Architecting Creativity: Crafting Stories & Ideas, Building with AI

Mar 19, 4:00 – 6:00 PM (UTC)

Education

DesignMake

About this event

✨ Join us to see the finalists of the FIT AI Hackathon present their projects and explore the innovative work emerging from the FIT creative community.

Come support the finalists, get inspired by new ideas, and connect with fellow designers and creators.

Please RSVP to attend.
🎁 The first 25 attendees will receive Figma swag, and light refreshments will be served.

📅 Date & Time
Thursday, March 19, 2026 · 12:00–2:00 PM

📍 Location
Bob Fisch Presentation Hall (N108)
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York

Facilitators

  • Christie Shin

    Fashion Institute of Technology

    Professor

  • C.J. Yeh

    Fashion Institute of Technology

    Professor

Judges

  • Joey Hunter

    Entropico

    Chief Creative Officer and partner

  • Julio Soler

    MEDIA ET AL

    Founder, Creative Director

  • Tyler Sanborn

    Smart Design

    Principal Product Manager

  • Steph Cajucom

    Amazon Brand Innovation Lab

    Senior Creative Director

  • Michelle Ma

    FLORA

    Designer

  • Caroline Jung

    FLORA

    Head of GTM Strategy & Operations

  • David Mendez

    Warner Bros. Discovery/CNN

    Senior Software Engineer

  • Hedy Deng

    WeightWatchers

    Staff Developer

  • Daniel Wei

    ElevenLabs

    Core Experience

  • Lucas Smulders

    ElevenLabs

    Growth Engineer

  • May Zhou

    EY

    Senior UX Designer

When

When

Thursday, March 19, 2026
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (UTC)

Hosts

  • Christie Shin

    Fashion Institute of Technology

    Professor

  • C.J. Yeh

    Fashion Institute of Technology

    Professor

  • Elias Cherrier-Vickers

    Fashion Institute of Technology

    Figma Campus Leader

  • Vashtie Persaud

    Fashion Institute of Technology

    Figma Campus Leader

  • Thalia Merino

    Fashion Institute of Technology

    Figma Campus Leader

  • Yoonseo Jeong

    Fashion Institute of Technology

    Figma Campus Leader

  • Jacqueline Gambino

    Fashion Institute of Technology

    Student Volunteer, A&DD BFA

  • Ranjani Srinivasan

    Fashion Institute of Technology

    Student Volunteer, A&DD BFA

  • Silvia Liang

    Fashion Institute of Technology

    Student Volunteer, A&DD BFA

  • Dalma Chiclayo

    Fashion Institute of Technology

    Student Volunteer, A&DD BFA

  • Kokona Akatsu

    Fashion Institute of Technology

    Student Volunteer, A&DD BFA

Organizers

  • Miguel Cardona

    Figma

    Designer Advocate, Education

  • Lauren McCann

    Figma Marketing Manager, Education

  • Christie Shin

    Fashion Institute of Technology

    Friends of Figma Leader

Partners

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Creative Technology and Design

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DesignPortoflio.Center

Cynda Media Lab logo

Cynda Media Lab

ElevenLabs logo

ElevenLabs

LottieFiles logo

LottieFiles

Lummi logo

Lummi

Floyo! logo

Floyo!

FLORA © logo

FLORA ©

Epidemic Sound logo

Epidemic Sound

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