Branding NYC
By Erin Weber A couple weeks ago, Willy Wong, the senior vice president and creative director at NYC & Company, New York City's marketing... Read more →
Cheap Apartment. Designer Wanted.
By Erin Weber With crisis comes opportunity. In his article, How the Crash Will Reshape America, Richard Florida proposes that the financial... Read more →
Reflection
Reflection What follows is the application essay Richa Agarwal, Class of 2008, wrote before beginning her studies at Pratt. The piece became an... Read more →
The NEXT Sustainability Wave
View the article spreads in our digital publication Reviewed by Ben Knight This book is the sequel to the The Sustainability Advantage. It... Read more →
Harlem Children’s Zone
The Harlem Children's Zone was inspired by the insight that low income parents are not exposed to information about the ways they can successfully... Read more →
ioby.org
ioby.org is a new initiative based out of Brooklyn. ioby's purpose is to connect New Yorkers with local environmental projects using an... Read more →
9 Things to Know About Pro Bono
Pro bono work is sometimes pegged as "free work" that discredits the value of design; however, some social and environmental organizations, such as... Read more →
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York
This visual representation of Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York depicts examples of how New York City has established itself as a leader... Read more →
The Design Management Institute (DMI) Milan Conference: April 1st-3rd, 2009
By Mary McBride The April conference in Milan was an attempt to surface and discuss 21st century challenges that are relevant to design leaders.... Read more →
Eco Rehab at the Empire State Building
By Holly Burns The Empire State Building announced an eco rehab facelift, a symbolic initiative in the “greening” of NYC spurring a... Read more →
MTA as a Green Foundation for New York City
By Maggie de la Vega The Blue Ribbon Commission on Sustainability and the MTA recently released their report: Greening Mass Transit & Metro... Read more →
Business Ecology Model
This innovative model uses the familiar form of a tree to represent the complexities of a business and how design management fits within an... Read more →
