching/lecturing, I have stressed a wide range of ideas related to the field as interdisciplinary; i.e. Design's relationship to other creative areas, the Fine Arts, & western culture in general.
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Linda Celentano
Adjunct Associate Professor
Pratt Studios 4
(718) 636-3631
lcelenta@pratt.edu
Personal Biography
Linda Celentano's prestigious design awards include the IDEA Award, featured in Business Week Magazine, the ID Annual Design Awards, The Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Awards and the Metropolitan Home Modernism Awards for 2003 and 2004. Her designs have been included in The Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design and the Chicago Athenaeum's permanent collections, Bloomindales's 100 Years of Design Excellence, Gallery 91, Fellisimo, Moss, The Whitney Museum's Store Next Door, The MoMA Store, The Cooper-Hewitt National Museum exibition on Feeding Desire and many more.
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