The Daily Hub

Jeremy Scott, BFA Fashion Design ’95, was interviewed by Vogue about his new book for Moschino. He mentioned why he ends it with a tuxedo tandem jacket: “It’s very significant to me personally because the original concept of these two tails that are connecting and looping and not separating was a design I did for my student show graduating from Pratt.”

Queer Pratt’s Drag Race returned to Memorial Hall this spring! See photos from the annual event @prattinstitute.

Literary Hub explored the career of Pratt alumna and comic book creator June Tarpé Mills who in 1941 created the first female superhero: Miss Fury.

This summer’s Pratt in Venice program is underway! Follow @prattinvenice for updates, such as the Art History of Venice class’s visit to the Torcello island to consider what makes the Italian city a special place for the study of art.

Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, MFA Communications Design ’15, is featured in a Harper’s Bazaar story that explores her practice, including several participatory installations at Lincoln Center this summer called GATHER: A series of monuments and rituals: “We need to remind ourselves to hold onto the hope and the joy; we live the grief and the pain every day.”

Hannah Fink, MID ’20, was interviewed on the Inventors Helping Inventors podcast about her work to improve the home Pilates reformer.

“Fresh Fuel” by Liuyi Ding, BFA Interior Design ’22, rethinks urban sustainability by transforming gas stations into markets for fresh food and automobile charging. Read more @prattinteriors.

Mónica Santos Gil, BID ’15, was interviewed for Marie Claire’s Small Business Spotlight. She discussed leaving corporate fashion to start her own brand using cactus leather to make sustainable handbags: “My priority was to create bags that were long-lasting—something you could wear everyday and for years to come.”

Visit @prattfoundation to see work by students from this year’s Foundation FOLIO awards, including Joy Han who received the honor for Outstanding Portfolio in 2D Design: “My biggest takeaway from my foundation year is all the new techniques and mediums I have been able to not only learn about but also take part in.”

Fashion design alumnus Emilio Sosa is nominated for a Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play for Trouble in Mind. Ahead of the June 12 ceremony, he shared with Broadway World what the nomination means to him.