During his year at the Pratt Institute, Chen was constantly challenged and inspired by the wealth of resources and tremendously skilled students, and his creativity continued to flow. He created a series of environmentally conscious posters that earned international awards in Mexico and Poland, as well as an Adobe Design Achievement Award.
在紐約普列特藝術學院進修的那年，受到當地豐富藝文資源與高手雲集同學的良性刺激，陳彥廷的創意宛如潮水般洶湧而出，他創作的一系列環保意識海報，陸續獲得墨西哥海報獎、波蘭華沙國際海報雙年展及 Adobe 設計成就獎等多項國際大獎肯定。