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 Pairs: Valentine’s Day 2026
Alumni share their stories of meeting at Pratt and how they continued their lives together following graduation.
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.
Wearable Memories
From Pratt Institute News
Students transform personal memories into handmade, one-of-a-kind brooches in a junior jewelry studio.
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.
Designing Her Way to Her Dream Job
From Pratt Institute News
Recent alumna Renata Dominguez always knew she wanted to work in design. Now, just one year post-grad, she’s thriving at one of the biggest international branding agencies.
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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La MaMa will present the world premiere of FOOTNOTES, created, designed, and directed by Emerita Professor of Art and Design Education Theodora Skipitares.
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Assistant Professor in the School of Information Rhys Dreeszen Bowman co-authored a new article, “Contesting Queer Books: Analyzing the Discourses in Public Comment Sections at School Board Meetings,” which has been published in The Library Quarterly.
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Thomas Prendergast, BPS Construction Management ’28, earned Atlantic East Defensive Player of the Week honors for stalwart performances in the paint in recent games for the men’s basketball team. He also notched his first career double-double with career highs of 22 points and 10 rebounds.
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Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Information Pamela Pavliscak has a chapter about how teens use chatbots as a way to rehearse difficult conversations in the new book Foundations in Cyber-Ethnography: A Cross-Cultural Approach (Bloomsbury, 2026). Pavliscak also has a new book coming out on June 9: All the Feels: How to Stay Human in the Digital World (Hachette, 2026).
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Stefan Sagmeister, MS Communications Design ’88, was selected as a member of the Adobe Creative Collective, “a group of exceptional creative leaders whose work reflects the innovation, diversity, and imagination driving the future of creativity.”
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Isabelle Brourman, MFA Fine Arts ’19, is featured in a Los Angeles Magazine profile after she created the cover for the latest issue. “The multidisciplinary artist’s profile rose when she began capturing high-profile court cases through an abstract lens as a courtroom sketch artist, first starting with Depp v. Heard in Fairfax County, Virginia, in 2022. Since then, she has crafted pieces from The People v. Donald Trump and The People v. Danny Masterson, and at Nicolás Maduro’s arraignment at immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, among others.”
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Adjunct Professor – CCE of Writing Anna Moschovakis was invited by The Booker Prizes to reflect on her experience translating the International Booker Prize-winning novel, At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop. “Each book I take on becomes an obsession of sorts, one that bleeds into my life and, naturally, my writing.”
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