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Title
Commencement 2018
Contributor Names
Hoberman, Chuck, 1956- (Speaker)
Vazquez, Lilliana (Speaker)
Bertschmann, Harry, 1931- (Speaker)
Date
2018-05-24
Description
Chuck Hoberman, Designer, Engineer, Inventor, addresses the graduates at FIT's 2018 Commencement Undergraduate Exercises. May 24, 2018, Radio City Music Hall.
Nowhere do the disciplines of art, architecture, and engineering fuse as seamlessly as in the work of inventor Chuck Hoberman, internationally known for his "transformable structures." Through his products, patents, and structures, Hoberman demonstrates how objects can be foldable, retractable, or shape-shifting.
Hoberman is the founder of Hoberman Associates, a multidisciplinary practice that utilizes transformable principles for a wide range of applications including dynamic architecture, transformable stage sets, consumer products, deployable shelters and structures for aerospace. Examples of his commissioned work include the transforming video screen for the U2 360° world tour (2009-2011), the Hoberman Arch in Salt Lake City, installed at Medals Plaza for the Winter Olympic Games (2002), a retractable dome for the World's Fair in Hanover, Germany (2000), and 'Emergent Surface' (2008) shown at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Hoberman has over twenty patents for his transformable inventions and has won numerous awards for his designs. He is the Pierce Anderson Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and is an associate faculty member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.
Guest speaker, Lilliana Vazquez, addresses the graduates at FIT's 2018 Commencement Undergraduate Exercises. May 24, 2018, Radio City Music Hall.
Lilliana Vazquez is one of the most sought-after personalities in the industry, acting as host, influencer, style advisor and producer to the biggest names in entertainment, both on- air and online. She has quickly become one of the most watched, multifaceted talents, thanks to her signature brand of approachability and her unique ability to capture an audience's attention.
On Today, Vazquez shares her experiences and expertise with millions of viewers each week where she can be seen covering the latest trends and news in technology, business, travel, entertainment, and lifestyle. She is also NBC's secret weapon on the red carpet at the Golden Globes, the Emmys, and the Met Gala. For Access Hollywood, Vazquez has led coverage of the biggest names and entertainment events in the world.
As a media-savvy millennial, Vazquez has always been at the forefront of what's next in the digital space. It started in 2008 when she launched her blog, The Cheap Chica's Guide to Style, and followed up the success of the site with a namesake book, The Cheap Chica's Guide to Style: Secrets to Shopping and Looking Chic, in 2013. The blog has evolved into a lifestyle destination with more than 200,000 faithful followers across all of her social media channels.
In addition to her day jobs, Vazquez is the expert producers and executives call to lend style expertise to segments on entertainment programs, including E! News, The Wendy Williams Show, The Talk, and The Rachael Ray Show. Vazquez has also served as an ambassador, spokesperson, and content creator for some of the world's biggest brands.
Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, to a Puerto Rican father and Mexican mother, Vazquez is a proud Texan and Latina. She attended George Washington University on a full academic scholarship and graduated with a bachelor's degree, double majoring in international business and entrepreneurship. Vazquez is involved with the Hispanic Federation, which is the nation's premier Latino nonprofit membership organization that seeks to support Hispanic families and strengthen Latino institutions through work in the areas of education, health, immigration, and economic empowerment.
Harry Bertschmann, Fine Artist, receives the President's Award for Lifetime Achievement at FIT's 2018 Commencement Undergraduate Exercises. May 24, 2018, Radio City Music Hall.
Few abstract painters today can match Harry Bertschmann's extraordinary dynamism and versatility. Born in Basel, Switzerland, he studied at the famous Basel School of Design in the late 1940s. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1951 and, in 1958, he was the youngest artist admitted by the jury of the prestigious Carnegie International exhibition, where one of his large abstract expressionist paintings hung beside those by Mark Rothko, Franz Kline, Barnett Newman, Philip Guston, and Robert Motherwell.
Starting in the 1960s Bertschmann found himself in high demand as graphic designer of commercial logos and packaging—many of which have remained iconic in American culture (e.g.: Kent and Newport cigarettes, Nestlé, Bufferin). This success resulted in double lives because he was also driven to paint every day, pushing the boundaries of expressionism—both abstract and figurative. He probed these two approaches with fresh vision spanning seven decades. There are no one-liners here, so easy to grasp, as are Andy Warhol's assembly line screenprints. Rather, Bertschmann's paintings compel the viewer to linger—and upon returning find invigoration anew.
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Commencements
Subject
Commencement ceremonies
Baccalaureate addresses
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Commencement

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Fashion Institute of Technology. (2018, May 24). Commencement 2018 [Video]. Archive on Demand. https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/520524
Fashion Institute of Technology. "Commencement 2018." Archive on Demand, 24 May 2018, https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/520524
Fashion Institute of Technology, "Commencement 2018," Archive on Demand, May 24, 2018, video, https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/520524