Courses

Content Direction I: Personal Vision and Commercial Practice

Explore the drivers, priorities, and processes that shape individual proactive visual practice through contemporary and historical examples. Discover how personal perspectives can inform commercial practice and learn about the creative role of collaboration when making work, and the impacts of different distribution channels in spreading ideas to a broader audience.

August 27, 2026 to November 12, 2026, Pratt Manhattan

Content Direction II: Professional Practice for Visual Creatives

Develop an awareness, process, and vocabulary for communicating in professional environments of advertising, branding, editorial, marketing, design, photography, videography, and multimedia production while building a personal brand. Learn how to bring creativity and vision to commissioned and commercial work. Create a professional portfolio, or deck, and strategies for networking and cultivating employment opportunities in Content Creation, or Creative Direction.

August 24, 2026 to November 9, 2026, Online

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.

August 27, 2026 to November 12, 2026, Hybrid/ Manhattan

Design Ideation and Research

Explore the methods, process, and culture used to develop creative ideas while solving problems facing individuals, groups, businesses and society at large-primarily through a structured approach to product innovation.

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Designing with Intelligent Systems

As AI transforms the landscape of product design, today's designer must balance creative intent with technological fluency. This advanced course builds on a foundational understanding of Figma and introduces students to AI-assisted design, where automation, logic, and creativity intersect.

August 24, 2026 to November 9, 2026, Online

Fashion Immersion Studio

Build foundational skills in sewing, patterning, and draping while learning the vocabulary used in the making of fashion, clothing, and soft goods. This course provides an overview of various needle arts, including machine and hand sewing, as well as pattern making. Students will gain the fundamental skills in the industrial straight, overlock, purl, cover stitch and zigzag machines, industrial pressing equipment, as well as fundamental patternmaking skills.

August 10-20, 2026, Steuben Hall

Fashion Photography: Past, Present, and Future

Reimagine the future of fashion and find your voice in the conversation. This experimental online laboratory will seek new paradigms for fashion photography, considering the imaging of attire and adornment at the crossroads of art and contemporary culture. Exploring myriad entry points, with industry iconoclasts as inspiration, we will strive to find a higher purpose as fashion photographers. We'll consider fashion photography's potential as cultural production through presentations, assignments, discussion, and feedback in a supportive virtual space. Emphasis will be given to artistic expression and imagining a new future for fashion photography. Photographers of all skill levels are welcome; the only pre-requisite is passion and curiosity about fashion and the lens.

August 26, 2026 to November 11, 2026, Online

Global Retail Design

Develop and execute cohesive, high-quality retail environments that drive brand awareness and customer loyalty across global markets. Students will learn the critical process of transforming design concepts into detailed, buildable packages while strictly adhering to international brand standards and design codes.

August 30, 2026 to November 15, 2026, Online

Introduction to Millinery

This introductory millinery course provides a comprehensive foundation in the design and construction of hats and headwear. Students will explore the creative and technical processes used by professional milliners, learning essential techniques such as blocking, hand and machine sewing, trimming, shaping, and finishing. Through guided projects, participants will develop the skills needed to transform original ideas into wearable designs while gaining an understanding of materials, tools, and industry practices.

August 24, 2026 to November 9, 2026, Steuben Hall

Navigation Design for the Built Environment

This course explores how graphic design shapes the way people navigate physical and digital spaces. Students will study the principles of wayfinding, information design, typography, mapping, environmental graphics, accessibility, and user experience through case studies and hands-on projects, the majority of which will be completed in response to real design challenges.

November 16, 2026 to December 16, 2026, Pratt Manhattan

Photographic Style

This course will help students develop their own artistic identity by exploring the pillars of visualstyle: color, light, tonality, form, composition, and subject, and gain an understanding of howthese primary building blocks interact to build a visual syntax. Through regular shootingassignments, critiques, and lectures, students will develop a greater consistency in how theysee and express themselves, allowing their own individual interests, experiences, and values tocome together in their work.

August 27, 2026 to November 12, 2026, Pratt Manhattan

Professional Workflows in Photoshop

This course is for intermediate to advanced students who want to hone their process and develop a distinctive signature style within Photoshop's vast and complex toolkit. Students will complete a small body of work while honing professional, efficient workflows, mastering "insider" skills, and evolving an expert eye through engaging class critique and simulated real-world projects. Graphic designers, illustrators, aspiring imaging specialists will benefit from this immersive class.

August 26, 2026 to November 11, 2026, Online

The Future of Food: Design, Innovation, and Food Culture

Explore how designers, artists, entrepreneurs, and cultural innovators are shaping the future of food through storytelling, experimentation, and emerging design practices. This course examines the intersection of food, branding, experience design, media, community engagement, and cultural production. Through case studies, guest speakers, field research, and hands-on projects, students will develop skills in creative concept development, visual communication, trend forecasting, research, and critical analysis while learning to apply design thinking to real-world food-related challenges.

August 24, 2026 to November 9, 2026, Hybrid/ Manhattan