incubator news
January 2012
Deb Johnson, Founder and Executive Director of the Pratt Design Incubator, speaks at Compostmodern.
November 2011
Deb Johnson, keynote speaker at Proposium, Raleigh, NC.
September 2011
As part of the vibrant open air market that is now a destination location in downtown Brooklyn, the Pratt Pop-up! shop offers Pratt faculty, students and alumni a place to show off and sell their work. Join Us for the Pratt Pop-Up Opening Celebration! Thurs. Sept. 8th from 5pm - 8pm Dekalb Market for mor info click here.
June 2011
Inhabitat blog features Pratt Design Incubator.
June 2011
May 2011
Deb Johnson, Founder and Executive Director of the Pratt Design Incubator just came back from Haiti. Four designers and one creative arts therapist traveled together to Haiti to work with the Diaspora Community Services – Centre Medico Social du Port au Prince. The clinic has become a hub for the community of Avenue Poupelard, one of the poorest areas in the city.
http://designinkindHAITI.wordpress.com Project Page
May 2011
Mentor Dan Unter talks about the world of clean technology on radio show Village Green airs tomorrow at 6:30PM on 90.3 FM and it will steam live on wdfh.org.
April 2011
Yan Li Jiang of NYC Business Solutions is visiting the incubator. NYC Business Solutions offers expertise in business courses, business planning, and access to financing. The suite of services offered by NYC Business Solutions is designed to help businesses start, operate and expand in New York City and the Pratt Design Incubator is looking forward to collaborating with them.
April 2011
Earth Day with Abigail Doan
Fashioning Self and the Environment with environmental fiber artists, Abigail Doan, hosting an open house evening on Earth Day, and including the work of Meiling Chen and Eko-Lab, and Shannon South of reMade among others.
22nd April, 2011, 6.00pm till 9.00pm
Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215, USA.
rsvp@textileartscenter.com click here for more info
January 2011
Deb Johnson, Founder and Executive Director of the Pratt Design Incubator, to speak at Compostmodern on January 22nd in San Francisco
December 2010
Former Pratt Design Incubator Startup Kurgo increased revenue in 2009 by 362%! Kurgo is according to Inc.com the fastest growing pet product company in the US and #17 of the fastest growing companies in the Boston area. Congratulations!
November 2010
Pratt Incubator Entrepreneur Sam Cochran speaks at Tedx Brooklyn.
October 2010
Debera Johnson has Quote of the Week on the Brand Show.
Our current consumption patterns outpace the planet's ability to regenerate resources by 30 percent. But fear not, The Pratt Design Incubator is creating solutions for you, your brand and the planet. Debera Johnson, Director and Founder of the incubator empowers students to aid the conscious consumer and help retail brands through triple bottom-line thinking. Debera discusses their recent partnership with furniture retailer west elm and how adding an element of naïvete can enhance innovation throughout the business-design process.
Hear how the incubator is creating new models for sustainable design. Download the 3-minute insite, full interview or read the transcript.
Has naïveté assisted you in business innovation? Share your thoughts with our LinkedIn Group or below.
September 2010
Diane will be introducing her new line at London Design Festival. The Festival is made up of over 200 events and exhibitions which take place throughout the city. Additionally, Diane will be speaking at an event at the SenseLoft on Sept. 23 about her work and sustainability.
July 2010
west elm and Pratt institute unveil the Pratt Home Collection
5-piece office collection utilizes eco-friendly materials and processes.
April 2010
The Incubator is currently working on a project for UNESCO's cultural division to develop a "toolkit" that will help Program Specialists incorporate "human centered design" approaches into educational and arts programming centered around the prevention of HIV and AIDS. The content partners are LIna Srivastava, Ariel Muller, David Jammy and our sustainable design, graphic design and design research mentors are Richard Whitehall, Paulette Bluhm-Sauriol, Tim Wallack, Stephanie Yung and Sarah Nagle from Smart Design NYC.
April 2010
Read the Popular Science article.
November 2009
Deb Johnson, Diane, Sam Cochran (SMIT) and Kevin McElroy (Cerca) participated in a panel on Fostering Social Entrepreneurs SVA – World Usability Day
November 2009
David Wright (David Zachary) and Kevin McElroy (Cerca) participated in a Incubator ‘Design Jam’
October 2009
Diane (Domestic Aesthetic) spoke on a panel at Smith College - Women in Design
October 2009
Governor David A. Paterson announced the award of $7.8 million to five projects, part of the first round of awards through the Downstate Revitalization Fund, at the site of the Pratt Design Incubator for Sustainable Innovation. Video
October 2009
Deb Johnson and Kristina Drury ran a “Business Planning for Social Enterprise” workshop at the Better World by Design conference in Providence, RI.
September 2009
Incubator team participated Green Brooklyn...Green City is a city-wide event attracting residents from all five boroughs to a full day fair and symposium at Brooklyn Borough Hall.
October 2009
Dr. Sam Sia heads “Sia Lab” a Molecular and Microscale Bioengineering lab at Columbia University. Sam came to the Pratt Design Incubator for help in designing the processor for his “Lab on a Chip” HIV + AIDS testing device for remote areas in Subsaharan Africa.
Watch his interview here.
Four students from Pratt have been working on the final design - Sahar Ghaheri, Ashley Thornfinnson, John Chaich, Chui Ping Chui under the guidance of Pratt Alumni Kristina Drury. Additional members of the UNESCO design team included; Allegra De Angelo, Laura Senkevitch, Robbie Patrick, Esin Arsan
The project is slated to be launched in 53 offices world wide in September 2010 with the hopes on encouraging the use of Arts and Creativity to educate people about safer sex.