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John Maeda leaves Rhode Island School of Design for venture capital firm and...
News: president of the Rhode Island School of Design John Maeda has announced he will leave the school to join a Silicon Valley venture capital firm and chair eBay's new Design Advisory Board. The...
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RISD students use standard greenhouse parts to build outdoor performance venue
Standardised parts from a greenhouse catalogue were repurposed to create this outdoor public space and performance venue in Providence, as the result of a design-build collaboration at RISD. The...
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10 standout fashion collections from RISD Apparel Design 2018 graduates
A giant boxy jacket and explorations of Mexican witchcraft were among the best looks at this year's Rhode Island School of Design graduate fashion show. The Collection 18 catwalk featured the work of...
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Yangyang Ding designs metal tools to help Mandarin speakers pronounce English...
Rhode Island School of Design student Yangyang Ding has created a series of metal instruments to help Mandarin speakers pronounce difficult English sounds. Yangyang Ding's pronunciation tools help...
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RISD graduates design face shields to protect against coronavirus
Rhode Island School of Design alumni have designed face shields to meet the growing demand for medical supplies during the coronavirus pandemic. Five graduates of the art and design school in...
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RISD students incorporate found objects and craft into "non-traditional"...
A fluorescent cabinet and an ottoman that homages Finding Nemo are featured in the final collection by graduate furniture design students from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), presented here...
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Providence's art-deco Superman Building reimagined as vertical farm and...
Seven graduate students studying adaptive reuse at RISD have reimagined uses for the art-deco Superman Building in Providence, Rhode Island. The art-deco building was built in 1928 by Walker &...
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"This is the biggest challenge we've faced in our entire history as an...
Rhode Island School of Design president Rosanne Somerson discusses how the design school has been forced to reinvent itself in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic in the penultimate talk as part of...
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RISD president announces plan to tackle school's "multiple racist issues"
Rhode Island School of Design president Rosanne Somerson has announced a series of initiatives to address the racism that has "pervaded systems and structures at RISD for decades", following pressure...
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Violet Zhou translates mental states into ethereal fashion collection
Rosy-hued shells of organza encase the wearer of these garments by Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) graduate Violet Zhou, which explore different states of mind experienced during personal...
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RISD launches Race in Art & Design cluster-hire for anti-racism initiative
Rhode Island School of Design is hiring 10 faculty members that specialise in issues of race and decoloniality in the arts, architecture and design as part of its wider plan to tackle systemic racism...
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Rhode Island School of Design space club projects get NASA backing
NASA has selected three projects from the Rhode Island School of Design's Space Design club for its development programmes, meaning the work could one day be tested in space. A space-dust repeller, an...
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Crystal Williams named first Black president of Rhode Island School of Design
Teacher and poet Crystal Williams has been appointed president of Rhode Island School of Design, becoming the private US art and design school's first Black president. Williams, who is currently vice...
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Snowtown Project creates graphics representing destroyed Black neighbourhood
A group of Rhode Island School of Design graduate students have created design projects and a research database examining a majority Black neighbourhood that was destroyed in the 19th century. Students...
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RISD researchers create floating mycelium pods to cleanse waterways
A team of Rhode Island School of Design students and researchers have created tesselated, floating planting beds made of a mycelium biomaterial to cleanse waterways of pollutants and restore wetland...
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