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.

flies have
flown...

2x4
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

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