This past academic year, Pratt Institute marked 135 years of educating creative leaders to shape the future. At a milestone such as this, it is natural to reflect on the foundations of the work we do and cultivate at Pratt.
Generations of students have come to Pratt to hone the unique skills and sensibilities necessary to engage with emerging modalities and media, to collaborate and problem solve, to meet the pressing issues of the day.
Though the challenges of our time are in many ways different from those that defined the era of Pratt’s founding, a throughline remains.
Pratt continues to be a place where artists and creative professionals, visionaries and systems thinkers, collaborators and questioners find fertile ground, infused with a history of social responsibility, inspired making, and community action, to write the next chapters of our collective story.
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Hamid Rahmanian’s Boundless Adaptation of an Iranian Epic Poem
Over the last 15 years, Iranian-born polymath Hamid Rahmanian has created popup books, large-scale cinematic shadow-plays, and concert experiences, telling the story of the Shahnameh,… -
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New and Noteworthy Spring/Summer 2023
Time Since Launch V2 by CW&T Che-Wei Wang, BArch ’03, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Undergraduate Architecture This spring, CW&T, the Brooklyn-based design practice of Che-Wei Wang… -
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Letter from the President: Foundations for Creating the Future
Charles Pratt, just over a year after establishing Pratt Institute, delivered these words to some of our institution’s earliest students. In his address, he emphasized… -
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The Threads That Connect Us
“When my grandmother and I started weaving together, I wasn’t thinking about family heritage,” says fashion designer Emily Ridings, BFA Fashion Design ’18. “But the… -
![Pencil sketch of institutional seal with Pratt Institute Brooklyn NY arcing above the Brooklyn Bridge and five circular emblems. The emblems read Science, Art, and Literature, flanked by a beehive and wheel. Ribbons of text flow at the bottom, reading The Wheels of Progress - Be True to Your Work and Your Work Will Be True to You]()
Spotlight: Pratt’s Seal, from Concept to Critique
Sketch of Pratt Institute seal design, circa 1887, from the Charles Pratt Papers. Courtesy of Pratt Institute Archives The brief: “A simple design which would… -
Move First
In a warmly lit space, laughter is in the air as the first ethereal strains of Grover Washington Jr.’s “Just the Two of Us” emanate… -
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Practice: One Lovely Hour with Industrial Designer Amanda Huynh
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Class Notes Spring/Summer 2023
Class Notes is Pratt alumni news compiled from alumni submissions, items shared by faculty and staff, and media mentions. Read on for the Spring/Summer 2023… -
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Illuminating a History of Action
At Pratt, a particular ethos of concern for social justice, the quality of civic life, and community care is palpable, woven through student projects, faculty…
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