TROY vasilakis

class of 2020

A ’20 pandemic graduate of FIT, Troy Vasilakis is an energetic designer currently at the Brooklyn Museum and on the board of AIGA NY. His work is strung together by his love for systems and typography which has been awarded by the Type Directors Club and Graphis, and recognized by Cargo and AIGA NY. Previously, Troy has been at WØRKS, Tibi, ThoughtMatter, and TEDx branches for his past universities. He received FIT’s Graphic Design Departmental Medal upon graduation in honor of his achievements, leadership, and overall contributions to the program at FIT, and continues to be a part of the local design community.

REID parsekien

class of 2019

Reid first studied fine arts including; drawing, oil painting, ceramics, sculpture and more. He later completed the graphic design program at FIT. During his senior year Reid landed an internship at Pentagram. It quickly became a full-time job after his graduation in 2019. Reid also helped develop Official Signs and Icons 3, considered by many to be the bible of symbol signs and wayfinding pictograms. Today he specializes in many areas such as visual identity development, web design, kinetic typography, and environmental graphics.

EILEEN vidal

class of 2017

Now a mid-level designer at the studio she started interning with in undergrad, Eileen continues to pursue her love for branding and visual storytelling. As an illustrator, having the opportunity to combine her love of art and design is key, and OYG has proven to be the perfect fit. Aside from her day job, Eileen is actively working on personal projects like tackling larger scale illustrations, packaging design for a CBD beverage client, and volunteering her design skills for mutual aid efforts in her community.

FRED pirlot

class of 2014

Fred is an artist by nature with a background in creating public, non-commissioned and non-paid mural art. Through his work with MMP, he uses graphic design to make places and content visible, legible, and navigable. Working within community, cultural, institutional, and corporate contexts, he strives to employ multiple visual rhetorics across an expansive media spectrum. Fred speaks three languages, has degrees in sociology, communication design and graphic design, paints on things, and has even won some awards for his work.

RYOTATSU tanaka, HITOMI Ishigaki, RYO kumazaki

class of 2007

In their final semester at FIT these three alumni teamed up to found Studio Newwork, a graphic design studio based in New York recognized for its effortless elegance in branding, editorial, and fashion. These diehard type nerds will spare no detail in their quest for design excellence and product quality. You may have heard of their award-winning magazine, Newwork Magazine, which has earned its place in the MoMA library.

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Addison

Alfalfa

American Museum of

Natural History

Antianti

ASCAP

Atlantic Records

Audible, Inc

Baron and Baron

BBDO

Bellucci Napoli

Bergdorf Goodman

Bernhardt Fudyma Design

Bluefly

Bolds Creative

Brooklyn Museum

Cake & Arrow

Carmichael Lynch

Center for Book Arts

Children’s Museum of

Manhattan

Combo

Coty Beauty

Current

DAZN

Def Jam Music

Doyle Partners

Elizabeth Arden

FILA

Fohr

Four32C

Funny Garbage

Fusion Lab

Gander

Gretel

HDMade

Hearst

Hoefler&Co

Human Rights

Foundation

Hyperkat

IKEA

Inked Magazine

Interbrand

Invivo Brands

Island Records

KarlssonWilker

Jackmortion Worldwide

Kern+Lead

LaCoste

Lemonade

Link9

MAC Cosmetics

Macy’s

Madison Square

Garden

Malin + Goetz

Martha Stewart

Marvel Comics

Matchstic

Matte Projects

Milk Group

Modell’s

MoMA

Mother

MRM/Mcann

MTWTF

Museum of the City of

New York

Nasdaq

Nike

NY Public Library at

Lincoln Center

Oprah

OrangeYouGlad

Original Champions of

Design

Otto

Partners & Spade

Pentagram

Potion Design

QNY Creative

Red Hen Press

Reit Design

R/GA

Ro&Co

Saks Fifth Avenue

Scholastic

Shutterstock

Small Stuff

Squeaky Media

Standard Issue

Stuart Weitzman

Sudler & Hennessy

Suka

Sullivan

Tender Creative

The New York Islanders

The Vera Institute of

Criminal Justice

ThinkBrands

Tribeca Film Institute

Unified Field

United Nations

Universal Music Group

V Agency

Viacom

Vice Media

Whitney Museum of Art