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A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute

  • Loren Daye, MID ’06, provided expert lighting advice in Architectural Digest, such as installing dimmers on everything: “After 6 p.m., I turn the light level down in our house to allow for a more regulated circadian effect,” she tells AD. 

  • Mary Carothers, BFA Photography ’91, was featured in LEO Weekly about her artwork and artificial intelligence. “AI simultaneously fascinates and terrifies me,” she said.

  • Mark Grattan, BID ’06, is named among the The Wallpaper* USA 400, which recognizes the people defining America’s creative landscape. He was featured on Wallpaper* in a recent profile of the artist, as well as in an article about Milan Design Week 2024. He was also dubbed “The Builder” by Robb Report in a round-up of nine creative innovators. 

  • Nancy Grossman, BFA Graphic Arts and Illustration ’62, was awarded the National Arts Club’s Medal of Honor. “I’m so grateful and fortunate to have this time to still keep learning, to still keep showing, to be collected, to still be relevant and influential after all these years,” she said. 

  • Greer Lankton, BFA Sculpture ’81, was featured in an article for the Art Institute of Chicago. “Whether paying homage to real-life individuals or fictitious characters, Lankton aspired to animate each of her creations with a unique vitality.” 

  • The School of Design’s 4th annual Social Justice and Sustainability Award winners were announced, recognizing students for leadership, scholarship, activism, and sustainability.

  • For Cultured, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore picked his five favorite images by accomplished New York photographer James Hamilton, who studied painting at Pratt. Hamilton is also the subject of the documentary Uncropped, which was reviewed in the New York Times. “We depend on history to recount what is vanished, what is missed, dreamed of, mythologized,” Moore tells Cultured. “In James Hamilton’s photographic archives I encounter a universe of sweetness, of salaciousness and a spell-binding grace.”

  • Professor of Undergraduate Communications Design Rudy Gutierrez, BFA Communications Design (Illustration) ’79, captured the courtship of Cicadas in his signature illustration style for the New York Times.

  • Adam Friedman​​, chief strategy officer of research and strategic partnerships in the office of the provost, was included in City & State New York’s 2024 Brooklyn Power 100. NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, MS City and Regional Planning ’98 and former director of the Pratt Center for Community Development, was also included in the prestigious list of local changemakers.

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A close-up image of a person reclining against a green pillow, wearing a dark sweater. A decorative brooch featuring metallic gold and turquoise leaves and flowers is attached to the sweater. The person's hand, adorned with a ring, rests near the brooch. The background consists of a patterned rug.

Wearable Memories

Students transform personal memories into handmade, one-of-a-kind brooches in a junior jewelry studio.
Three individuals are shown in a collage. On the left, a person with long, braided hair, wearing large glasses and a red coat, smiles in front of green plants. In the middle, a person with a short beard and a wide smile, dressed in a light blue sweater over a white collared shirt, stands against a brown brick wall. On the right, a person with shoulder-length dark hair and glasses smiles brightly, wearing a black top, with a soft gray background.

Three Outstanding Graduates to be Honored at Pratt’s 2026 Alumni Achievement Awards

From Pratt Institute News

Pratt Institute alumni Nanette Carter, Vann Graves, and Lian Farhi will be honored for their creative and professional accomplishments.

Leading by Example

From Pratt Institute News

Spencer Giuliano, BArch ’26, thrives on the soccer field and in the studio, all while helping fellow student-athletes balance the demands of both worlds.