School of Design Archives

Rowena Reed Kostellow Fund Honors Industrial Design Alumni at 2019 Awards Ceremony

This year the Rowena Reed Kostellow Fund honored two sets of Pratt classmates for their achievements in industrial design. Deane and Sandra Richardson, ID ‘57, who both studied with Kostellow, were honored with…

Graduate Interior Design

Professor Deborah Schneiderman Receives Pratt’s Inaugural Research Recognition Award 2019-20

Deborah Schneiderman, Interior Design Professor in the School of Design, is the inaugural recipient of Pratt’s new Research Recognition Award. This award joins the annual Distinguished Teacher Award as a special opportunity for the Pratt community to recognize the…

Graduate Communications Design

Animation Career Review Ranks Pratt among Top Schools for Graphic Design and Illustration

Pratt Institute is rated one of the country's top graphic design and illustration colleges in the 2019 rankings published by Animation Career Review (ACR), a comprehensive online resource for aspiring professionals in animation, digital art, game design, graphic design,…

Graduate Interior Design

Japanese Mending Inspires Students for 2019 DIFFA Dining by Design Installation

In the Japanese art of kintsugi, broken pottery is repaired with gold lacquer. Pratt interior design graduate students were inspired by this mending technique in their dining environment concept for the annual Design Industries Foundation Fighting…

School of Architecture

Pratt Research Open House: A Day to Discover Cutting-Edge Innovation

Innovative research that can change our future happens every day at Pratt Institute. On March 30, the public can learn about more than 50 research projects led by Pratt faculty, staff, and students. The second annual Research…

Graduate Interior Design

Faculty Member Sarah Strauss Honored with Award for Excellence in Interior Design Education

Visiting Associate Professor Sarah Strauss has been named the first-place winner of the 2018 Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) Award for Excellence for her exceptional interior design teaching at Pratt. CIDA’s annual award honors educators…

Architecture

Women’s History Month Spotlight: “Bad Girls in Literature, Music, and Art”

Who are the strong, pathbreaking women who embolden today’s emerging artists and designers? Bad Girls in Literature, Art, and Music, an elective in Humanities and Media Studies, bridges the past and present of women, creativity, and…

City and Regional Planning

Spring Break: Students Take Deep Dives into Coursework and Volunteering

During the week of March 11, a number of Pratt students are using spring break to be immersed in intensive coursework abroad, and to volunteer in service of more local needs. Highlighted below are a few…

Fashion

Four Pratt Students and Alumni Named 2019 Fulbright Semifinalists

Four Pratt Institute students and alumni are among the semifinalists for the 2019 Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The prestigious program offers grants for study and research, or participation in English language assistant programs, in countries around…

Fashion

Black History is Pratt History: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Throughout Black History Month this February, Pratt Institute’s news page and social media are highlighting the important initiatives and accomplishments of some of the Institute’s alumni, faculty, and students in working to preserve and share Black…