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Metropolis Features Innovative Work by Recent Industrial Design Graduates


Metropolis Magazine recently featured work by stand-out students from design schools around the world, including Pratt industrial design graduates Yasemin Uyar and Carla Jaspers. Uyar's "Cresendo Dinnerware" design was included in the July/August…



Assistant Fashion Design Chair Quoted in Artinfo Story on Older Women in Advertising Campaigns


Artinfo, a blog with over one million page views per month, recently quoted Shannon Bell Price, assistant fashion design chair, in an article on older women in advertising. Bell Price spoke of the…



Pratt Manhattan Gallery’s Alumni Painting Show Highlighted in Hyperallergic Blog Post


Hyperallergic art blog recently posted on three current exhibitions on painting -- including Pratt Manhattan Gallery's current "Pratt Alumni Painters" exhibition. The exhibition is on view now through September 8, 2012.



The Huffington Post Profiles an Alumnus, Illustrator, and a Well-Known Unknown Artist


The Huffington Post recently profiled alumnus Roberto Parada, a "well-known unknown" artist and freelance illustrator with a long list of clients to his name including The Los Angeles Times, TIME, Rolling Stone, Esquire,…



Pratt Campus Highlighted in The Brooklyn Paper’s Architectural Guide to the G Subway Line


The Brooklyn Paper recently featured Pratt's Higgins Hall in a guide to the "architectural wonders along the G line."



NBC New York’s Thread NY Blog Features Pratt Alumni Designers


NBC New York's Thread NY blog recently highlighted work by industrial design alumni Sergio Silva and Matthew Bradshaw of Silva/Bradshaw. The duo met while students at Pratt, and have since designed a collection…



Alumnus, Animator, and Modeler Helps Create Hit Film “Ice Age: Continental Drift”


Alumnus Shaun Cusick was recently interviewed in a Aberdeen News article on his work on the hit film "Ice Age: Continental Drift." Cusick, an animator and modeler who works for Blue Sky Studios,…



Urban Outfitters Blog Interviews Summer Intern and Current Fashion Design Student


Urban Outfitters recently interviewed summer design intern and current fashion design student Kindall Almond about her fashion-forward style. One of Almond's designs was produced by the company as part of its "Designed…



Pratt Center for Sustainable Design Studies Receives Core77 Award


Pratt's Center for Sustainable Design Studies (CSDS) received Core77 2012 Design Award -- Professional Notable in the Educational Initiatives category for its second annual day-long Sustainability Crash Course, which included a…



Architectural Digest Article Highlights New Architecture and Design Work by Pratt Faculty Members


Architectural Digest recently featured the Won Dharma Center -- a new Buddhist retreat that embodies spiritual and eco-conscious values on a 426-acre site in upstate New York -- that was designed by Hanrahan…



Pratt Industrial Design Faculty Member Quoted in Dwell Editor’s Note


Dwell's Editor in Chief Amanda Dameron recently quoted Lucia DeRespinis, industrial designer and adjunct industrial design professor, in her Editor's Note column on women in design. As a woman, DeRespinis faced assumptions about her…



The Huffington Post Highlights Fashion Design Alumna in Post on Harlem Clothing Designers


The Huffington Post recently highlighted Nzinga Knight, Pratt fashion design alumna, in an article on up-and-coming clothing designers from Harlem. According to the post, her high-end eveningwear and sportswear "offers a sense of…



Alumnus Authors Williamsburg Greenpoint News + Arts Story on Pratt’s Role in The New Music Scene


Writing Program alumnus A.P. Smith authored a recent Williamsburg Greenpoint News + Arts story on Pratt's role in augmenting the new music scene in Williamsburg from 2002-2012. Alumnus Tod Seelie was quoted as…



The Washington Post Features Alumnus and Book Illustrator


The Washington Post recently featured Alumnus and Illustrator Kevin Stanton in its Style Blog. Stanton, who creates intricate illustrations of layered hand-cut pieces of paper of different colors, was commissioned by Sterling Signature…