Courses

Advanced Introduction to Architecture - Primer 2

This course is a mandatory 2-week intensive studio workshop environment for incoming M.Arch (AS) students. The work is intended to give students intermediate to advanced instruction in mixed media and includes concepts from Arch 611/Arch 612. The course is taught by GAUD faculty. Projects are geared toward developing both technical skills and architectural concepts in design theory to prepare students to integrate with third-semester studios.

August 2-13, 2021, Online
August 2-13, 2021, Higgins Hall North

Architectural Mediums - Primer 3

This graduate preparatory course is reserved for incoming M.S. ARCH and M.S. AUD students. It is offered as a two-week intensive studio workshop in August. This course will provide the digital tools needed to explore, generate and articulate projects toward a series of experimental mediums in preparation for the Fall Studio Sequence. Taught by GAUD faculty, the course introduces computational and representational tools, as well as methods for outputting physical models, using fabrication techniques. Offered in the summer only.

August 2-13, 2021, Online
August 2-13, 2021, Higgins Hall North
August 2-13, 2021, Higgins Hall North

Architecture Immersion Studio

Pre-Requisite: Completed Bachelor's Degree. This architectural fundamentals course is taught by the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design faculty; and is geared toward professionals and students interested in attending graduate architecture school. Through a series of virtual studio sessions and lectures, the course introduces students to a series of design approaches to conceptualize architectural investigations using the most current techniques, including in visualization. Students typically receive one-to-one technical instruction, such as on digital modeling, drawing representation, and rendering. The work will culminate in a virtual design exhibition with invited Pratt faculty and will be documented in an individually developed portfolio which prepares students to apply for graduate architecture school. Note: Completion of this course does not guarantee admission into Pratt's graduate architecture programs. For information on admission requirements, please visit the Graduate Departmental Requirements page.

July 6, 2021 to August 2, 2021, Online
July 6, 2021 to August 2, 2021, Higgins Hall North

Art Now: Concepts and Themes in Contemporary Art

Explore the art of the 21st Century through key themes and concepts, such as time, space, storytelling, materiality, process, history and memory, and the body.

September 28, 2021 to November 30, 2021, Online

Behavior Theories and Design

Learn to recognize how design can impact behavior, and how learned behaviors may also impact design. Develop the knowledge and skillset to effectively incorporate behavioral science knowledge into your design work to maximize your selected users' healthy behavior engagement in your design. Study the various types of learned behaviors, including those shaped by cultural, social, and spiritual influences. Learn to complete a research-based design proposal in response to a given design challenge.

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Best Practices in Design for Health & Wellness

Using real-world cases, study the industry standards and evidence-based best practices in design for health and wellness. Understand how to use assessment methods, tools and related criteria for spaces, based on physical activity, cognitive performance, and personal wellbeing to inform your design work. Learn to complete a research-based design proposal in response to a given design challenge.

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BioDesign

Explore, research and develop bio-inspired design solutions, putting into practice biomimicry thinking, sustainable systems-based methods and designing for and with biomaterials.

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BioDesign Intensive

As fields are merging in search of more sustainable and resilient solutions, biodesign is emerging at this transdisciplinary intersection of biology, technology and design. In this hands-on studio course, explore, research and develop bio-inspired design solutions, putting into practice biomimicry thinking, sustainable systems-based methods and designing for and with biomaterials. Create and present your project with outcomes that include designing systems for human services and interventions, developing new biofabrication processes for materials and/or products, and advancing innovations in circular economies. Final projects will be reviewed by a panel of experts and enable students to build their portfolio. Note: This course is part of the Sustainable Design Certificate Program.

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Biomimicry

Generate innovative forms that perform and give back to the planet responsibly. Based on the Biomimicry Institute's 3.8 guidelines, explore all levels of the biomimicry design process. Learn sustainability principles and practices; discover nature's time-tested design strategies, functions, and patterns to apply them to designs and demonstrate the value of biomimicry-based design to stakeholders.

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Biomimicry Intensive

Generate innovative ideas and forms that perform and give back to the planet and its inhabitants responsibly in space. Based on the Biomimicry Institute's 3.8 guidelines, explore all three levels of the biomimicry design process. Learn sustainability principles and practices such as life cycle assessment; discover nature's time-tested design strategies, functions, and patterns to apply them to human-made designs. Using a holistic approach, learn to integrate biomimicry into your creative process and demonstrate its value to stakeholders.

July 26, 2021 to August 5, 2021, Online

Biophilic Design: Science, Patterns, Process

Indoors is the new outdoors. Join Helena van Vliet AIA for an introduction to the design of "Well-Being Places." This multi-sensory seminar builds on innate human spatial preferences, their evolutionary origins, purpose, and relevance in meeting todays' sustainability and health challenges.

