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A Marriage of Art and Words

Author-Illustrator Duo James Ransome, BFA Communications Design (Illustration) ’87, Lesa Cline-Ransome, BFA Fashion Merchandising ’87, on Making Books Apart and Together

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Following the Heat

The filmmaking duo John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, both BFA Film ’91, were “serious students doing little joke things on the side.” They turned that into a career.

An installation view of three paintings in a row depicting abstract nudes of women with geometric pops of color; in the foreground, varied green foliage

Alumni Notes Fall 2024

Pratt alumni news highlights compiled from class notes submissions, newsletters, media mentions, and more.

A man in a black suit and woman in black mock-neck blouse and suit pants pose behind a table with an architectural model, surrounded by organized materials, tools, and models in a canvas-and-wood lined studio space.

Two Architecture Alumni Shift Fluidly Between Roles

Architecture Alumni Duo Neda Kakhsaz, BArch ’16, and Zabie Mustafa, BArch ’13, on Collaboration and a Holistic Approach to Design

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Fresh Alumni Design, Books, and More

Prattfolio’s Fall 2024 highlights of new and noteworthy products and publications by Pratt graduates.

A Prattler newspaper cover demonstrating student activism at Pratt. The cover features white lettering on a black background, showing its title (The Prattler), location, volume number, publication date, and issue number in the header, a large and all-caps and rendering of the word “STRIKE” in the center, and a description of the student strike against Pratt administration due to increased tuition, the institutions take over of surrounding middle-class housing projects, and the firing of concerned faculty, as well as a vision for the future of Pratt, below.

The Voice of Pratt’s Student Body

Pratt’s student publication The Prattler has been a platform for generations of Pratt students.

A spread from the book HERE: Where the Black Designers Are, featuring works of graphic design, including a book jacket for a novel titled “THE WILD WILD WEST” and record jackets for artists including Tyone Davis and Rune Gustafsson, among other illustrations.

Celebrating Black Graphic Designers in a Panoramic New Book

With 50 years of experience in design and scholarship, Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller, MS Communications Design ’85, spotlights the long history of Black creativity in design.

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Pratt Alumni Books

Pratt Institute graduates are building new worlds, in picture books, novels, artist monographs, and more.

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An Unlikely On-Campus Oasis

For over 20 years, Pratt Reef has offered a space of tranquility and connection on the Brooklyn campus.

Let us know: What’s your go-to Brooklyn spot? Where do you creatively refuel, open your mind, enrich your senses? Where have you found professional support, or information and ideas? What place would you recommend to someone in your field…

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