Courses

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.

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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.

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Digital-to-Physical Production for Creative Practice

This hands-on course teaches students how to turn digital designs into physical objects using modern fabrication tools. Working with software like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Fusion 360, and more, participants will learn how to create and prepare files to produce real-world pieces. Held with the Assembly Loop Lab (ALL) on Pratt's Brooklyn campus, the class connects digital design with cutting-edge equipment, including 3D printers, laser cutters, flatbed UV printers, and precision digital cutters. Alongside practical, step-by-step software demos, students will explore the creative history and everyday possibilities of digital tools.

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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.

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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.

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Introduction to Millinery

This introductory millinery course provides a 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. Open to students of all backgrounds and experience levels, this course encourages individual creativity and personal expression through the craft of millinery.

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Narrative Illustration

Narrative Illustration introduces students to the creative process of transforming stories into compelling visual imagery. Through drawing, research, observation, and studio practice, students explore how illustrators communicate narrative through composition, character development, setting/atmosphere, symbolism, and visual storytelling.

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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.

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Photoshop Workflows for Artists & Designers

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.

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