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Brave New World: Daily Artmaking Ritual

Enjoy the support of a creative community while making art that addresses our times.

September 29, 2021 to December 1, 2021, Online

Color, Texture, and Patterns Intensive

Explore color, texture, and patterns using a variety of surface materials, whether for interior, product, fashion, or accessories design. Color, texture and patterns define surfaces, impact scale, and impart a unique style to design. They add visual interest to clothing, products, and space. Learn to utilize these three vital design elements tastefully in order to articulate your creative vision. The course is focused on helping students develop compelling portfolio pieces that demonstrate mastery of color, texture and patterns. Recommended material cost: $40.

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Color Theory In Practice

Discover how to deploy color theory effectively in a professional design or fine art setting. Receive one-on-one guidance in learning to mix colors and combine colors to achieve a variety of visual effects with an understanding of the science behind it. Develop your own understanding of color relationships and tonal values through creative projects, assignments, and class discussions.

September 28, 2021 to November 30, 2021, Online

Create A Picture Book

Are you an artist with a character in mind? A story to tell? Let an editorial director and an author-illustrator help you express your personal vision and successfully appeal to your audience-children and publishing professionals. Showcasing the essentials of the picture book format, we'll work with you to determine what's best suited to your story. With special focus on character development in art and text, we'll give individual help as you develop a layout with pacing and style

October 3, 2021 to December 12, 2021, Online

Creativity In Challenging Times

In challenging times, it is especially essential to tap into every good idea wehave. Cultivating creative thinking can help an individual to grow as anartist and designer and innovate in every situation. Through case studies, class discussions, and individual coaching, learn how you can create design solutions for emerging needs from a crisis, using your preferred creative practice whether for fashion, interior, product, art, or photography. Explore how to elevate the role of communication through art and design.

August 2-12, 2021, Online

Design For Health and Wellness Foundation

This course serves as an introduction and comprehensive overview of design for health and wellness to enhance the quality of life of diverse audiences. Investigate ways to assess and enhance private, commercial, and public spaces while examining the relationships between the environment, physical & psychological conditions for health, behavior theories, spatial design, industry standards and best practices. Students will learn to develop basic prototypes and to complete a research-based design proposal for health and wellness in response to a specific design challenge.

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Design for Health and Wellness Intensive

This introductory course explores design for health and wellness to enhance the quality of life of diverse audiences. Investigate ways to assess and enhance private and public spaces while examining the relationships between the environment, physical, psychological conditions for health, behavior theories, spatial design, industry standards and best practices.

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Design for Resiliency I

Explore the opportunities in design for health and wellness to enhance the quality of life of diverse audiences. Learn how designers can include such factors into the design process, creating value while benefitting recipients. Topics include physical and mental aspects, accessibility, rules and regulations, aging, pandemics, remote working, the environment, and social justice.

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Designing Mobility

For the architect, schooled in museums and houses, or the LA, schooled in parks and estates, mobility systems are often a mystery. Do we really need so much parking? Why do traffic engineers always seem to want more and wider roads? Are there some rules of thumbs for transit design and operation? How large should the corner radius be? Is micro-mobility good or bad? Should pedestrian ramps be aligned with the sidewalk or the curb? This seminar would be delivered as a set of basic principles and design standards for each of the subjects. A design exercise where the principles and standards could be applied. We will also explore code requirements that exacerbate auto-dependency.

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Drawing I: Learning to See, Perception, And The Art of Drawing

Seeing is shaped by culture and the historical moment in which we live.?Much of what we "see" depends on habit and convention. This survey course treats the art of drawing as a tool for seeing and is designed to awaken and refresh your visual experience of the world. No prior drawing experience necessary and all are welcome. Explore with artist Mark Leibowitz essential drawing techniques such as creating form using line, and tone. Engage in exercises related to perception in preparation for each drawing assignment.

September 28, 2021 to November 30, 2021, Pratt Manhattan

Drawing II

This course assumes you are already drawing and don't need to learn the basics. We learn and improve by doing. This course will provide weekly challenges designed to stretch your abilities and expand your styles. Each class will have a different focus with different objective. The course requires some work during the week including assembling materials and creating exploratory designs

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Drawing Games

This two-day artmaking workshop will feature drawing games and rituals that will forever rid you of any fears of the blank white page! The short drawing exercises we explore provide each artist with tools for reimaging their art practice and to develop fun new practices and habits for daily drawing ritual.

