Jan/Feb
-- Recap
LDB Home Textiles covered the awards
breakfast as well. Click here for the
link to read it.
HFN's February 25th issue has a story and a
photos about the Home Products Awards
Breakfast. Click here for the link.
Home Products Development Senior Project
Presentations, sponsored by Lifetime Brands and ExCell Home Fashions, will be
presented on April 24th at 7W.
On February 12th, 7-9AM, four hundred guests
celebrated the Home Products Development program at the annual Awards Breakfast,
held this year again at Cipriani's 42nd Street. Student niche market
projects were presented to industry guests. Two new $65,000 scholarship
funds were announced, bringing the total number of industry-funded Home Products
Development scholarships to 11. Iconix Brand President, CEO &
Chairman Neil Cole announced a commitment by Iconix to hire a Home Products
Development graduate each year.
FIT Home Products Development Class of 2008
Prof. David Brogna Shows Home Products Student Niche Market
Projects
The Arthur Taubers of Avanti Linens with Dr.
Brown
Kenneth Cole and brother Neil Cole, Chairman,
President & CEO
Iconix Brand Group
Father and Son Award Winners: The Richmans of Richloom
Fabrics
Left: Warren Shoulberg, Editor-in-Chief & Publisher, HFN
Right: Home Products Chair Anne G. Appel
Patricia Feiwel, David Brogna, Jennifer Castoldi
Home Products Development faculty
is interviewing prospects for the class
of 2010.
Twenty-one students were led by Anne G Appel, David Brogna, and Gloria Lang to
trade shows (including Maison et Objet), museums, and other spectacular sites in
London and Paris.
HP Students keep up with news at home while in
Paris.
Home Products students on a bridge over the Thames.
Home Products students in a Paris café.
Nov/Dec
-- Recap
The annual FIT Home Products Development fundraising breakfast has been
announced for February 12th of 2008. Click
here for invitation. Home Products students will be
awarded for competitions and scholarships. Industry stalwarts will
be honored for outstanding contributions to the home furnishings industry. This
is the 12th annual fundraising breakfast. For further information contact
Vicki Guranowski at the Educational Foundation for the Fashion Industries,
212-217-7820, or email at
vicki_guranowski@fitnyc.edu.
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Home Products students and three faculty will head for trade shows in London and
Paris in January. This annual trip, funded in part by the Florence/Stewart
Global fund, provides students oftentimes with their first experience in world
markets.
Home Products Club
bake sale is December 5th in the 'D' Building Lobby. Bring money; bring an
appetite.
On November 13th,
Home Products students presented their Niche Market projects to the Home
Products Development Industry Advisory Board.
Sept/Oct
-- Recap
Home Products Chair Anne G. Appel with a number of Home Products Development
students at
the American Cancer Society's Breast Cancer Walk:
Walkers spent the
day in Central Park on the 21st of October helping the American Cancer Society
raise funds for continuing research in the search for a cure.
28,000 joined the walk to raise $2,900,000. If you'd like to make a
donation after the event, send it here:
American Cancer Society
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
132 West 32nd Street
New York, NY 10001
Jobs, what it's all about:
JOB FAIR 2007
Fashion Institute of Technology Career Services
-Meet Employers;
-Discuss career opportunities;
-Apply for jobs;
-Network!
Open to FIT STUDENTS and FIT ALUMNI
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
11:00AM - 2:30PM
Location:
Great Hall and Amphitheater
D Building, 1st Floor
Don't miss Modern on the Inside, 5-8PM, October 24th in NYC, where Dwell editors
and industry leaders discuss modern home & home furnishings design.
Click on the link for an invitation:
Modern on the Inside.
Susan McGalla of American Eagle will be at FIT on October 17th at the B&T Dean's
Forum. She will appear in the Great Hall, 6-7PM.
October 11th, 1-2PM, in the Great Hall, the Business & Technology B.S. Degree
Advisement Fair will offer information about career opportunities. Don't
miss the Home Products table. It's near the food!
Twenty-one Home Products Development students visited High Point, North
Carolina, in this academic year's first tour of leading home furnishings shows.
Profs. Appel and Lang led the group the first week of October.
Jul/Aug
-- Recap
The class of 2002's Mary Shields has been hired at Martha Stewart Omnimedia as
Senior Copywriter. She had been at Sferra Bros. She's back
in the Big City. As soon as she's settled in, we'll have updated
contact information in the alumni catalog.
May/Jun
-- Recap
Prof. David Brogna
has some thoughts on students, homework and the FIT Home Products Development
program in the current HFN.
