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Undergraduate Communications Design

Record Year for ComD Illustration at Society of Illustrators

This was a record-breaking year for Prattcomd Illustration with more students accepted into the 2014 Society of Illustrators annual exhibition and book than ever before. Congratulations to: Maria Arenas Christina Chung Yugyeong Chung…

Fashion

Pratt Fetes Distinguished Graduates at 2014 Alumni Achievement Awards

On March 20, the Pratt Institute 2014 Alumni Achievement Awards will be presented to six accomplished alumni at a private luncheon held in Manhattan. The awards recognize outstanding graduates who have distinguished themselves in their fields, who have earned…

Architecture

Pratt Design Programs Ranked Among the Top in the Nation

Pratt Institute’s interior design, industrial design, and architecture programs are ranked among the best in the country according to a recently released annual survey of industry professionals coordinated by monthly architecture and design journal, DesignIntelligence (DI). “Rankings play…

Graduate Interior Design

Brooklyn Academy of Music Displays Artistic Collaboration between Pratt and Unity Prep Students

The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is currently displaying an exhibition, Abstraction and Metrics, created through a unique after-school program collaboration between Pratt Institute and Unity Prep, a new charter middle school in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The exhibition will run…

Undergraduate Communications Design

Professor Scott Santoro Authors Guide to Graphic Design

Scott W. Santoro, Adjunct Associate Professor In Undergraduate Communications Design, has written and designed a textbook entitled “Guide to Graphic Design.” A number or Pratt student works appear throughout the textbook, which Is currently available online through Pearson Education,…

Graduate Industrial Design

Recent Industrial Design Alumnus Creates Innovative Shoe Design Concept

Just a few months after his graduation, Horatio Han watched one of his prototypes go viral, landing in numerous design blogs, The Daily Beast, and Fast Company. The piece is called Unifold. It’s printable footwear made…

Undergraduate Communications Design

UnBeige Blog Profiles Alumni Art & Design Fair Exhibitor Kevin Stanton

Kevin Stanton (B.F.A. Communications Design ’10) was profiled in a recent post on UnBeige for his intricate, hand-cut paper artworks. Stanton, whose work was discovered at Pratt Show by Sterling Publishing, was enlisted by the publisher to illustrate several…

Graduate Communications Design

2013 Halloween Costume Contest Winners

The Halloween Costume Contest winners from the ComD Halloween Party are here! You can check out the rest of the photos on Facebook. In addition, individual photos are available for download and prints are…

Graduate Industrial Design

WABC-TV Airs Segment on the Legacy of Late Furniture Designer and Alumnus Charles Pollock

WABC-TV ran a segment on the legacy of Charles Pollock, a renowned furniture designer and industrial design alumnus who died tragically in a fire in Queens on August 20. Lucia DeRespinis, an industrial design faculty member who went…

Fashion

PAPER Highlights Pratt Fashion Talent in Top 10 Graduates to Watch Story

PAPER recently highlighted recent fashion graduates Madeline Gruen, Emma Hastil, and Simone Kurland in an online roundup titled “10 Fashion Graduates to Watch.” The three graduating seniors, along with 14 of their fellow classmates, debuted their stunning thesis…