December 4-5, 2021, Online

Drawing for Interior Design

This course is designed for those seeking to develop drawing skills and complete drawings toward an interior design portfolio intended to be submitted for admission into the graduate interior design program of choice. Taking this course does not guarantee admission into Pratt Institute's Graduate Interior Design Program. Offered in the Summer only. This course is offered asynchronously, based on two sessions per week for 5 weeks.

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Drawing Marathon

In this two day drawing marathon, we will be drawing from a live model in a variety of different handmade costumes. Inspiration comes from burlesque, DIY performance art and camp cinema/pop culture. Make sure to have all your favorite supplies available including pencils, colored pencils, watercolor paint, acrylics, ink and/or charcoal and a big stack of paper. Feel free to join the party and have your own DIY costume pieces available to participate in a few drawing exercises where we pair up and draw each other as well.

November 13-14, 2021, Online

Drawing for Product Design

Drawing is a form of visual communication. Experiment in different media including pen, pencil, markers, and pastels to develop a broad range of skills and an understanding of two- and three-point perspectives. Study composition and basic rendering techniques that help create a sense of light and atmosphere, making your drawings vibrant and dynamic. Examine geometric and amorphic forms, ideation through freehand sketching techniques, presentation techniques, and technical drawing/drafting. Students will present their drawings and build their portfolios.

October 9, 2021 to December 11, 2021, Steuben Hall

Environmental Impact on Design for Health and Wellness

Explore how environmental factors and design can impact health and wellness. Learn to navigate the relationship between environment, design, health and wellness, such as by analyzing health and wellness theories in environmental contexts and applying the findings to a design proposal that supports human health and wellness. Examine materials used in the built environment, including those that support health and wellness and those that are contrary to human health, along with abatement procedures for these materials.

October 23, 2021 to December 11, 2021, Online

Environmental Performance

Simulation and Analysis have never been more accessible and integrated into an iterative contemporary workflow. This focused intensive will cover the basics of solar performance simulation and analysis moving from simplified concepts and applications to more involved analysis with mid-story prototypical development. Increase your knowledge and skills covering pre-design site and massing studies through form and facade development pertaining to solar performance.Visualization and output of solar performance will take place with both parametric tools and real-time rendering packages exploring the potentials of developed diagrams, statistics, interior, and exterior images, renders, and animation output potentials with simple workflows. No prior knowledge necessary. Only an interest or awareness of environmental analysis or environmental studies

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Evaluating Commercial Space

This seminar is designed to direct the technical aspect of the "pre-lease inspection". The focus is on technical and mechanical components.

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Exhibition Design

Learn to design and document an exhibition from concept to installation. Special focus is on creating interpretive environmental experiences that include storytelling, sustainability and environmental design. Complete and present an exhibition design proposal with models, photographs and drawings of original work toward a portfolio. This course can be taken individually or as one of two core required courses in the Exhibition Design certificate program, and is appropriate for artists, designers, visual merchandising designers, architects, and anyone interested in developing or enhancing their skillset in exhibition design - applicable to various scales and venues, including museums, art exhibitions, retail spaces, trade shows, kiosks, visitor centers, and showrooms.

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Exhibition Design Intensive

Learn to design and document an exhibition from concept to installation. Special focus is on creating interpretive environmental experiences that include storytelling, sustainability and environmental design. Complete and present an exhibition design proposal with models, photographs and drawings of original work toward a portfolio. This course can be taken individually or as one of two core required courses in the Exhibition Design certificate program, and is appropriate for artists, designers, visual merchandising designers, and anyone interested in developing or enhancing their skillset in exhibition design - applicable to various scales and venues, including museums, art exhibitions, retail spaces, trade shows, kiosks, visitor centers, and showrooms.

June 1-24, 2021, Online
August 2-26, 2021, Online

Feng Shui and Architecture

An overview of Feng Shui, from its ancient origins to its various schools of interpretation to its practical application in modern construction, will be presented. Case studies of buildings erected with and without these principals will be studied and compared. Symbolic and cultural aspects in architecture will be examined, including what constitutes a harmonious landscape in accordance with Feng Shui principles

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Fragrance Creation Workshop

Engage in an intensive exploration of the fundamental concepts related to a wide range of fragrance product types.Discover how to compose a fragrance and the industry standard rules and methodologies. Learn about olfaction (the sense of smell) and study the importance of olfactory tenacity and intensity by practicing the basics of the olfactive pyramid.

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Furniture Design Drawing & Composition

Explore drawing as a means to create new ideas about furniture. Start by learning how to use perspective, line drawings, tonal studies; then practice line and tone in drawings; followed by using sources from life to bring new ideas to your furniture projects.