Click here to read David's June 25th
article.
Graduation:
it hardly seems possible. Seniors have become alumni. See photos on
main FIT Web site. Congratulations to the Class of
2007!
Mar/Apr
-- Recap
JUNIORS PRESENT
TO ADESSO
In
what has become an annual event, Adesso's CEO Peggy Traub, and its Chairman Lee
Schaak, brought a team to assess and reward Junior Product Development Projects.
Some photos:
Thanks to Abiola
Bobcombe for the photos!
IFDA AT FOR MONDAY APRIL 30TH PRESENTATION
Monday, April
30th, almost 80 members of IFDA came to see Senior Project Presentations.
HOMEWORLD
BUSINESS COVERS FIT HOME PRODUCTS FUNDRAISER
Click on
this link for the story by
HOMEWORLD BUSINESS senior editor Ed Lieber.
HOME PRODUCTS
FUNDRAISER AT CIPRIANI'S APRIL 23
The 11th Annual FIT Home Products Development Awards Breakfast was held on April
23rd at Cipriani's 42nd Street, the spectacular restaurant converted from the
old Bowery Savings Bank. The program was led by student awards.
Winners of the Ex-Cell Home Fashions Senior Competition Award
Winners of the Lifetime Brands Senior Competition Award
Dean Kane with Meredith Crisler, winner of Breakfast 2003 Scholarship
Lauren Levinsohn, winner of Michael Fux Leadership
Scholarship, with Michael Fux
Jessica Stevens, winner of Lester Gribetz Scholarship,
with Prof. David Brogna and Dean Alan Kane
Pete Scotese, Chairman Emeritus, FIT, President Joyce Brown, Lester Gribetz
Home Products Chair Anne Guardaro Appel
Warren Shoulberg, Master of Ceremonies
HFN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
HFN Covers
Breakfast: Click on
this link to read the HFN article on
this year's wonderful breakfast!
LDB
ARTICLE ON FIT'S HOME PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
The current issue of LDB Interior Textiles has a feature article, written
by Candace Shepard, on the FIT Home Products Development department.
Click here to read this fine review of our
department!
HOME PRODUCTS' PATRICIA FEIWEL
IN GLOBAL HOME TEXTILES
Patricia Feiwel, Home Products Development instructor, and a noted designer, is
cited at length on the relationship between customers and design in the new
issue of
Global Home Textiles.
"Industry veteran and independent design consultant Patricia Feiwel remarks, 'I
think the largest pitfall is not having a customer before the goods are made.
Success will exist only in the partnering between the customer and manufacturer.
'You can't design in a vacuum,' Feiwel continues. 'You need to know the
capabilities of the mill you're dealing with, and design around that. I believe
that the relationships between people will get you closer to your design
goal.'"...Global Home Fashions Industry Addresses How To Maximize Design Efforts
for U.S. Market, Global Home Textiles.
(to
see the rest of the article,
)
Patricia Feiwel
of Home Products
HOME PRODUCTS
JUNIORS VISIT LIFETIME BRANDS HEADQUARTERS
Home Products Development Juniors visited the
beautiful new Lifetime Brands Headquarters in Garden City, NY, on Tuesday, March
20, 2007.
HOME PRODUCTS'
ALUM BRIANNE LEE'S PRODUCT FEATURED ON TODAY
The
Today Show
(NBC) featured Lifetime’s
Create n Celebrate Pull Apart
Cupcakes March 16
between 8:00 and 9:00 am.
Giada De Laurentis, host
of Food Network's
Everyday Italian,
told Today Show viewers about the Pull Apart Cupcakes and other products
from the Housewares Show.
Congratulations to
Karen Sullivan and
Brianne Lee (HP class of 2006,
now working for Lifetime Brands)
for producing an innovative (and fun) product that stood out at the show to
make the cut on this national broadcast outlet. Thank you to
Carolyn LeFavour for the
inspiration and to the Design Team
for bringing the idea to life. This was truly a collaborative effort on the
part of sales, marketing and design.
Click here to see a video clip from Brianne's appearance on the Today Show.
Jan/Feb -- Recap
FIT HOME
PRODUCTS STUDENTS BENEFIT
FROM NEW LAPTOP
PROGRAM
After
long planning by faculty and administration, a new program began for
distributing laptops for student use. Home Products Development was chosen
as the first department to be the beneficiary. As you can see from the
photographs, HP students were very happy!
