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  • Three from FIT at this year’s Eddie Adams Workshop

    The Eddie Adams Workshop, now in its 34th year, is considered “one of the most important stops for up-and-coming photojournalists,” according to New York Times photographer and writer James Estrin. This year two FIT Photography students, and one Photography Certificate program graduate, were chosen to attend. The late Eddie Adams was a highly awarded photojournalist, renowned…

  • Voting Reminders: Make Your Voice Heard

    Good design can help deliver an important message: Vote! It all helps counter efforts of voter suppression, claims of fraud, and attempts at voter intimidation. The work from Professor Tevonian’s Foundation of Graphic Design class is an example of how we can help the public make its vital decision to vote. Postcards with bold design…

  • Seeing Stars with Emmanuel Agwam

    “The stars and big smiles around Black figures in my portraits tell the viewer that this is a person who deserves to be present and that the person deserves to ‘shine.’” – Emmanuel Agwam, Illustration (‘22). The smiles, stars and bright symbols in Emmanuel Agwam’s portraits express “a positive perspective on Black people and Black…

  • Ielyzaveta Ignatyeva Aims to Improve Lives and Offer Dignity through Design

    A common misconception about interior design, says Ielyzaveta Ignatyeva, is that it is a decorative pursuit geared toward the affluent. The sixth-semester Interior Design student has just been selected as the East Region finalist for the 2019-20 Interior Design Educators Council Student Competition for her design for HOPES, a community outreach center for the homeless.…

  • FIT Faculty Remember Stan Lee

    FIT Faculty Remember Stan Lee

    Tributes for comic book writer, editor and publisher Stan Lee flooded social media following news of his passing earlier this month. Lee was responsible, according to the The Economist, for turning “a low-rent pulp art form into a pop-culture powerhouse.” Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Hulk, the Avengers, Iron Man, Black Panther, Thor and others inspired…