School of Design Archives

Pratt Participates in NYCxDESIGN from May 8–19

Pratt Is participating in NYCxDESIGN, New York City’s official citywide celebration of design, through a variety of exhibitions and presentations of student, faculty, and alumni work. Highlights are listed below. BKLYN Designs  May 8–10 BKLYN DESIGNS: This annual design event…

Graduate Communications Design

Pratt Presents Series Features Phillip Tiongson and Justin Hendrix in Conversation

Pratt Institute and NYC Media Lab recently presented “Design, Technology, and the Future,” an evening featuring interaction designer Phillip Tiongson, principal and creative director at Potion Design Studio, in conversation with Justin Hendrix, executive director of NYC Media Lab. The…

Fashion

Actress Rose Byrne to Present Honoree Award at 2015 Pratt Institute Fashion Show

Actress Rose Byrne will present the Pratt Fashion Visionary Award to Francisco Costa, Women’s Creative Director of Calvin Klein Collection, at the Pratt Institute Fashion Show + Cocktail Benefit on May 7. Actress Rose Byrne, who most recently completed a run on Broadway in “You Can’t Take it With…

Fashion

Video: Cotton Incorporated Scholarship Helps Fashion Senior Explore Ideas in Collection

Fashion design student Sophie Andes Gascon (B.F.A. Fashion Design ’15) created a final thesis collection, which was selected to be shown in the 2015 Pratt Institute Fashion Show held on May 7. In spring 2014, Gascon was awarded a…

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Delbert I. Footer (B.I.D. ’53) Scholarship to Benefit Industrial Design Students

Alumnus Delbert I. Footer (B.I.D. ’53) has made an endowment gift to establish the Delbert I. Footer ’53 Scholarship to help aspiring industrial designers benefit from the Pratt experience as he did. He has made a provision for the scholarship…

Undergraduate Industrial Design

Video: Kai Lin (B.I.D. ’15) Designs Mountain Goat-Inspired Prosthetic for Rock Climbing

Industrial design student Kai Lin (B.I.D. ’15) designed KLIPPA, a prosthetic leg for amputee rock climbers, for Professor of Industrial Design Jonathan Thayer’s Aesthetics of Prosthetics class. Inspired by the exceptional climbing ability of mountain goats, Lin developed a design…

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Designer and Educator Anita Cooney Named Dean of the School of Design

Pratt Institute has named Anita Cooney, currently acting dean of Pratt Institute’s School of Design, as dean of the School of Design. Her appointment will become effective on April 1, 2015. Cooney, a Pratt alumna, has served as acting dean…

Fashion

Calvin Klein Collection’s Francisco Costa to Be Honored at 2015 Pratt Fashion Show

On May 7, the 2015 Pratt Institute Fashion Show + Cocktail Benefit will spotlight inventive student fashion designs from graduating seniors in its 116th annual ticketed runway show. At this year’s event, Pratt will honor Francisco Costa, Women’s Creative Director…

Graduate Industrial Design

Dwell Magazine Profiles Industrial Design Faculty Member and Alumna Lucia DeRespinis

Dwell magazine recently profiled Adjunct Professor of Industrial Design Lucia DeRespinis (B.I.D. ’52) and her distinguished design and teaching career. The story by Kelsey Keith highlights DeRespinis’ education at Pratt—where she was one of three women in the graduating class…

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Alumnus Gaspar de Jesus Competes on New Ellen DeGeneres Television Series

Gaspar de Jesus (B.I.D. ’01) is one of six designers selected to compete on Ellen’s Design Challenge, a new HGTV series from the Emmy Award-winning entertainer and comedian Ellen DeGeneres that premiered on January 26. The show follows the designers…