Category: design

  • Librarians explore FIT Textile Labs

        When you work in the Pomerantz Center, like the library people do, it can seem like FIT life takes place far away. In order for us to find out more about programs on campus, we have field trips. Last November, we took a tour of the Textile Quality Assurance Lab, the Textile Coloration…

  • Magazine of the Week

      Welcome back! This week’s magazine, Mix, is the publication of the Colour Hive, a London-based color forecasting agency. It is published 4 times a year. Mix focuses primarily on color, materials and finishes for the interiors and graphic design markets.     Colour Hive provides directional photography, color palettes by materials, related art direction…

  • Color to fight January grays

      Here in NYC it’s dreary, dark and gray. I thought talking about color would be a good way to prepare for Spring 2019. I’ve written a lot about color lately, especially the symbolism of colors in clothing. In the graphic design and garment manufacturing worlds, colors have to come from somewhere. The FIT Library…