The latest
from Dell, the new laptops are very fast, with widescreen format, huge memory,
CD writers, and a powerful software mix including AutoCad, FormZ, and Adobe CS
2. The plan is for both juniors and seniors to have systems by Fall 2008.
FIT HOME PRODUCTS GRADUATES
FOUND NEW
ASSOCIATION FOR CAD TEXTILE
DESIGNERS
We are pleased to announce
the formation of ACTD
— the Association
of CAD ("computer aided design") Textile
Designers. Our main objective is
to promote and encourage the use of computer aided
design for textile design in the home and fashion
industries. We plan on doing this by networking with
other professionals who use CAD, by exchanging
resources, by sharing knowledge, and by giving members
the ability to post their work on our site, and to post
job opportunities as well. We plan on having networking
sessions once a month and we invite anyone who is
involved in textile design or those that are interested
in it to come attend our networking events as well.
OUR FIRST ACTD
NETWORKING EVENT:
When: February 8,
2007 (Thursday)
Time: 5:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M.
The event is
FREE and there will be
a cash bar.
We encourage you to send
this invitation out to anyone you think would be
interested in joining.
Thank you and best
regards,
Jennifer Munich and
Makiko
Kato
Nov/Dec 2006 -- Recap
THE FASHION INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY in
New York has announced that its next Home Products Development Breakfast will be
April 23 at the restaurant Cipriani. Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams of the
Mitchell Gold Co. will be honored with the Pioneer in Home Design Award. Marv
Hopkins, president and chief exe cutive
officer of Hunter
Douglas, will receive the Outstanding Achievement Award, and
Peter Cameron, Waterford Wedgwood’s CEO, will be presented with the
Humanitarian Award. The event is held annually to support FIT’s Home Products Development
Department.
This year’s breakfast will be
chaired by Peter Scotese, the retired CEO of Springs Industries; Jeffrey Siegel,
Lifetime Brands’ chairman, president and CEO; and consultant Lester Gribetz.
The breakfast runs from 7 to 9 a.m., and will be emceed by Warren Shoulberg, HFN
publisher and editor-in-chief. Tickets are $200 each. For more information,
contact Vicki
Guranowski at (212) 217-7820 or e-mail her at
Vicki_Guranowski@fitnyc.edu…
HFN,
December
11, 2006
Oct 2006 -- Recap
Home Products
Students in Trip To High Point
Mitchell Gold & Bob Williams with HPD Club
High Point, NC, October 2006
HPD
Club visits Adesso Showroom
High Point, NC, October 2006
HPD
Club in "Mr. Big" at Mitchell Gold Showroom
High Point, NC, October 2006
HPD
"duets" with Adesso's VP of Design & Product Development
High Point, NC, October 2006
Home Products
Students in Trip To Donghia Furniture
 
May/June 2006 -- Recap
Home Products
2006 Graduates Cheer!
Published Summer
2006, FITNetwork
FIT Home
Products Juniors In HFN
The Home Products
Development Juniors Competition was written up in HFN.
Click here to see
the full story.
Published: Monday,
April 10, 2006, Women's Wear Daily
Traub Honored at FIT Breakfast
NEW YORK — At an FIT awards
ceremony last week, Lester Gribetz, the star home furnishing merchant, recalled
his first encounter with Marvin Traub, the former chairman of Bloomingdale's.
Decades ago, Traub was the home furnishings divisional at Bloomingdale's and
Gribetz was his assistant. Click here to read about
Marvin Traub Honored
Published: Monday, April 10, Home Textiles Today
FIT Honors Industry Execs
April 10, 2006.
HTT
The 10th annual Scholarship Awards Breakfast
for the Home Products Development Department at the Fashion Institute of
Technology drew a sell-out crowd at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel here during Market
Week.
As a result of the event, the scholarship
fund now is approaching $1 million, said Peter Scotese [at left], chairman
emeritus of FIT.
Award winners were Nancy Webster, President
and CEO at Thomasville; Alan Gladstone, Chairman, President and CEO at Anna's
Linens; Carl Goldstein, Senior VP, S. Lichtenberg and Co., and Marvin Traub,
President, Marvin Traub Associates.
Peter Scotese
FIT Honors Industry, Students At 10th
Annual Breakfast Event
by Rosamaria Mancini,
HFN
April
10, 2006: New York – The Fashion Institute of Technology’s Home Products
Development Department held its 10th annual scholarship awards breakfast at the
Waldorf Astoria last week. The breakfast, which was attended by more than 450
people, honored both executives and students in the home products industry.
Dr.
Joyce Brown Addressing Breakfast
The
executives honored this year [Left to right] were Carl Goldstein, Senior Vice
President, S. Lichtenberg & Co.; Nancy Webster, President and Chief Executive
Officer, Thomasville Furniture Industries; Alan Gladstone, CEO, Anna’s Linens; and Marvin Traub,
President, Marvin Traub Associates.
