A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute
Yihang (Edward) Xu, BID ’25, has been recognized with a Red Dot Concept Award for his project AirFarm, a self-sustainable mobile solution for modern nomads that he began in a studio taught by Chamille Thayer, professor of industrial design. Red Dot aims to celebrate the best ideas in design and business.
A new exhibition of work by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, BFA Photography ’83, was featured in Smithsonian Magazine. The exhibition is presented by the National Portrait Gallery and the Archives of American Art.
Duke Riley, MFA Fine Arts (Sculpture) ’06, was featured in a Forbes roundup of artists embracing environmentalism or sustainability at Paris Art Week. Riley was recognized for his “sustainable artistic practice” that “explores the dichotomy between powerful institutions and the natural world, and addresses environmental issues raised by an overwhelmingly consumerist, capitalist society.”
Michael Maltzan, founder of Michael Maltzan Architects, gave the The Arnold Syrop, BArch ’61, and Joanne Syrop Annual Lecture to students spanning design disciplines at Pratt. Following the lecture, Maltzan was interviewed for STIRworld.
A team of recent Pratt alumni, including Ziyan Wu, Yushu Zhuang, Yirong Zhang, and Yunyu Huang, all BFA Interior Design ’24, was among the top 10 finalists and won the People’s Choice Award at the Accor Design Awards 2024 for their project Sofitel Shanghai: The Light Beyond.
Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Practice in Fine Arts Carlos Motta was featured in ArtNet for his series “Descubriendo el nuevo mundo” or “Discovering New World.” Motta used AI to create work that responds to the 16th-century Flemish engraver Theodore de Bry’s visual depictions of the Americas, “flip[ping] the script on de Bry’s austere whitewash of the violence of conquest.”
Rob Redding, MFA Fine Arts ’22, celebrated ten years and 2,000 episodes of his podcast, Redding News Review Unrestricted. “I am very fortunate to have such a faithful audience of subscribers who have helped solidify my longevity in Black-focused news talk,” said Redding.
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Information Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz co-organized the Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies (GSIS) 2024 conference at Princeton University, where Xavi Danto, MSLIS ‘25, presented “Linked Data and Sex Archives.” Smith-Cruz and Claudia Berger, MSLIS ’21, also recently presented at “Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations in Identity and Libraries” hosted by NYU Libraries.
Art by Terry Winters, BFA ’71, is reviewed in Whitehot Magazine. “With hesitation one can only posit what Winters level of study would have produced had he taken up the field of science, rather than his dedication devoted to the calling he has pursued?” writes Edward Waisnis. “This thought is approached with hesitation since the realization of such an alternative would result in an intense loss. We benefit having Winters in the upper tier of contemporary painting.”
Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller, MS Communications Design ’85, was interviewed for PRINT Magazine.
From Pratt Institute News
From Pratt Institute News
