It’s easy, for me at least, to be cynical about the state of design. Our visual environment can feel bland, everything from brands to buildings homogenized around similar styles. The ever-impending AI ...

Isabela Nery, BID ’24, an industrial design student at Pratt, was on her way home from class one day last fall when it began pouring rain. “New York was underwater; it was raining a lot,” she said.