September 29, 2021 to December 1, 2021, Online

Furniture Design Foundation

Learn to design and model your own piece of furniture through making and testing. Study human scale, proportion and composition. Gain a basic understanding of furniture formulation, construction and manufacturing. Working on a full-size model and prototype, experience all stages of the design process. Estimated supplies costs: $100. Instructors' supplies list available upon registration. The course is waivable upon portfolio approval: please submit portfolio to prostudy@pratt.edu by 10 business days prior to class start date.

October 2, 2021 to December 4, 2021, Online

Furniture Design Studio

Learn how to turn your initial idea into a real piece of furniture and go through all stages of the professional design process without leaving your home. Observe and experiment to find an inspiration. Create and develop your concepts. Use sketches, drawings and models to test and refine the proposal. Develop your furniture design skills, experiencing a variety of technologies. Learn how to effectively document and communicate your projects to your clients. Estimated supplies costs: $200. Instructors' supplies list available upon registration.

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Goddess Power

Goddess power and the divine feminine have been depicted in art of all media since the Old Stone Age when the Venus of Willendorf and other fertility goddesses were created. Beyond the female/femme form, goddess power has been associated with fertility, motherhood, love, sexuality, war, creation and death. In this weekend workshop, we will draw inspiration from archetypal goddesses from cultures across the globe and intersectional feminist/LGBTQ+ contemporary artists who reimagine the divine feminine. Participants will create artwork in a variety of media, in response to prompts designed to elicit research and personal experience of goddess power.

October 16-17, 2021, Online

Graduate Architecture & Urban Design Winter Workshop

This course is a 1-week intensive studio workshop environment for incoming MSARCH/MSAUD students. The work is intended to give students intermediate to advanced instruction in mixed media. The course is taught by GAUD faculty. Projects are geared toward developing both technical skill and architectural concepts in design theory to prepare students for their first design studio.

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Graphic Design & UX for GIS

Learn to apply user experience to cartographic design and data visualization. Study fundamental principles and processes of graphic design and UX design to build a project intended to solve a real-world challenge. Conduct user research, find and create datasets, explore data visually with GIS and chart building tools, design an interactive presentation using wire framing and prototyping, and validate your designs through user testing and iterative refinement. Prerequisites: XSAVI-700 and XSAVI-702. Recommended: XSAVI-810 and XSAVI 780.

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Historic Preservation: Techniques and Methods

Learn the technical and theoretical information necessary for the examination, documentation, and analysis of historic structures and their materials. Explore the various tools for preserving historic and existing buildings as established by the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties

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HVAC Design

Learn the engineering fundamentals and practical considerations for the design of components and layout of HVAC systems. Learn how to calculate cooling and heating loads for commercial buildings and apply the principles of psychrometric processes to the design of optimal air-conditioning and heating systems. Learn and identify the different types of HVAC systems and equipment commonly used in commercial buildings. This practical course outlines the design process for all major HVAC components including equipment selection and air and water distribution (ductwork and piping) and its major components (fans and pumps). You also study best practices in HVAC system design strategies for high efficiency building design from real-world case studies.

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Ideas and Motivation in The Visual Arts: A Course for the Creatively Curious

We'll explore words and works by a wide range of artists spanning The Renaissance to the present day. The course will consist of guided class discussions based on readings, virtual gallery/museum visits and artist interviews.

September 28, 2021 to November 2, 2021, Online

Ideas & Motivation in the Visual Arts Part 2

This class will take a lively look at some of the movers and shakers of the previous century and how their ideas are connected to present day art practice, especially as it relates to art's changing role in the contemporary scene. Selected readings will include writings by Susan Sontag, John Berger, and Carl Jung as well as more off-the-mainstream people such as Ayn Rand. Meets once a week to discuss and share insights. Prerequisite: XFA-125 : Ideas and Motivation In The Visual Arts, or permission of instructor.

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Improving Public Health By Greening Your Specifications

Discuss the history of green design, including the research, studies and experiments that led to the adoption of the LEEDŽ rating system. Participants will earn how to correlate studies to green design, understand the LEEDŽ rating system, and learn how to implement LEEDŽ principles in specifications. Learn how to create and edit Division One General Requirements Sections to cover the procedural and administrative requirements necessary to make sustainable architecture practices a reality

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Inclusive Design

Learn how inclusive design, allied with equity and diversity, is an essential art and design approach for understanding our sense of place in the world and appreciating that of others, globally and locally. Inclusive Design integrates and activates our sense of community, which emerges through artistic communication as an obligation and a gift.

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Inspired Art Making from the MET Online Collection

Draw and paint from the online collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) to study and find inspiration from their rich and diverse artwork collection from all over the world and time periods. The drawings created will turn into a series of inspired paintings. Students can focus on their choice of paint--acrylic or watercolor, and also choose whether to stay faithful to the original Masterpiece(s) and/or use their imagination to create new, original artwork inspired by the Masters. Sketchbooks, pencils,and erasers are required for the first three classes. A more detailed supplies list will be provided by the instructor at the first class for painting supplies.

