Surface spotlights Pratt alumni Chen Chen and Kai Williams as “Designer of the Day,” highlighting their Brooklyn studio’s material-driven practice spanning furniture, lighting, and collectible works, including their recent show Basic Instinct at The Future Perfect.
Pratt Architecture Graduates Are Building the World Around Us
For over 70 years, Pratt Institute has been preparing architects to shape the world we live in, from the homes and schools that anchor neighborhoods to the parks, infrastructure, and civic spaces that bring communities together.
Pratt Alumni Reunite on the Court for Annual Basketball Game
From Pratt Institute News
Alumni Bernard Chang and Kadir Nelson were both honored during the event for their ongoing dedication to Pratt’s basketball program.
Three Pratt Students and Two Alumni Named 2026 Fulbright Semifinalists
From Pratt Institute News
Each year, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers graduating seniors, recent college graduates, graduate students, and young professionals from the United States the opportunity to engage in academic projects, learn from diverse cultures, and work on pressing societal issues.
Imagining Alternative Futures for the Brooklyn Marine Terminal
From Pratt Institute News
Architecture students worked with local groups in Red Hook on neighborhood revitalization and climate resilience plans as NYC looks to redevelop the Brooklyn Marine Terminal.
Investigating the Relationship Between Information and Human Rights
From Pratt Institute News
Graduate students created projects investigating how information systems shape power, rights, and democratic life for a course in the School of Information.
Pratt Pairs: Valentine’s Day 2026
From Pratt Institute News
Alumni share their stories of meeting at Pratt and how they continued their lives together following graduation.
Two GCPE Students Selected as Fund for the City of New York Community Planning Fellows
From School of Architecture News
Fellows are placed with NYC community boards, where they gain hands-on experience with real-world planning challenges in areas such as transportation, zoning, and land use; and assist board members and staff in addressing quality-of-life issues that matter to local communities.
In the Press
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The Best Advice We’ve Found on Preserving, Storing, and Digitizing Family Memories
Feature citing Anthony Cocciolo, dean of the School of Information, on the importance of preserving original order and material integrity when organizing and digitizing family archives; highlighting Pratt’s expertise in archival practice, conservation, and digital curation to safeguard personal histories for future generations.
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Here’s Why You Wear A Different Size Clothing For Every Brand You Wear
In a HuffPost feature on the lack of standardized clothing sizes, Pratt visiting assistant professor Keena Hudson explained that mass production ushered in a “try to fit as many people as possible” approach to sizing, rooted in outdated data.
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Meet Kristin Mallison, the Sustainable Indie Designer Loved by Millie Bobby Brown, Lisa and More
Teen Vogue spotlights Pratt alumna Kristin Mallison for her viral, sustainability-driven fashion brand and high-profile celebrity clients. Mallison credits Pratt’s fashion program with “really push[ing] for recycling,” shaping her upcycling approach and long-term commitment to waste reduction.
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Overlooked No More: Pamela Colman Smith, Artist Behind a Famous Tarot Deck
A New York Times Overlooked obituary revisits the life of Pratt trained artist Pamela Colman Smith, the long-uncredited illustrator of the best-selling Rider-Waite tarot deck, highlighting her expansive career as an author, publisher, suffragist, and mystic.
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39 Reasons to Love New York
New York Magazine’s “39 Reasons to Love New York Right Now” spotlights a citywide rise in art-school enrollment and notes that Pratt’s drawing and painting programs hit their highest enrollment levels in nearly 15 years, underscoring strong demand for a creative education.
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Alex Strada with Gaby Collins-Fernández
In this Brooklyn Rail conversation, artist Alex Strada discusses Public Address, her citywide public art project formed through deep interagency collaboration and informed by her broader socially engaged practice—including her role as the Fine Arts’ Civic Engagement Fellow at Pratt Institute, where she previously developed the community-centered project Collective Mobilities.
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Back to the Roots
The article highlights a collaborative experimental dining project, “Farm is Table,” co-created by visiting Interior Design professor Allan Wexler, in which the table is literally embedded into the earth to explore hyperlocal food, ecology, and the blurring of art, agriculture, and architecture.
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Inside My Worn Out Drawer, is an Ocean by Siwoo Kim, BFA Film ’25, will premiere at the 2026 National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) in the “Pedal to the Mettle” block on Friday, March 27. The animated short follows Jooni, who, after running out on a suicide pact, wanders around Seoul and meets a classmate from elementary school.
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Sydney Lipner, Emily Morillo, Mikey Rodriguez, and Vicky Zhang, all BFA/MA Art and Design Education ’26, have been awarded a Graduate Student Engagement Fund (GSEF) grant for their proposal, “Accessible Culturally-Responsive Art Education in Puerto Rico.”
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts Claudia Bitrán was featured in artnet. Her show, Claudia Bitrán: Titanic, A Deep Emotion, on view at Cristin Tierney Gallery, “marks the New York premiere of [her] reimagining of the James Cameron film, crafted with a variety of disciplines from drawing and painting to performance and sculpture.”
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Associate Professor of Writing Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts will present her work at the launch of The Device, a new publication focused on the archives and history of the Poetry Project.
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Chair of Graduate Architecture, Landscape, and Urban Design Andrew Holder’s firm, The Los Angeles Design Group, has been chosen to construct a public installation for the 2026 Coachella Valley Music Festival. “‘Visage Brut’ reimagines the logic and mythology of a totem pole through the language of contemporary construction.”
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The Pratt Center for Community Development released an EnergyFit Toolkit, “a new resource for communities, organizations, and policymakers to create programs that will help small homes be healthier and more energy efficient.” They will also be hosting a webinar walkthrough of the new toolkit on March 11 to help organizations jumpstart retrofit programs for 1-4 family homes.
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