Pratt Institute Interior Design

DIFFA GALA Installation - 2026

We are pleased to share our installation for DIFFA gala 2026.
Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) raises awareness and grants funds to not only HIV/AIDS but also broader health and social issues. This year’s fundraising gala, themed “Angels & Demons”, was held on the evening of March 19 at Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

The concept of the installation: Reflections and Duality
This installation acts as a reflection of one's perceptions of angels and demons, and their inseparable duality. Here, the fragility of moral oppositions are exposed; untouched they appear distinct but when confronted they bleed into each other.

Instructor:
Jon Otis
Margot Kleinman

Student team:
Jasmine Tannoury
Kayla Jarvis
Danielle Gordon
Jerome Christian (JC) Fernando

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Fay Ran, MFA’25

In Transit

Temporary Community

In Transit re-imagines CHARAS’s legacy through a design lens, balancing personal growth and communal renewal. Drawing from Puerto Rican informal living patterns, it proposes adaptive, flexible interiors that offer low-income youth transitional spaces, fostering self-identity and belonging.

Thesis advisor: Frederic Levrat

Wenxuan (Primrose) Zhang, BFA’25

Rural Revitalization: ReForm, ReUse, ReImagine

This thesis revitalizes Dongtai Village through spatial interventions that reconnect interior spaces to the Great Wall through adaptive reuse strategies. Addressing the challenges of rural revitalization, this project re-imagines the village’s architectural language to support contemporary rural life, ensuring the community will evolve and sustain itself rather than remaining a preserved relic.

Thesis advisor: Sarah Lippmann