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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.

Jie Yu, BFA Interior Design ’22, designed “The Potential of Cultural Coexistence and Hybridization” taking philosophical principles from traditional Chinese scholar stones as a design methodology to create a space under the Manhattan Bridge with fluid experiences to remove the traditional barriers between cultures. Read more @prattinteriors.

Signe Nielsen, adjunct professor of undergraduate architecture, was interviewed in Curbed’s 21 Questions series. The landscape architect whose projects include Little Island in Manhattan discussed a range of topics, such as a course she teaches at Pratt about planting design.

New flags have been unfurled at Pratt Manhattan for LGBTQ Pride Month. Read more @prattinstitute.

Santos–Skin to Skin (2022) co-produced by Dean of the School of Art Jorge Oliver had its world premiere at the 2022 SXSW and was an Official Selection of the 2022 Philadelphia Latino Film Festival. The film is a portrait of Afro-Latin musician and community activist John Santos. It screens this Sunday, June 12, at AFI Silver in Silver Spring, Maryland, with a Q&A featuring Oliver.

Ali Chen, MS Packaging, Identities, and Systems Design ’20, is featured in a Q&A on Archinect which highlights her multidisciplinary practice in architecture and design and her work on a new study app: “Whether it’s on the beach or the subway commute, I hope to help people integrate this architectural content into their life instead of having their lives revolve around studying and memorization.”

“LET/D” by Meng Ning, MID ’22, promotes social interaction between strangers in public space through the use of light. Read more on the Pratt MID site.

For Pride Month, @prattinteriors is sharing student work from this spring’s graduate studio led by Adjunct Assistant Professor Virginia Black that partnered with G.L.I.T.S. (Gays & Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society).