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  • Lara Knutson

    Part-time Lecturer

    Email
    knutl087@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    L - 2 West 13th Street

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    Lara Knutson

    Profile

    Lara Knutson is an Artist, Industrial Designer and Architect who lives and works in New York City. She received a master’s degree in Industrial Design and a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Pratt Institute and believes her work is informed by the interplay of light, space, materials and structure that unite these two disciplines.


    Lara’s Soft Glass series is in the permanent collections of the Corning Museum of Glass and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

    Degrees Held

    Bachelor of Architecture, Pratt Institute 1999

    Masters in Industrial Design, Pratt Institute 2011

    Professional Affiliation

    Artist Fellow and Member of the National Arts Club.

    Research Interests

    Materials, Innovation and Light.

    Current Courses

    Materials
    PGIN 5040, Spring 2025

    Past Courses

    Designing Chairs
    PSCE 4024, Fall 2024

    ID Studio 1
    PAID 1020, Fall 2024

    Space/Materiality
    PUFY 1020, Fall 2024

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