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Industrial Design Alumna Authors Post on Fast Company’s Co.Design Blog

Ayça Çakmakli, an industrial design alumna and design researcher at Smart Design, recently authored a post for Fast Company's Co.Design blog titled “What Hunting for A Mate Teaches You About Design.” Her work…

Undergraduate Communications Design

UnBeige Blog Features Q&A With Pratt and Hennessy Competition Winner

Mediabistro's UnBeige blog recent featured a Q&A with Michael Cook, a recent graduate of Pratt's undergraduate communications design department whose mixed media piece was selected as the winner of a competition inspired by Hennessy that challenged a select…

Fashion

Assistant Fashion Design Chair Quoted in Artinfo Story on Older Women in Advertising Campaigns

Artinfo, a blog with over one million page views per month, recently quoted Shannon Bell Price, assistant fashion design chair, in an article on older women in advertising. Bell Price spoke of the changing cultural attitudes and the…

Graduate Industrial Design

Metropolis Features Innovative Work by Recent Industrial Design Graduates

Metropolis Magazine recently featured work by stand-out students from design schools around the world, including Pratt industrial design graduates Yasemin Uyar and Carla Jaspers. Uyar's “Cresendo Dinnerware” design was included in the July/August issue of the magazine, and Jasper's…

Graduate Industrial Design

NBC New York’s Thread NY Blog Features Pratt Alumni Designers

NBC New York's Thread NY blog recently highlighted work by industrial design alumni Sergio Silva and Matthew Bradshaw of Silva/Bradshaw. The duo met while students at Pratt, and have since designed a collection of furniture, household objects, and…

Fashion

Urban Outfitters Blog Interviews Summer Intern and Current Fashion Design Student

Urban Outfitters recently interviewed summer design intern and current fashion design student Kindall Almond about her fashion-forward style. One of Almond's designs was produced by the company as part of its “Designed By: Pratt Institute” collaboration from…

Graduate Industrial Design

Pratt Industrial Design Faculty Member Quoted in Dwell Editor’s Note

Dwell's Editor in Chief Amanda Dameron recently quoted Lucia DeRespinis, industrial designer and adjunct industrial design professor, in her Editor's Note column on women in design. As a woman, DeRespinis faced assumptions about her technical proficiency. “Only once people…

Fashion

The Huffington Post Highlights Fashion Design Alumna in Post on Harlem Clothing Designers

The Huffington Post recently highlighted Nzinga Knight, Pratt fashion design alumna, in an article on up-and-coming clothing designers from Harlem. According to the post, her high-end eveningwear and sportswear “offers a sense of mystery, discovery, and innovation.” Knight…

Graduate Industrial Design

Treehugger Covers Pratt and Herman Miller’s “Body and Mind” Collaboration

Treehugger recently featured Pratt and Herman Miller's “Body and Mind” collaboration, which challenged industrial design students to create designs that balance body and mind in ways that potentially increase health benefits and elevate mood and productivity while providing…

Undergraduate Communications Design

The New York Times Magazine Features Illustrations by Recent Communications Design Alumnus

The New York Times Magazine recently featured a cover illustration by Chris Nosenzo, a 2011 graduate of Pratt's undergraduate communications design department. The illustration accompanied the cover story of the magazine, titled “32 Innovations That Will Change Your Tomorrow.”…