Announcement: Pratt Show Featuring the Best New Design Work of Graduating Students-Including Enhanced Nissan Cubes--to Open May 6

tt Institute will present 2008 Pratt Show, an annual juried
exhibition of exceptional design work by 300 of Pratt's graduating
students from May 6-8 at The Manhattan Center, located at 311 West 34th
Street. The show is free and open to the public and will be open on
Tuesday, May 6 from 9 AM-5 PM; Wednesday, May 7 from 9 AM-9 PM; and
Thursday, May 8 from 9 AM-1 PM.

There will be a special cocktail reception and private viewing for design
industry professionals from 6-9 PM on Tuesday, May 6. Tickets are free
but required for entry. Please go to www.pratt.edu/show.

Inside the Manhattan Center, the 2008 Pratt Show, juried by Pratt
faculty, will feature the best work by students in various programs at
Pratt including advertising, graphic design, illustration, industrial
design, interior design, packaging design, jewelry design, digital arts,
and animation. Pratt Show 2008 is designed to give industry professionals
and the public a chance to see the best work of students in Pratt's
design programs, many of whom will go on to become masters in these
industries. In 2007, nearly 1,000 design professionals attended the
exclusive Pratt Show reception as a result of its reputation for
displaying the freshest new talent in art and design in New York City.

On display on the sidewalk outside the Manhattan Center will be two
Nissan Cubes enhanced through 3-D color theory applications including
changes in exterior colors, graphics, seat materials and window
treatments by Pratt industrial and fashion design students. The students,
under the direction of Professor Martin Skalski, collaborated with Nissan
North America in a project entitled "Cube-ism: Automobile Meets Art,"
designed to introduce the Nissan Cube to the American market and to offer
students an opportunity to create effective solutions to real-world
problems. Both cars were recently on display at the 2008 New York
International Auto Show at the Javits Center.

The Manhattan Center is convenient to Penn Station and Madison Square
Garden and is easily accessible by subway and car. Closest subways are
the A, C, E, 1, 2, 3 at 34th Street stations. There are parking lots on
33rd and 34th streets near Eighth and Ninth avenues.

For those who cannot attend the Pratt Show and want to see the
outstanding work of graduating students and alumni, Pratt has set up a
link on its website at www.pratt-talent.com, a searchable database of
some of the best portfolios in the world.

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