Courses

Freelancing

Tackle the business basics you didn't learn in design school. Learn how to draft, review & execute contracts, budget as a freelancer, and create and enforce a scope of work for a client.

May 29, 2025 to August 14, 2025, Online

BIO + TECH + DESIGN

Utilize digital making and autonomously-led research to represent and augment your understanding and relationship with biological processes. Dive into the Adobe Creative Suite, hand illustration, and analog to digital scanning to develop your own visions of the future of biodesign and biotechnology. Guided by material created by designers like Dunne and Raby, speculate on the future of scientific inquiry. Historically, art technological tools have vastly changed our ability to present and experiment with the natural world-consider, for example, the Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants at Harvard, protein modeling through digital 3D software, and the series of macro botanicals documented by the German photographer and sculptor Karl Blossfeldt. What's next?

May 26, 2025 to August 11, 2025, Pratt Manhattan

Cosmetics Visual Merchandising Design

The Cosmetics Visual Merchandising Design course is a specialized course that focuses on the principles of design in the context of cosmetic products and their visual presentation. The purpose of this course is to train students to design and execute effective visual merchandising strategies that will enhance the aesthetic appeal of cosmetic products in retail spaces.

July 2-25, 2025, Online

The Future of Food: Digitally Led Experiments to Inform Eating

The future of food is both exciting and frightening. How we eat and look at food is influenced by our cultural backgrounds, tastebuds, time, and curiosity. Bring your own perspective to the table, with the goal of re-thinking ways of eating and preparing food. Before jumping into making, investigate molecular gastronomy, Antoni Miralda's Wheat & Steak parade, Michael Rakowitz' Enemy Kitchen, the Bad Taste project, Salvador Dalí's surrealist cookbook, Alison Knowles Make a Salad, Thomas Thwaites' The Toaster Project, and other related projects.

May 28, 2025 to August 13, 2025, Pratt Manhattan

Urban Sketching

Immerse yourself in a hands-on drawing adventure that will bring the city to life on your sketchbook pages. Explore varied urban spaces, discovering new ways to see and capture the world around you with confidence and creativity. Through fun, on-location sessions, you'll sharpen your observation skills, strengthen your understanding of composition and perspective, and develop your unique artistic style. Draw from life and gain fresh inspiration whether you're a seasoned artist or just starting out.

June 17, 2025 to July 24, 2025, Pratt Manhattan