August 2-12, 2021, Online

Interactive Web Mapping, Programming & Design I

Unlock the secrets behind all those impressive maps you see on the internet. Develop the essential skills needed to build dynamic web-based maps. Learn the principles of GIS, design for the web, interactive design, and user experience. By course completion, you will be able to work with a programming language like JavaScript and online mapping platforms in order to create professional looking interactive maps and map-based charts and graphics. Also learn tools and software like Github, Leaflet, HTML, CSS, Javascript, and web mapping tools such as CARTO and MapBox.

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Architecture Mediums (Introduction to) - Primer 1

The Architectural Mediums Primer 1 is a two-week intensive studio workshop environment for incoming M. Arch students to prepare for future design studios at the GAUD. There are no prerequisites for this course and it is intended to facilitate a smooth transition for students of all levels and abilities. Throughout the two weeks, students will work through a series of exercises toward an architectural product. Taught by GAUD faculty, the course introduces computational and representational tools, as well as methods for outputting physical models, using fabrication techniques. This course is for enrolled first semester Master of Architecture students who are strongly encouraged to take this course prior to commencing their Fall semester.

August 2-13, 2021, Online
August 2-13, 2021, Higgins Hall North
August 2-13, 2021, Higgins Hall North
August 2-13, 2021, Higgins Hall North
August 2-13, 2021, Higgins Hall North
August 2-13, 2021, Online
August 2-13, 2021, Online

Introduction to GIS

Learn to use essential software toolsets and geoprocessing techniques for GIS. Study basic spatial theory, projections, and cartography. Create data from scratch, geocode tabular data, and work with open data and census information with the goal of understanding spatial patterns related to environmental/urban issues. Learn to choose data sources andcreate professional quality map output.

July 8, 2021 to August 10, 2021, Online

Introduction to Healthcare Design

This intensive full-day course will introduce the subject of Healthcare Design from the perspective of Evidence-Based Design (EBD) thinking, as well as the EDAC process, and current best practices. The course will include introductions to healthcare design: research, design criteria for physical design outcomes, healthcare design history and current typologies, and also discuss LEED for Healthcare Design, lighting, sustainable materials, finishes & furniture for healthcare.

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Introduction to HVAC systems

Learn the engineering fundamentals and practical considerations for the design of components and layout of HVAC systems. Learn how to calculate cooling and heating loads for commercial buildings and apply the principles of psychrometric processes to the design of optimal air-conditioning and heating systems. Learn and identify the different types of HVAC systems and equipment commonly used in commercial buildings. This practical course outlines the design process for all major HVAC components including equipment selection and air and water distribution (ductwork and piping) and its major components (fans and pumps). You also study best practices in HVAC system design strategies for high efficiency building design from real-world case studies.

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Introduction to the Process of Downtown Revitalization

Learn how communities throughout New York City and New York State began their revitalization processes, how they learned to capitalize on their assets, and how the extensive amount of information is organized into a comprehensive strategy with a specific work plan for implementation.

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Jewelry Design + Development

PMJ-485This class will focus on design strategies and how to plan and sample a collection for production. Students will work through the steps of designing and producing their own jewelry line as they build a collection in real time.

September 29, 2021 to December 1, 2021, Online

Mindful Entrepreneurship

Mindful entrepreneurship is a process of economic or social value creation which goes beyond the basic act of opening a business. You will develop a Business Model Canvas, Pecha kucha pitch, and financial plan for one of the following: solopreneur, non-profit or for-profit start up, or social-entrepreneurship corporations. Develop the mechanics of launching a business, including opportunity recognition, operations, customer validation, interviewing skills, financial tools, and forecast planning. Apply contemplative "whole-brain" approaches such as mind-mapping, visualization, meditation, and power questions to business development. Use Lean Launchpad methodology, resilience psychology, and intercultural communications to cultivate your iterative risk-taking skills and confidently pitch your business.

August 2-23, 2021, Online

Mixed Media Arts Intensive

Explore mixed media art techniques and materials. Combining various traditional and non-traditional media and techniques such as collage, drawing, painting, and assemblage, create a range of works that explore color, texture, figure ground relationships, as well as representation and abstraction. Create artworks that mix found objects and ephemera with traditional art materials to complete unique compositions toward a portfolio, using formal strategies to achieve balance and unity.

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New York City Commercial Energy Code

Focus on the prescriptive compliance path of the NYC energy code and on the selections of the code highlighted, explanations of the applicability of the section, and corresponding images of real-life building situations of compliant and non-compliant constructions. Review and analyze the mechanical, envelope and lighting/power requirements for commercial buildings.

