Contents
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Sizzling Style Pratt-trained architects and interior designers reveal how their work makes restaurants rise to the top.
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L aying Creativity on the Table A survey of appetizing tabletop and cookware designs by alumni and faculty members.
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F ood Science & Management Successful Food Science and Management alumni take on health and safety, nutrition, food science technology, food education, and the culinary arts.
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F ood as the Subject of Art Food is a subject matter that never ceases to arouse passion. A cross-section of alumni, faculty, and students present work inspired by food.
aking Their Mark M How alumni use branding to help restaurants and food manufacturers break though consumer overload.
De pa r t m e n t s : About the Cover The image Scallions in Water was taken by photographer Frank Cusack, Advertising ’68, who aims for simplicity when he shoots food. “I try to find the inherent graphic beauty,” he says. More of Cusack’s striking images may be viewed at www.frankcusack.com.
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36 New and Noteworthy
3 President’s Letter
42 Ryerson Walk Institute named to Presidential Honor Roll for Community Service, Pratt launches Center for Sustainable Design Studies, Designer Ralph Rucci to receive Pratt’s 2009 Fashion Icon Award, and more.
4 First Thoughts Faculty Member Bruce Hannah ruminates on the pleasures of food, art, and design. 6 Pratt People R estaurant designer Stanley Felderman; Rebecca Federman, New York Public Library food blogger; Margaret Noon, leader of SlowFoodsNJ; Curtiss Calleo, founder of Gastronauts, a “club for “adventurous eaters”; health and nutrition expert Goulda Downer; and master cake baker Colette Peters—all graduates of Pratt.
48 Pratt Exhibitions 50 Supporting Pratt Trustee Profile: Deborah Buck; alumni Morton Flaum, Nicholas P. Koutsomitis, and Peter Schreter reveal why they have given to Pratt. 52 Special Events 54 Alumni News
This issue of Prattfolio is printed on Forests Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified paper that includes a minimum of 10 percent post-consumer fiber.
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74 Class Notes 79 Obituaries 80 Then and Now