The 60th GDUSA anniversary showcase reflects graphic design’s shape and service to commerce and culture. Winners run the gamut from traditional to new media; from inspirational assignments to bread and butter projects; from large creative agencies and departments to boutique design studios and freelancers and, of course, student work; from Read more…
Ryan Aumiller was the founding technician at PrattMWP College of Art and Design. He was known as the premiere Apple/Macintosh expert in Upstate New York. As a talented creative he was a perfectionist with everything but ABOVE ALL Ryan was a kind and generous friend. Over a decade ago, during Read more…
Six PrattMWP students are winners in the 59th anniversary of the American Graphic Design Awards competition. With over 12,000 entries, only the top 10 percent were selected as winners in this end-of-year best-of-year program. The winning entries will be published in the Dec/Jan issue of GDUSA magazine and in the online gallery. Congratulations! American Read more…
Once again GDUSA identifies top students ready to burst on the design scene. Some are undergrads, others are graduate students or very recent graduates; all have found personal and professional growth through their programs. The Students To Watch feature has become tradition that resonates and renews: the students get recognized Read more…
Congratulations to the 2020 student winners from PrattMWP! This year’s showcase of roughly 700 projects — from more than 10,000 entries — reflects the increasingly expansive ways in which graphic design shapes business and society, products and services, commerce and culture and causes. Winners run the gamut from print and Read more…
The film follows digital agency Work & Co as they redesigned the NYC Subway map for digital, creating a “live map” that dynamically responds to system changes. The MTA just released the live map yesterday. The map builds on the legendary 1972 diagram designed by Massimo Vignelli and Joan Charysyn. In the Read more…
Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. EST Recipient of the 2020 Individual Artist Commission, Decentralized Grant from CNY Arts, Professor Cindy Buckley Koren will discuss her recent sabbatical and share progress from her current project. LOVE, HOPE & American DREAM— a documentary film in preproduction that explores the legalities surrounding Read more…
The editors of Communication Arts magazine are looking to publish the finest work being produced by visual communication students in their upcoming Student Showcase. Students create a free profile and portfolio on Creative Hotlist, the career site from Communication Arts, and the magazine’s editors will pick their favorites and publish them in the March/April Read more…
On June 26, 2020 the design community mourned the loss of a dear family member. Known by my students as the Grandaddy of Graphic Design, Milton Glaser took his last breath on his 91st birthday. 🎂 “If I can’t work. I can’t live.” Milton Glaser June 26, 1929 – June Read more…
Lisa Champ is a designer, typographer, illustrator and creative director living and working in NYC. She received her BFA from Pratt Institute in 2011 and is a graduate of the Type@Cooper program. Not only did I have the pleasure of being Lisa’s professor at PrattMWP my husband was her high Read more…