School of Design Archives

Barnes & Noble Debuts New Pratt-Designed Back-to-School Collection

A new collection of Pratt Institute student-designed products is now available at more than 400 Barnes & Noble stores nationwide and online at BN.com. The “For Students By Students” collection of journals, notebooks, pencil cases, and other back-to-school…

Graduate Industrial Design

MADE@PRATT: A 3D-Woven Chair

For his graduate thesis project, Justin Crocker (M.I.D. '14) created a chair using a three-dimensional structural weaving technique he developed with the help of digital tools. He initially tested the technique by creating a series of small woven paper…

Graduate Communications Design

Student Winners of Third Annual Pratt/Hennessy V.S Competition Head to Los Angeles

As part of an ongoing collaboration between Pratt Institute and Hennessy V.S, the world’s top cognac brand, nine Pratt students from a variety of disciplines were challenged to create works of art influenced by Hennessy’s mantra, “Never stop. Never…

Fashion

Vogue Names Two Pratt Students in List of 2014 Fashion Graduates to Watch

Vogue has selected Brian Nussbaum (B.F.A. Fashion, ’14) and Neil Grotzinger (B.F.A. Fashion, ’14) for its list of top fashion school graduates to watch from the Class of 2014. The article written by Ally Betker noted that “with the wealth…

School of Design

Students Create Work and Exhibition at Pratt to Celebrate Wall Street Journal Anniversary

Eleven Pratt students are taking part in an initiative to create work that celebrates the rich history and future innovations of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which will commemorate its 125th anniversary on July 8, 2014. The resulting works, which…

Undergraduate Interior Design

The Financial Times Features Interior Design Faculty in Cloud Computing Video

Deborah Schneiderman, associate professor of Interior Design, is featured alongside representatives from Smart Design and Continuum in a Financial Times video piece on cloud computing. The video explores how data is changing the way we work and interact with one another…

Graduate Communications Design

Santiago Piedrafita Named Chair of Graduate Communications Design Department

Santiago Piedrafita, a designer, scholar, and educator, has been named chair of the Graduate Communications Design Department. Piedrafita, who received a M.S. in Communications Design from Pratt in 1994, is currently an associate professor and former chair of the Department…

Fashion

Video: Fashion Senior Creates Final Thesis Collection for 2014 Pratt Fashion Show

Fashion design student Julia Wollner (B.F.A. Fashion Design ’14) is one member of the graduating class whose final thesis collection was selected to be shown in the 2014 Pratt Institute Fashion Show on May 1. Wollner made her own…

Fashion

Neiman Marcus Exhibits Knitwear from Fashion Department Collaboration with Ralph Pucci International

Organic Matter: Woven Artwear, an exhibition featuring the innovative woven apparel by Pratt Fashion students, is on a national tour. It was first exhibited in Ralph Pucci International’s showroom, then in the windows of Macy’s Herald Square store in…

Fashion

Stephen Burrows and Byron Lars to be Honored at Pratt Fashion Show

On May 1, the 2014 Pratt Institute Fashion Show + Cocktail Benefit will spotlight inventive student fashion designs in its 115th annual ticketed runway show attended by fashion industry leaders, critics, and luminaries. This…