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Harvey Bernstein

Adjunct Professor, cce

B.F.A., M.S., Pratt Institute; design consultant whose

practice spans the disciplines of interior, industrial,

graphic, exhibit, and retail design; clients include

JCPenney, Sony, Hallmark, Knoll, Chase, Calvin Klein,

Speedo; recipient of numerous design awards: Gold

and Silver Awards from IDSA and ID Magazine for

product design, as well as awards for lighting design,

retail, office, exhibit, and graphic design; exhibited

at MoMA, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum,

and more; published in Architectural Record, Domus,

Abitare, International Design, ID, NY Times, Forbes,

Journal, Business Week, Metropolis, and the Design

Encyclopedia of MoMA.

Frederick Blumlein

Adjunct Professor, cce

Design career has included work with organizations

such as Bell Laboratories and George Nelson

Associates; in 1983 established Blumlein Associates,

Inc. (BAI), a design firm that specializes in exhibition,

graphic, interior and theatrical projects and since 1985

has been a major exhibition design consultant for Sony

Electronics, Inc.; BAI’s work has appeared at MoMA,

MIT, Lincoln Center, Indiana University, Disney’s EPCOT

Center, Cirque Du Soleil, Universal Studios, and the

U.S.S. Nautilus Submarine Museum; member of Pratt’s

ID department since 1976.

Meri Bourgard-Rohrs

Adjunct Professor, cce

A.A., Suffolk Community College; B.A., Hunter College;

M.F.A., Painting, Pratt Institute; teacher at Pratt Institute

since 1985; faculty member in the Fashion Design,

Industrial Design, Interior Design, and Architecture

departments; worked as a graphic designer and

illustrator for a variety of publications; studied and

worked in a variety of media with such artists as

Charles Reid, Jean Dobie, Louise Giles, Daniel Greene,

Barbara Necchis, Jim Jensen, Frank Mason, Frank Webb,

Lawrence Goldsmith, and Nathan Goldstein; featured

in The New York Times, Arts & Antiques and more; has

exhibited her work in galleries around the North East as

well as Europe.

Gina Caspi

Visiting Professor

B.A., Graphic Design, Hofstra University; M.I.D., Pratt

Institute; Caspi has been a professor in both Foundation

3-D and Graduate Industrial Design since 1986; was the

first recipient of the Rowena Reed Kostellow Award,

given for excellence in teaching three-dimensional

design; participated in the Premio Internazionale di

Scultura Gioia Lazzerini in Pietrasanta, Italy, where she

was awarded a prize for her bronze and ruby sculpture,

Torre di San Francesco.

Gihyun Cho

Adjunct Professor

M.I.D., Syracuse University; industrial design educator,

professional, and writer; has held the position of

chief industrial designer at Bell Labs and Lucent

Technologies and has served as a design consultant

for Goldstar, Samsung America, Ken Carter, Loveland

Toy, and the Kohl Group; during his time at Bell Labs he

was awarded the AT Excellence Award, Distinguished

Member of Technical Staff, Quality Award, and the

Golden Thread Award; Cho has been a visiting professor

and lecturer at Korea National University of Art, Pratt

Institute, CIDA in Taiwan, and The New School; holds

seven design patents.

Kevin Crowley

Visiting AssistAnt Professor

B.I.D., Pratt Institute; Lowell Technical Institute, polymer

chemistry; has 40 years experience in the design and

manufacturing of deep-sea diving equipment, high-

level radiation suits, proximity and approach fire suits as

well as chemical protective clothing; is also a lifelong

shoe designer having designed both performance and

fashion shoes for such companies as Converse, FILA,

Wilson, Prince, and Keds in the U.S. and Geox and Block

in Europe.

Lucia De Respinis

Adjunct Professor, cce

B.I.D., Pratt Institute; academic appointments adjunct

professor, 1995-present; selected awards, recognition,

and published works, Metropolis magazine, Vitra Design

Book Cold War Confrontations, Women Designers in

the USA 1900–2000, ID Magazine Annual Review, Pratt

Manhattan and Schafler Gallery, “20 Women in Design”;

Rowena Reed Kostellow Award (2007) for excellence

in teaching; “Three Dimensional Design,” Vitra Museum

exhibition on George Nelson Office; Women Designers

in the USA Exhibition, “High Style: Twentieth Century

American Designers in the USA”; and “High Style:

Twentieth Century American Design,” Whitney Museum

Exhibition (aluminum clock).

Industrial Design Faculty

Left: Wyman Mastin