I have been teaching Game Design at NY's Fashion Institute of Technology for about 20 years. There's only two universities in the U.S. where students can get a degree in Toy Design and FIT's is a very very rigorous program. This was a really wonderful class. It was an honor, really, to teach them.
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| Today was graduation day and the Toy Department had a breakfast for the graduates, their families and faculty. |
Jordan, me and Karen.
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| Kei, Vince and Karen. |
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Jiyhe and Scooby!
The students embellished their caps with toys to distinguish themselves from the fashion and marketing and textile, etc. graduates.
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| Kei had a pinwheel on his--in school colors. |
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| Jordan created a very Lego cap. |
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Ashley balancing a pig from Angry Birds.
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| Alexa gets a hand from Ki. The doll on Alexa's cap looked just like her. |
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| Keysha and Alexa |
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| Jiyhe, BK and a friend of BK's. |
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| Ashley, Karen, Jordan and Enrique. Enrique made his cap topper out of perler beads. |
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| Judy Ellis, the chairwoman of the Toy Design Department, with Scott. |
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A table in the toy lab where we teach. Family passing time before going to graduation which was at
the Javits Center this year. |
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| Room with a view. Jason: producer and actor and critical part of the program. |
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Ashley, Jiyhe, Scott and Bobby.
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Just a section of the fabric samples available for students to use in making their plush.
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What an interesting post, Susan! This gives me a lot more insight into what you do. Congrats to the graduates. Great caps!
ReplyDeletehey, leslie! they are SO talented and SO nice--i'm really going to miss them--it was way inspiring to teach this group every week. fun on the caps, right?!
ReplyDeleteSusan - I'll bet you LOVE your job - how exciting - No wonder you make such cool stuff in swaps! NOW I get it!
ReplyDeleteSusan! You have the neatest job! It looks like a great group of students. I'm sure they'll miss you.
ReplyDeleteThank you fiddlegirl and Lime! Honestly, I miss this class a lot already.
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