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Painting and Drawing

Unlock your creativity! Utilize sketches as an inspiration to create a portfolio of paintings. Use a series of ongoing drawings and sketchbook entries, we will turn our diary-style entries into paintings. Focus on either the natural world, abstraction, or something in-between, we create a series of artworks based on our personal aesthetic experiences.

September 29, 2021 to December 1, 2021, Online

Painting and Drawing Part 2

Launch into creating a series of paintings and drawings! Bring your own style, themes, and ideas which we will turn into a focused serial body of work. If you need to revisit older work, start fresh, or decide which direction to go, this is the class for you. We will use class exercises, presentations, constructive critiques, and studio work to find our path. We will end up with drawings and paintings that are connected as a whole and ready to show. Prerequisite: XFA: 117 Painting and Drawing or permission of instructor.

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Painting Intensive

Engage in fine arts painting as a vehicle for exploring light, color, image making, materials, and composition. Develop or sharpen your skills in color mixing, paint application, and various techniques in the context of figurative representation and abstraction. Study historical precedents and contemporary trends in painting today, through virtual excursions to online art collections. Through immersion practice, as well as group and individual critique, students will begin to develop or expand their own direction as painters. Students may enroll in one or both sessions 1A and 1B for this open-level intensive course.

June 14-24, 2021, Online

Parametric Design Foundations

Parametric modeling, tools, and thinking have permeated design software advancements, design processes, and the realization of built form across creative practices. This intensive course will teach participants the fundamentals of parametric and rule-based modeling for design applications in Interior Design, Architecture, Product Design, and beyond. The curriculum will encourage a conceptual shift away from the authorship of individual design artifacts towards the creation and navigation of rule-based design tools and relationships. To do so, the course will investigate rule-based and parametric design concepts and techniques in the context of a generative modeling environment: Grasshopper for Rhino. Through a series of lectures, workshops, and interactive development the course will entail two physical output projects honing the skills acquired, utilizing digital design and fabrication techniques, in connection with the production facilities of 3D printing and Digital Cutting at Pratt - at no additional cost. An introduction to basic modeling techniques in Rhino and numerous examples of how to utilize Rhino/GH in the context of other design software will be included. No prior knowledge necessary.

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Pencil Portraits That (Almost) Speak

The goal of this workshop is to move toward creating portrait drawings that are expressive and lively. You'll learn how to uncover your subject's unique qualities and translate them into your own language of line, shape and form.

September 25-26, 2021, Online

Personal Branding Intensive

You have the power to design how you are seen by the world. While the concept of personal branding isn't new, it takes trial and error to craft one that is truly driven by your passion. When personal brand is fueled by passion, communicating and inhabiting it become effortless. Craft your authentic branding by examining your true desires including a mission, vision, goals, and objectives. Through case studies, class discussions and individual exercises, students develop awareness of one's authentic qualities, translate them into marketable assets, define target audience, become familiar with online/offline communication tools, and devise a system for on-going brand maintenance.

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Physical and Psychological Conditions for Health & Wellness in Design

Investigate universal or accessible design principles and strategies within the context of human physical and psychological development for diverse audiences, applicable to private, public, and commercial space design. Learn to complete a research-based design proposal in response to a given design challenge.

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Post-Pandemic Cities

This seminar will discuss ways to that urban design and green mobility can contribute to healthier cities.

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Preparatory Interior Design Foundation

This noncredit summer course is a preparatory course for students (withoutprevious fine art or design experience) entering into Pratt's Graduate InteriorDesign Foundation's Year in the fall. The class introduces fundamentals of artand design through a series of exercises that develop basic analog and digitalskills used in the process of designing and documenting the builtenvironment. The class will address the ability to visualize and communicatein both 2D and 3D formats, using a variety of media and tools common to thepractice. Offered in the summer only. This course is offered asynchronously,based on two sessions per week for 5 weeks.

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Professional Practices in Furniture Design

Furniture design and manufacturing is a growing business. Learn how to thrive in that exciting world. Develop and adopt your professional skills to the specificity of the market. Learn how to specify, plan and price your designs. Work on project briefs, timelines and costing sheets. Gain a basic understanding of ergonomics. Pre-Requisites: XSI-313 Two- Week Summer Furniture Design Intensive or XCSI-313 Furniture Design Foundation; and XCSI-314 Furniture Design Drawing and Composition Courses.

July 6-15, 2021, Online

Product Design I

Learn to apply the design process to turn your next creative project into a unique and market-ready product idea. Exercises will include analyzing current products; brainstorming, identifying unmet needs in the market, articulating the product identity through branding, and sustainable materials research.

