News & Research

RISD - Rhode Island School of Design

Cross-Cultural Think Tank

06/06/2013
A group of Digital + Media alumni continues to turn to Third-World thinkers for solutions to First-World problems.

Tags: alumni, Digital + Media, global, nonprofits
RISD Fulbright Winners Head to Four Continents

06/04/2013
Five young alumni have won Fulbright support to study in various parts of the world during the 2013–14 academic year.

Tags: alumni, Digital + Media, Glass, global, research, Painting, Photography, Printmaking
Where Observation Meets Imagination

05/10/2013
A diverse group of artists and scientists will turn Providence’s Ladd Observatory into a full immersion experience.

Tags: Brown, collaborations, Digital + Media, interdisciplinary
Art in the Age of YouTube

03/19/2013
In the course From Avant-Garde to YouTube, students created provocative media projects and reflective installations.

Tags: Digital + Media, interdisciplinary
Pixilerations Plays with our Wired World

10/19/2012
The annual fringe fest lets audiences peer into the wondrous world of digital media.

Tags: local/regional, Digital + Media, multimedia
RISD Partners with CreativeMornings

05/30/2012
Art and technology make for a powerful mix, as creative thinkers around the world will confirm during a series of inspiring breakfast talks in June.

Tags: Digital + Media, digital, global, interdisciplinary, partnerships + collaborations, STEAM
Seeing Science: NSF Backs RISD Research

02/14/2012
RISD is the only art and design school in the US to be engaged with the National Science Foundation’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).

Tags: governmental, Digital + Media, Film-Animation-Video, Foundation Studies, faculty, Furniture Design, Industrial Design, Landscape Architecture, STEAM
Thai Artist Explores Displacement

01/04/2012
Bundith Phunsombatlert MFA 10 DM recently won two grants to create a sound installation that metaphorically explores the refugee experience.

Tags: alumni, Digital + Media, digital, global, nonprofits
Celebrity Summer School

08/17/2011
Plenty of RISD energy is driving the discussions this month at MoMA PS1’s stellar Summer School.

Tags: alumni, Digital + Media, Film-Animation-Video, entertainment, graduate, partnerships + collaborations, students
Building Bridges for International Innovation

07/11/2011
RISD partners with Japanese font developer Morisawa to explore creative leadership and innovation through art and design.

Tags: corporate, technology, Digital + Media, digital, graduate, global, innovation, interdisciplinary, Graphic Design, multimedia, partnerships + collaborations, research, STEAM