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  • A memorable dinner party at the Flatiron

    There’s a memorable dinner party in the window at the northern wedge of the Flatiron building, where Broadway angles across Fifth Avenue. The “hosts” who put it all together are three Visual Presentation and Exhibition Design (VPED) seniors taking Advanced Store Window Presentation class with Professor Anne Kong. Riffing on postmodern installation artist Judy Chicago’s…

  • A bewitching holiday party!

    It’s not a President’s holiday party without some alluring bewitchment from the Visual Presentation and Exhibition Design department. The scene’s creators, professors Anne Kong, Mary Costantini and Glenn Sokoli are seen here getting the cold shoulder from their well packaged ice queen mannequin.  Inside, President Brown gave staff and faculty a very warm reception with many…

  • Stitcher and singer Rosario Rizzo

    The gowns, dresses and a harem outfit designed by the late FIT instructor Rosario Rizzo are now on display in the Pomerantz (D) lobby. Professors Anne Kong and Glenn Sokoli of the Visual Presentation and Exhibition Design Department helped create a narrative for “The Master and His Muse” through the use of color and style…

  • BFA – A Fair to Remember

    A roomful of expertise — department chairs, professors and student advisers — were on hand at the BFA Fair on October 4th to speak with students interested in art and design BFA majors. “Students often don’t realize the offerings and the vast number of programs available to them,” says Professor Ellen Goldstein from accessories design. “The BFA Fair…

  • A storyteller by trade, Anne Kong honored

    Professor Anne Kong is in the news again, but this time the splash is all about her.  Kong was recently chosen by readers of a top design, architecture and marketing magazine DDI, as a 2012 Portfolio Award winner.  Kong was among eight others including architect John Bricker and author Paco Underhill who received the award.  Anne Kong is…