October 12, 2021 to December 14, 2021, Online

Residential Conversion Of Loft Spaces

For architects or engineers currently planning a conversion project or who would like to supplement and enhance their range of knowledge and generate possible new sources of revenue, this course will enrich the professional's tools by developing the knowledge required to understand and plan the conversion of commercial and manufacturing buildings to legal residential use. Issues involving the NYC Building J Code, the NYS Multiple Dwelling Law, the NYC Zoning Resolution, and the NYC Housing Maintenance Code will be investigated. The review process by the NYC Buildings Department and the NYC Loft Board will be explored.

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Rhino: CAD for Product & Spatial Design

Learn to create your own 3D models in this hands-on course. Understand 3D space and viewport directions. Learn effective modeling techniques and strategies, multiple surface tools, drafting, rendering and 3D modeling while completing projects toward a portfolio. This course is applicable across all design industries and disciplines.

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Rhino Intensive

Learn to create your own 3D models in this hands-on course. Understand 3D space and viewport directions. Learn effective modeling techniques and strategies, multiple surface tools, drafting, rendering and 3D modeling while completing projects toward a portfolio. This course is applicable across all design industries and disciplines.

June 14-24, 2021, Online
July 19-29, 2021, Online
August 16-26, 2021, Online

Solidworks

Learn to build virtual 3D models of parts and assemblies using Solidworks (parametric CAD software). Topics include: learning the interface, communicating design intent, building parts and assemblies using solid features, producing 2D drawings from Solidworks models, 2D and 3D sketch tools, associative relationships and parametric constraints, and basic rendering. NOTE: Students can opt to replace the Solidworks course requirement with the XIND-112-01 Rhino: CAD for Product and Spatial Design course.

September 28, 2021 to November 30, 2021, Online

Solidworks Intensive

Learn to build virtual 3D models of parts and assemblies using Solidworks (parametric CAD software). Topics include: learning the interface, communicating design intent, building parts and assemblies using solid features, producing 2D drawings from Solidworks models, 2D and 3D sketch tools, associative relationships and parametric constraints, and basic rendering. No prior experience with Solidworks or other CAD modeling is required. Note: This course is part of the Furniture Design certificate program.

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Sound Design for the Moving Image

Learn all aspects of sound design as it applies to the moving image. Explore sound recording in production, in the field, and in the studio; sound editing techniques, and well as signal processing and synthesis. Develop aesthetic awareness of sound and image, and study the work of the masters of the art of sound design to understand how the various tools and techniques are applied to specific projects.

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Spatial Thinking, Data, & Design Foundations

Learn to tell stories with maps and data through a design lens toward formulating solutions to real-world challenges. Learn the fundamentals of spatial theory, cartography, design, and data visualization. Using open source GIS software, assess and analyze spatial data, create maps displaying analytical insight, and maximize the message of your map output through engaging design.

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Specifications Writing: Principles and Practice

Discuss the materials and products used in building construction; learnt the methods to research, evaluate, and select products; and practice specifications writing. Discover how to establish requirements, identify attributes and products, and write biddable and binding specifications.

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Street Grids: For Walking or Driving?

This seminar will give a brief history of street grids, review recent research, and present a idealize grid structure following basic principles of human behavior. Participants will be encouraged to submit their own work on the subject for a compare/contrast exercise.

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Supercharge Your StartUp with Ideation

Would you like to turn your creative inspirations into viable business ideas? Explore combining the creative/design thinking process with key phases of the entrepreneurial process-identification, development, launch, and scaling in this interactive workshop. Starting with a fun simulation, learn simple yet powerful innovation principles to take your ideas to the next viable level or to generate new, viable ideas. Working as a team, apply a time-tested step-by-step process to further guide and support your creative entrepreneurial journey. Walk away with an empowering, practical ideation tool set for innovation and effective entrepreneurship.

August 4-25, 2021, Online

Survey ADA Accessibility & The Power of Inclusive Design

This course surveys local, federal, and international accessibility standards affecting virtually every habitable structure in daily life.

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Sustainable Art Intensive

For aspiring and practicing artists professionals from various creative fields, and anyone seeking to apply sustainability thinking into artistic/creative thinking:Be inspired to approach aesthetics with a sustainable lens, combining artistic thinking with responsible materials and making processes. Creative thinking and making sustainably entail engaging with relationships, commonality and complexity, aligned with patterns of nature. Learn to apply life cycle research to your art projects, from extraction to the disposal of materials. Experiment with deconstructing, repurposing and upcycling basic materials and objects. Sustainable Art looks at a broad range of artists responding visually to environmental challenges, experimenting with artistic ways to engage the public in awareness, with proposals to regenerate our Home the Earth and culture through compelling artistic expression.

