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2014 GradComD Design Spring Speakers Announced

Pratt GradComD has put together this spring's lecture series. We'll be joined by Pablo Medina, Armin Vit, and Andy Cruz starting in February. For more information on each event, please see the event dates below. All events will take place at 6pm at the W18 studios.

Alumnus and Professor Arem Duplessis to join Apple as Creative Director

Arem Duplessis has decided to leave his post as design director of The New York Times Magazine. Come February, he’ll begin his new position as a creative director at Apple. Read about it here.

Pratt recognized as one of the 5 most influential graphic design schools

Pratt is recognized as one of the top graphic design schools in the country & most influential of the past half century in a survey of 10,000 design professionals by Graphic Design USA magazine; an alumnus of the program was named as the most influential graphic designer working today.

GradComD "Live Learn Design" wins Gold and Silver

The GradComD book Live Learn Design won GOLD in the University & College Designers Association (UCDA) Annual Competition (recruitment/art schools category). Only 6 Gold awards were given out of over 1000 entries.

Hennessy and Pratt collaborate for 2nd year

Pratt Institute and Hennessy V.S challenge students to create new work inspired by pushing limits of their potential. Finalists' work honored with special exhibition during Art Basel Miami

Two Day Lettering Workshop Pablo Medina

Two-Day Lettering Workshop with Pratt Alumni, Pablo Medina (http://cubanica.com)
DATE: Friday Feb. 28th & Saturday March 1
LOCATION: West 18th Street, room 301

Boxes + Letters + Words = Meaning
This workshop gives students the opportunities to practice hand-crafted techniques, lettering, typography, painting, composition, and legibility skills.

Pratt Institute’s Graduate Communications Design (GradComD) programs have been educating graphic and package designers for over 40 years. We currently offer a 60-credit Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree and two 48-credit Master of Science (MS) degrees. Located in Manhattan, the program is ranked in the top 12 of over 200 graduate graphic design programs in the nation, as reported in U.S. News & World Report rankings. Pratt was recently named one of the ten most influential graphic design schools of the past 50 years by GDUSA, and ranked 6th in the top 25 design schools in the world by Business Insider.