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Professor Emeritus Bruce Hannah, BID ’63, was honored with an Individual Achievement Award in the 2022 Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) Awards. The recognition noted that he “is one of the great industrial designers and educators, as well as a forceful advocate for design, design education, and design students.”

Pratt + Platinum Guild International announced the 2022 Platinum Design DNA Award winners. They include students Ziqi Xie, Daiwen Wang, and Jiayi Liang who will be working with Krainz Creations to fabricate their designs, which you can see @pratt_institute_jewelry.

For a New York Times story on the uncertain future of the queer haven at Riis Beach in Queens, Yael Malka, BFA Photography ’12, took photographs and video, and James Hannaham, professor of writing, contributed an introduction: “When you choose the margin, it is a safe harbor. You called it the People’s Beach, and she became the metaphorical mother of your house.”

Bradley Ward, MFA Fine Arts ’19, was featured in Slam magazine. The story highlights how while at Pratt, he was encouraged to make art about his own experiences, leading him to mix imagery from Old Masters with the NBA: “We have long since preserved and revered these images of white bodies, but here we have Black bodies, in real time, doing the same thing.”

Charlotte Böhning, MID ’23, and Mary Lempres, BFA Fine Arts (Painting) ’18; MID ’23, were interviewed for a piece on Designboom about how being finalists for the 2022 Lexus Design Award influenced their work. They received the honor for their collaborative project Chitofarm, which addresses polystyrene foam waste with mealworms.

As part of the research group Inclusive Ecologies, Nancy Smith, assistant professor in the School of Information, is exhibiting “Edible New York” in the Tallinn Architecture Biennale. The work is part of the Edible exhibition that explores the reimagining of planetary food systems.

In its roundup of the “Best Booths At Spring/Break New York 2022,” ARTNews highlighted work by Rebecca Goyette, lecturer in Continuing and Professional Studies, Rebecca Morgan, MFA ’09, and Visiting Assistant Professor Fay Ku.

Ron Shiffman, professor emeritus in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE), joined the Daily Show webcast for a discussion on gentrification in Brooklyn, how it impacts the displacement of people and culture, and how people moving into neighborhoods can contribute to responsible change. Watch the full conversation on YouTube.

A new digital exhibition celebrates the 125th anniversary of the Pratt Libraries building on the Brooklyn campus which opened in 1896. It was designed by William B. Tubby with interiors by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company.

To mark a year since Hurricane Ida, Sylvia Morse, program manager for policy at the Pratt Center for Community Development, wrote about the ongoing need for action amidst a new hurricane season. NYC Comptroller Brad Lander also cited Pratt Center’s research and advocacy in a proposed regulatory framework. Further coverage highlighting this issue and Pratt Center’s work includes CityLab, Pix11, and The City.