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Sustainable Design Foundation

Study the basic principles of sustainable design thinking, design vocabulary, and composition. This course is an introduction to sustainable design for learners with or without prior design experience.

September 1, 2021 to October 4, 2021, Online

Sustainable Design Foundation Intensive

Study the basic principles and design elements of sustainable design thinking. Develop basic design skills; and build on the Bauhaus tradition of understanding design vocabulary, composition, form and materials. Based in a design studio approach, the class will move through a series of hand- and digital, 2D, 3D, and 4D exercises that test and question sustainable technology and performance. Each session combines a historically-based lecture, studio lab and critique of students' design projects; and includes a basic introduction to the presentation of ideas in different formats.

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Sustainable Design Theory and Practice

Designers have a unique opportunity to shape the ways in which we interact with ourenvironment and each other. Imagine and build a more sustainable future for all by addressingchallenges facing our ecosystems and communities as design problems. Exploring tools andstrategies for sustainable design across disciplines, and building upon the lessonsfrom previous sustainability courses, develop your own unique design proposals in the form ofdrawings and models to incorporate in a professional design portfolio.

October 18, 2021 to December 20, 2021, Online

Sustainable Processes and Materials

From concept creation to final implementation, the decisions that designers make during the design phase contribute to the majority of the environmental and social impact of a product or system. Learning to incorporate sustainable practices at concept inception is a competitive advantage and encourages smart design. Explore, map and illustrate the journey from raw or recycled material through processing, manufacturing, transportation/ distribution, use, re-use, and disposal, using examples of design across scales. Learn about tools and strategies that designers can use to reduce the impact of their designs on the environment.

October 13, 2021 to December 15, 2021, Online

Transgressive DIY Video

Create your own DIY video from storyboarding to performance score, costumes, props, improvisation, music/sound, editing and credits. Tell your own story with all its grandeur and grit, using simple means. Draw inspiration from transgressive video art/Avant-garde films. Discuss content, symbolism, relationship to history/zeitgeist/social movements, visual strategies, including settings, costuming, lighting, natural elements, and special effects.

September 29, 2021 to December 1, 2021, Online

Universal & Culturally Sensitive Design

Learn about design that is accessible and designed to meet the needs of all visitors, including to meet the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) standards and globally accepted visual and verbal content. This is a fundamental requirement for Good Design. Study culturally neutral and relevant design through a series of case studies. Learn about and apply designs that are resilient and flexible to accommodate newness over time. By the end of this course, students will have completed and presented a basic design proposal toward their portfolios. Note for those with no prior design background: it is recommended to first take a design course before enrolling into this one, such as "Exhibition Design", "Sustainable Design Foundation", or "Product Design I".

December 6-13, 2021, Online

Visual Branding Intensive

Learn how organizations succeed by understanding the structure of branding and the strategic perspective that a visual identity has. Through a series of steps, designers utilize sketch and idea processes that nurture an inner coherence to visual marks. Hone your visual language skills that can be carried throughout an identity system, developing a unique look and feel for a mark that works across multiple platforms, including print collateral, websites, and broadcast media. Color, typeface and typography will be documented in a style guide that help make a brand shine above its competitors. Complete projects toward a professional portfolio.

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Visual Merchandising Design Intensive

Learn to create and document a visual merchandising design project proposal from concept to completion with models and drawings of original work toward a portfolio. Special focus is on creating interpretive layouts for various fields, including art, furniture, beauty, fashion, jewelry, and food. Explore lighting design, materials, color and creative methods for providing engaging experiences. This course is appropriate for aspiring and experienced designers and anyone interested in developing or enhancing their skillset in visual merchandising design.

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Graphic Design II

Build on the graphic design principles learned in Intro to Graphic Design and apply them to complex real-world problems in a professional studio atmosphere. Build and refine your portfolio with projects that require research, experimentation, conceptual thinking, and problem-solving. Fill in portfolio gaps with the goal of emerging with a refined, job-search-ready, digital portfolio that champions ideation, process, and professional presentation.

August 30, 2021 to November 15, 2021, Online

Sustainable Floral Design

Shane Connolly is an internationally renowned master florist and leader in sustainable design and business practices in the UK. His eponymous company holds a Royal Warrant of Appointment to HM The Queen and HRH The Prince of Wales. For this workshop, Shane evokes the style of Constance Spry who did the flowers for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth ll. Spry was known for creating the "English Country Look" now so popular on Instagram and her passion for seasonality and foam free techniques make her style a blue-print for more sustainable floral design today. Materials fee: $75. Local shipping $25.

Thursday, October 7, 2021, Online