The 2006 graduating class of the Home Products Development
Department at FIT.
April 2006 -- Recap
HOME PRODUCTS
CELEBRATES A DECADE OF SUCCESS
The 1OTH annual
Home Products scholarship breakfast was held at the Waldolf Astoria on April
4th. 470 home industry leaders, FIT supporters, FIT faculty, administration,
past and present, HP students and alumni attended. 4 honorees were recognized
for the contributions to FIT as well as the home industry, and 4 Home Products
department scholarships were awarded to students in the major.
SENIOR PROJECT COMPETITION AWARDED
The Home Products
senior competition, sponsored by Lifetimes brands, and Ex-Cell, once again,
surpassed the expectations with their outstanding concepts presentations and
research. The competition was judged by 6 industry expects, and 1 award was
granted for each sponsor. The award winners were keeping confidential until the
announcement at the annual scholarship breakfast.
HOME PRODUCT
JUNIORS MAJOR VISIT CHRIS MADDEN
The Home Products
junior class (see photo) traveled to Portchester, New York to visit the headquarters of Chris
Madden.
Presentations were made by the Chris’s design team and an overview of
the companies history and future were discussed by Chris and her staff.
Juniors at Portchester
HOME PRODUCT
SENIORS VISIT LIFETIME BRANDS
The Home Products
senior class traveled to Westbury, Long Island to visit the headquarters of
Lifetime Brands. Presentations were made by Lifetimes’ head of product design,
Bill Lazeroff, and an overview of the companies history and future were
discussed by
HOME PRODUCTS
DEDICATED CLASSROM GET UPGRADE
The Home Product
dedicated classroom 307A received upgrade of its technological equipment to
enhance the teaching and learning experience The new equipment includes new PC,
allowing internet access , new computerized projection system( Elmo), a scanner,
and printer.
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March
2006 -- Recap
HOME PRODUCTS MAJOR
TRAVEL TO CHICAGO
15 Home Products
students traveled to the International Home and Housewares show in Chicago
earlier this month.
The students had
market appointments with industry leaders such as Umbra, and Lifetime Brands as
well as audiences with cooking celebrities the like of Emeril Lagassi, Mario
Batali and Richard Simmons.
HOME
PRODUCT CLUB VOLUNTEERS FOR JC PENNEY EVENT
10 Home Product
Club members volunteered with Chris Madden at the opening of the Times Square
“Pop – Up” store event. The club members all had a chance to met with Chris and
had the first hand opportunity working in the new store project
HOME PRODUCT CLUB
HOST HANK REINHART
The Home Product
Club hosted Hank Reinhardt Director Bridal and Gift Registry at Bed Bath and
Beyond. Mr. Reinhart enlightened members on lessons he learned throughout his
professional history, current trends now affecting the tabletop market, and
problems he has dealt with
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January 2006 -- Recap
HOME PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TRAVEL TO MAISON & OBJECT
SHOW
Due to the continued
generosity of the Home industry, 15 Home Products majors, were able to travel to
Paris to attend the Maison & Object trend /trade show.
 The
trip, cost of which was shared by the students as well as the industry, offered
2 days in London, just enough time to see the Tate Museum, Harvey Nichols,
Selfridges, and Big Ben.
In Paris, they attended the Maison & Objet trade show or 2
full days, and had evening rondevoius at the Louve, Notre Dame, and the
opportunity see retail environments of the Bon Marche, and
Galleries Lafayette.
IN HOME
AWARDED RETAILER OF THE YEAR BY UMBRA
InHome,
the contemporary home store, co-founded by FIT’s own David Brogna was awarded
the much sort after designation of “Retailer of the Year” by Umbra this week.
InHome is celebrating 10 years of successful business and is ‘conveniently
located” at 132 Main Street in Sag Harbor, New York. Congratulations to David
and John!!
HOME PRODUCT
STUDENTS ATTEND NEW YORK GIFT SHOW
Approximately 400
students enrolled in Home Products classes attended the New York trade show this
week at the Jacobs Javits Center. The show provides free shuttle buses that
leave from 31street through out the week. A highlight of the show was the
Accents on Design area, focusing on the new and innovated Home furnishing
assortments.
BROGNA RECEIVES PARADIGM AWARD AT ASPIRE AWARDS PROGRAM
David Brogna, founder of InHome, the contemporary home
store, received this award at a big ceremony in April of 2005,
as reported in HFN (click here).
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