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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: Digital + Media, Film-Animation-Video, Foundation Studies, Furniture Design, Industrial Design, Landscape Architecture, governmental, STEAM, faculty
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: global, alumni, Digital + Media, nonprofits, digital
Celebrity Summer School

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

Tags: partnerships + collaborations, alumni, Digital + Media, Film-Animation-Video, students, entertainment, graduate
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: global, research, partnerships + collaborations, interdisciplinary, Digital + Media, Graphic Design, corporate, technology, innovation, multimedia, digital, graduate, STEAM
Creative Energy at Commencement 2011

06/06/2011
Graduates urged to learn by making and by doing to thrive amidst chaos. View photo slideshows and watch video of keynote and student speakers.

Tags: alumni, Apparel Design, Architecture, Ceramics, Digital + Media, Film-Animation-Video, Furniture Design, Glass, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Interior Architecture, Jewelry + Metalsmithing, Landscape Architecture, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Teaching + Learning in Art + Design, Textiles, students, multimedia, graduate
The Best Commencement is Still to Come

06/03/2011
Share your photos and tweets or watch the webcast online this Saturday, June 4, as 661 RISD graduates celebrate their creative explorations and collect their diplomas at Commencement 2011.

Tags: Apparel Design, Architecture, Ceramics, Digital + Media, Film-Animation-Video, Furniture Design, Glass, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Interior Architecture, Jewelry + Metalsmithing, Landscape Architecture, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Teaching + Learning in Art + Design, Textiles, students, graduate
New Masters

05/16/2011
Graduate students in 16 disciplines showcase their work in a culminating exhibition, opening May 19th at the Providence Convention Center.

Tags: research, Architecture, Ceramics, Digital + Media, Furniture Design, Glass, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interior Architecture, Jewelry + Metalsmithing, Landscape Architecture, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Teaching + Learning in Art + Design, Textiles, students, graduate
RISD Ranks #1 for Fine Arts Grad Programs

03/15/2011
RISD tops Fine Arts Schools in the Best Graduate Schools rankings released today by US News & World Report.

Tags: Ceramics, Digital + Media, Glass, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interior Architecture, Jewelry + Metalsmithing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, graduate
Target + RISD: Space for Design Thinking

10/20/2010
RISD students worked closely with Target’s Innovation Team to redefine consumer-oriented design challenges and look at the very nature of collaboration.

Tags: research, partnerships + collaborations, alumni, interdisciplinary, Digital + Media, Furniture Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, students, corporate, innovation, graduate
Learning the Language of Gesture

10/20/2010
Students in various disciplines are exploring potential uses for Oblong’s g-speak spatial operating environment (SOE), which represents the first major breakthrough in computer interface design in the past 25 years.

Tags: research, partnerships + collaborations, interdisciplinary, Digital + Media, Furniture Design, Graphic Design, Textiles, students, corporate, technology, innovation, digital, graduate, STEAM

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Laura Swanson, 2011 Digital + Media, TOGETHER together