The fall 2022 Nostalgia issue of The Prattler, the student-run literary arts magazine, is now online. It includes an article on the Franklin Furnace Archive at Pratt, a reflection on the death of the MetroCard, and a digital collage of suburban nostalgia.
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A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute
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Pync cofounders Varin Trisopa, MPS Design Management ’24, and Thanat (Ben) Somwong, MID ’25, recently received the iF Design Award 2026 from iF International Forum Design.
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The Garden, a solo exhibition by Hiba Schahbaz, MFA Fine Arts ’12, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, was reviewed in Artnet.
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Mariana Torres, MS Sustainable Environmental Systems ’25, was interviewed in the Brooklyn chapter of the American Institute of Architects. “By studying Architecture and Interior Design and later earning a master’s degree in Sustainability and Environmental Systems in New York, I developed an approach that integrates design, environmental responsibility, and human well-being. For me, architecture is about designing with intention—creating spaces that support people while contributing to a more sustainable built environment.”
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Fine Arts Jewelry Program Coordinator Patricia Madeja’s Geometric Geode Prasiolite and silver collection jewelry was featured in Max Alexander’s runway show at the Opera Garnie as part of Paris Fashion Week.
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Adjunct Professor of Undergraduate Communications Design Tim O’Brien helped design the official pane featuring portraits of 25 Figures of the American Revolution for the United States Postal Service, commemorating 250 years since the Declaration of Independence was signed.
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Kurt Thomas, BPS Construction Management ’29, has been named the 2025–2026 Rookie of the Year in the Atlantic East Men’s Basketball league. Thomas led the Cannoneers and all AEC rookies in scoring, with 13.2 points per game, and he also delivered 24 blocks over the course of the season.
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Edel Rodriguez, BFA Painting ’94 and Visionary Awardee 2019, will deliver the keynote address at the Patchogue Arts Council PEACE Forward: Arts in Education + Partnerships = Possibility conference April 27–28.
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In Kansas City interviewed Jason Chen, BID ’21, about his career journey. “Studying the history of industrial design gave a great background for the work I do now. It’s about finding the context with the owner and the spirit of the house or apartment. I think a good interior always takes into consideration the time and place the home was built, including what kind of objects might have been living in it.”
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Pratt Institute’s Communications and Marketing Creative Services team earned second place in Archinect’s Fall ’25 Get Lectured competition for their design of the School of Architecture’s Fall 2025 event series poster.
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