Students often ask me if they will continue to have access to our Library’s wonderful resources after they graduate. The answer, right now, is one of those annoying “yes, but” answers. Alumni of FIT will always have access to the Library itself, and there is […]
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Design Research and Visual Literacy
The designer and the scientist have a lot more in common as researchers than most people might think. Design research involves observation, note-taking, collecting samples, categorizing & recognizing patterns, and experimenting with materials. Of course, there are marked differences between the scientist and the designer […]
Top Misconceptions of Fashion Schools and Their Students
Librarians are not alone in being stereotyped. People involved in fashion generally get written-off as shallow and lacking intellectual interests. While fashion folk certainly delight in the temporal and aesthetic, it is misguided to assume they lack interests that go deeper than the surface. Moreover, […]
The Ideas Box – A Library for Refugees
Libraries without Borders asked French designer Philippe Starck to create a pop-up library to serve refugees from the Congo. What he and his team came up is a beautiful, functional set of information treasure chests called the Ideas Box. Each set is comprised of four boxes […]
Article: How To Draw Critical Design Insights From A Single Photograph: Lessons From Frog
How To Draw Critical Design Insights From A Single Photograph: Lessons From Frog This is a great little article about research, both data-driven and visual, and the design process – http://www.fastcodesign.com/3027684/how-to-draw-critical-design-insights-from-a-single-photograph-lessons-from-frog