A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute
Charlotte Böhning and Mary Lempres, both MID ’23, are finalists for the 2022 Lexus Design Award. Their Chitofoam material research project reuses discarded polystyrene foam as food for mealworms and then uses their exoskeletons for an environmentally friendly alternative to polystyrene foam.
An intersection in Boyle Heights was named for Fine Arts alumnus Robert Vargas. The recognition by the Los Angeles City Council honors the muralist’s contributions to art and humanitarian causes.
Na’ye Perez, MFA Fine Arts (Painting/Drawing) ’20, has art on view at BRIC House in Brooklyn through August 28, 2022, that remixes found material and archival photographs to capture everyday experiences of Black love and resilience.
Pratt was included in Architectural Digest’s “16 Interior Design Schools Worth Applying To,” with the publication noting the program’s “firm commitment to social and environmental responsibility and professional ethics.”
At the New York Public Library, Fine Arts alumnus Peter Kuper is exhibiting excerpts from his forthcoming graphic novel inspired by his experiences during the pandemic at the institution researching the history of insects.
Visiting Assistant Professor Glen Cummings joined @prattgradcomd’s ongoing interview series to share insights into his design practice, being an educator, and how teaching inspires his work: “I believe a designer’s sense of discovery or enjoyment is legible in the things that are made.”
Check out @prattinstitute for a shelfie of recent Pratt faculty publications, from explorations of architectural history to poetic experiments.
Ian Gregory, MS Museums and Digital Culture ’21, received an honorable mention in the 2021 NYCDH Graduate Student Digital Project Awards for the project “Mental Acuity Bot for the Elderly (MABel).”
Jennifer Wen Ma, MFA Fine Arts ’99, has a large-scale artwork made of cut paper on view in the He Xiangning Art Museum in Shenzhen, China, through March. The sculptural black-and-white passageway allows one person to walk through the installation at a time. See more @prattfineart.
A Pratt industrial design student team including Jessica Smith, Charlotte Böhning, and Mary Lempres was a runner-up in the Biodesign Sprint presented by Google with the Biodesign Challenge. Their project, BI/O, uses living microorganisms and stored carbon for compostable external hardware for a Google Nest Mini. The international competition was covered by Metropolis.
From Pratt Institute News
From Pratt Institute News
