School of Design Archives

Two men pose together at a crowded indoor event, likely an art or fashion gathering. The man on the left wears a patchwork leather jacket in shades of brown, gold, and burgundy, with a bold oversized hat made of layered fabrics in warm tones. He smiles warmly and has a trimmed beard. The man on the right, dressed in all black with long dark hair, has a calm expression. The background is filled with people chatting under ambient purple lighting in a tall, gallery-like space with exposed beams and high ceilings.

Runway Ready: Pratt Fashion Seniors Shine at Powerhouse Arts

The 2025 Pratt Shows: Fashion runway presentation featured nearly 160 looks from collections by 30 graduating seniors; Haeone Son, BFA Fashion Design ’25, received the 2025 Christopher Hunte “On Point” Award.

Pratt Shows: Design 2023, which was part of the NYCxDesign festival (photo by Rebecca Smeyne)

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Students Explore New Ways of Living in 2023 NYCxDesign

The recent NYCxDesign festival, held from May 18 to 25 across New York City, featured members of the Pratt community presenting their innovative design work. Their projects range from modern habitats for animals to the visibility of water in…

Detail from the editorial project “A space to another space” by Xinyi Huang, MFA Communications Design ’23

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Pratt Is a Top Five Graphic Design School in the 2023 Animation Career Review Rankings

The ninth annual rankings from the online professional resource considered over 700 schools from across the country with graphic design programs.

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Byron Lars Named the Next Jane B. Nord Professor of Fashion Design

The fashion designer’s three decades of work have pushed contemporary American style forward with creative, inclusive, and playful design.

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Award-Winning Designer Ayse Birsel Helps Students Shape Their Future

Students from the Class of 2023 joined acclaimed designer and Pratt alumna Ayse Birsel for a special workshop to help make the most of the pivotal transition from school to career.

Pratt students volunteering at the Greenbelt Native Plant Center.

Undergraduate Industrial Design

Student Inspiration for Biocentric Design Blooms at Plant Nursery

Pratt students weave ideas of sustainability and care into their Industrial Design capstone projects.

Harlem Grown founder and CEO, Tony Hillery, with Pratt students Ningduan Yang, Qilin Yu, Jessica Kraemer during a workshop (photo by Charles Newman)

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Growing Food and People through Urban Farming

Interior design students worked with the community-based nonprofit Harlem Grown to reimagine two urban farms in New York City.

The 2019 Live Lookbook with the Soul Tigers marching band, presented by Pratt Fashion in collaboration with the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (photo by Nate Bozeman)

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New Graduate Program Focuses on Transforming Fashion

The MFA in Fashion Collection + Communication will lead the way in a rapidly changing industry.

The Harvest Salon held this fall in the Pratt Dye Garden (courtesy Amanda Huynh)

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A Mobile Kitchen Creates Connection through Food

On a recent evening in the Pratt Textile Dye Garden on the Brooklyn campus, the Pratt community was invited to commemorate the end of this year’s growing season for the flourishing space. The Harvest Salon was part of Sharing…

Graduate Industrial Design

Industrial Designer and Educator Ignacio Urbina Polo Named Chair of Industrial Design

Ignacio Urbina Polo has been appointed chair of industrial design in Pratt Institute’s School of Design. He assumes the role on July 1, 2022. Urbina is a distinguished industrial designer and a tenured professor at Pratt where he has taught…