Category: Event

  • For Raissa Oliveira-Silva, a #ChalkFIT drawing imitates a viral sensation

    For Raissa Oliveira-Silva, a #ChalkFIT drawing imitates a viral sensation

    There’s no better place to state your claim about  cultural domination than on the 7th Avenue in New York City. A 3X6-foot chalk representation of the meme “Chloe” by Illustration senior Raissa Oliveira-Silva is still going through finishing touches on the outside wall of FIT.  Photos of Oliveira-Silva’s work have been posted to social media…

  • Simone Cipriani’s student invitation to “The Hand of Fashion”

    Simone Cipriani’s student invitation to “The Hand of Fashion”

    Simone Cipriani has worked worldwide on behalf of responsible, sustainable industrial development in emerging economies. His deep expertise is in fashion, an industry that is often the first stop as a country develops a manufacturing and logistics base. His pioneering toils at the World Trade Organization have taken him to inform broader United Nations programs, mainly…

  • A book fair for devotees of art and design

    A book fair for devotees of art and design

    Last weekend’s Designers and Books Fair brought a capacity crowd of students, faculty, and a great many other design devotees for book browsing and presentations.  It was a star-studded Art and Design School affair. The Who’s Who and the Who‐Will be Who’s of the publishing design world were in attendance. Attendees came to leaf through and…

  • The Greening of Distressed Jeans

    Report from the Summer Institute on Sustainability in Fashion & Textiles Jorg Hartmann, from machinery vendor Stoll, started his talk by showing copies of a well-worn 1880s pair of jeans bought at auction for $60,000. The jeans were copied and the look started a somewhat eco-hostile fashion idea: clothing that is almost worn-out when bought…

  • A-list Critics for Photography Juniors

    When it comes to having your accomplishments acknowledged, being a college junior can be like that of a middle child. “The seniors have a graduating show. The associate degree students have a show. What the juniors need is feedback,” says Photography Prof. Curtis Willocks. “They had this intense year. They learned a lot, applied a lot.…