Exhibition: Adapt/Evolve — Opens

September 18–October 25, 2025
Art and Design Gallery, Pomerantz Center

Adapt/Evolve is a thought-provoking exhibition that examines adaptive and inclusive design across disciplines within FIT’s School of Art and Design, including Fashion Design, Accessories Design, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Jewelry Design, and Toy Design.

The exhibition highlights how interdependence is central to how we live, interact, and create inclusive design. Adapt/Evolve reexamines the idea of autonomy and questions traditional divides between dependence and independence. Through multidisciplinary objects, the show also emphasizes how accessible and adaptive design has become a vehicle for breaking down barriers, allowing us to engage with one another more equally.

An opening reception will be held September 18, 5–8 pm. RSVP online.

Adapt/Evolve will be accompanied by a symposium, which will be held October 16, noon–5 pm. The symposium will feature panel discussions and presentations investigating adaptive design.

About the Art and Design Gallery

The Art and Design Gallery brings together the work of FIT students, faculty, alumni, and invited outside artists in every exhibition. The gallery, located in the glass-walled lobby of FIT’s Pomerantz Center, is a window into the college and a window out, serving as a space to foster learning and innovation.

The gallery is open 9 am to 5 pm daily.

This exhibition is free and open to the public.