Globally Connected @ FIT: Commemorating the U.N. at 80: Hand-Printed Scarves by FIT Textile/Surface Design Students

Virtual event

Join us for a virtual presentation by BFA students from the Textile/Surface Design program who will introduce us to their personal and innovative design concepts for hand screen-printed commemorative scarves—each one a wearable reminder of the significance of the U.N. charter 80 years after its signing. They were created in the FIT course TD 361 […]

Globally Connected @ FIT: Deeply Layered and Beautiful Morocco: On Art, Design, and Cross-Cultural Exchange in January 2026

Virtual event

Join us for a conversation that introduces highlights from a three-week study abroad program to Morocco in January 2026. What did the students learn about Morocco's art, cultures, design, and craft traditions? By tracing encounters with local educators and artisans, History of Art Professor Jennifer Miyuki Babcock and participating students, Odalis Bonilla and Gherese Felipe, […]

Globally Connected @ FIT: Entering India’s Fragrance Market, from Analysis to Launch

Virtual event

Join us for a presentation that highlights a student project focused on India and global cosmetics and fragrance brand management. A team of Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing students will share what they learned in the course taught by Professor Delphine Horvath and how they applied it to a real-world challenge: expanding a fragrance brand into […]

Globally Connected @ FIT + Sustainable Business and Design Conference: Reimagining Educational Ecosystems

Virtual event

Join us for a virtual talk with Harita Kapur, lecturer at the School of Fashion and Sustainability, Whitecliffe College, Auckland, New Zealand. Built on research in ecological design thinking, Indigenous methodologies, and curriculum development, this presentation emphasizes how design education can adapt to address increasing planetary challenges. It highlights the importance of incorporating Earth-centered, regenerative, […]