pratt’s department of industrial design has partnered with the folkwang academy to exhibit chair designs as part of the renowned international furniture and design fair imm cologne in cologne, germany from january 19-24, 2010. it is the first time that pratt will exhibit in this international venue, which is one of the largest and most […]
happy new year brings us to the year of the X (the roman numeral for ten) just like the chinese new year, february 14th, will bring us to the year of the tiger . . .
some excerpts from the id thesis presentations from december 11th 2009:
jennie maneri • collected | advisor: fred blumlein |
over the past ten years i have amassed many idiosyncratic collections. these objects are a narrative for the places i have travelled, my interests, and memories. throughout my home, these collections are displayed on […]
“imagination is more important than knowledge. for knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”
albert einstein, german born american physicist (1879-1955), who received the nobel prize for physics in 1921
in addition, here’s a link to […]
pratt’s idsa student chapter & id instructor, noah king organized a two day collaborative event between pratt’s industrial design department and new york university’s tisch school of the arts, itp (interactive telecommunications program) students. some of the collaborators are, among others, jess fugler, susan ngo, eddie de martino, sean gordon, michael kelberman, noah king, marko […]
pratt studios room 59, is the home this semester to twelve id juniors in jeanne pfordresher’s studio section and the entrance is not just the approach to the shared work space, but also a graphic portrayal in images to the individual characters that are setting their sights on becoming designers and how they see themselves. […]
making meaning took a roadtrip to swayspace on november 5th to understand more deeply the importance of expressing messages, information and graphics, beautifully well. the prime movers and shakers, willy schwenzfeier and patrick fenton, along with their design crew that includes shannon and ben, gave us a window into their design process and the rather […]
here’s an interesting exhibit at the cooper hewitt until january 4, 2010:
cooper hewitt’s design for a living world exhibit
in addition (& it seems rather serendipitous), on may 23rd of this year, artist & instructor, rebecca welz went to guyana with 11 pratt graduate & undergraduate industrial design students on an experiment in understanding culture […]
once again this year, michael hambouz, director of special events, worked with the department of industrial design and our id students to develop a unique legends award for this year’s recipients (patti smith, marc jacobs & david rockwell). in 2008, britt kapec and ian collings worked with our faculty and michael to designed the legends […]
here are a few examples of design briefs and images from our making meaning preliminary critique, on tuesday, october 27th from 6:00pm until 9:30 pm. among our distinguished guests, we were honored to be joined by our new dean of the school of art & design, concetta stewart, phd., as well as id faculty members […]
