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  • RISD Exposé Returns for the Holidays

    11/05/2010
    RISD Exposé, the vibrant student-run art and design gallery and gift shop, returns for its second holiday run in downtown Providence.

  • RISD’s Newest Young Guns

    10/27/2010
    Four RISD alumni were named winners in Young Guns 8, the Art Directors Club’s international competition for creative professionals aged 30 and under.

  • RISD Tops the Year in Review

    10/27/2010
    Public artworks by several alumni and faculty were selected for the Public Art Network’s 2010 Year in Review program.

  • Annual Runway Show Introduces Emerging Designers

    10/27/2010
    Every spring Apparel Design students have an opportunity to showcase their one-of-a-kind garments to the public. This year's COLLECTION 2010 gave attendees a first-hand look at many of the portfolio pieces that earned graduates positions at top fashion houses around the world. 

  • Capturing a Reservation

    10/27/2010
    In his new book, photographer John Willis MFA 86 PH paints a poignant portrait of a proud people – the Oglala Lakota Sioux living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

  • Students Helping Students

    10/27/2010
    By working with teenagers who face real social and economic challenges, RISD student teachers are gaining valuable experience as they help high school students find the focus and confidence needed to succeed in college.

  • Schuleit Reveals Rumors

    10/25/2010
    Nationally acclaimed artist Anna Schuleit 98 PT brings architectural and historic sites to life through such creative interventions as Just a Rumor, her recent installation at UMass Amherst.

  • Innovative Work in National Spotlight

    10/25/2010
    RISD is one of two colleges nationwide invited to show original student work at the 2010 American Craft Council Show.

  • Understanding Patterns

    10/25/2010
    For Monica Ogrodowski 09 TX, pursuing an HPSS concentration allowed her to feed her ongoing passion for political thought and analysis while laying the groundwork for further exploration post-graduation.

  • Devers Makes Design Entertaining

    10/25/2010
    As an artist, designer, carpenter and committed tinkerer, Amy Devers MFA 01 FD never dreamed that she’d spend so much time talking about design – especially on television.

  • Running Away with the Gypsies

    10/25/2010
    English Professor Mike Fink, who has taught at RISD for more than half a century, contemplates the meaning of his neighbor’s exotic “gypsy caravan.”

  • Schools for Haiti

    10/25/2010
    Architecture faculty and alumni lend their expertise to help Haitians rebuild.

  • ELLE Presents Student Designs in NYC

    10/25/2010
    Students won major recognition and cash prizes in the ELLE + RISD Fashion Next competition and runway show, which was presented as part of New York’s Fashion Week.

  • Experimenting with Italy’s Finest Yarns

    10/21/2010
    Textiles majors created one-of-a-kind wearables to showcase in Zegna Baruffa’s exhibition space at Pitti Immagine Filati, an international showcase in Milan for high-end yarns and knitwear.

  • Printmaking Professor Illuminates Engraving

    10/21/2010
    Master engraver Andrew Raftery helped the RISD Museum to retrace the early history of this painstaking art form in the popular exhibition The Brilliant Line.

  • Documentaries Focus on Global Issues

    10/21/2010
    Rhett Turner’s work as a photography director and documentary filmmaker has taken him to every continent on earth.

  • ISUS + RISD Address Global Water Issues

    10/21/2010
    Co-founded by RISD Professor Elizabeth Dean Hermann, the Institute for Sustainable Urban Societies develops innovative solutions to the complex issues facing dense metropolises in the world’s most endangered coastal zones.

  • Designing a Sustainable Campus in Costa Rica

    10/21/2010
    Students work with Earth University to plan a new campus tailored to local needs, climate and terrain.

  • Designing a Local Solution in Tanzania

    10/21/2010
    Two students team up to design an affordable new dining hall for a remote secondary school that is able to be built by the students and faculty themselves.

  • Sikorsky + RISD: Design in Flight

    10/21/2010
    In this partnered studio, students developed new interior configurations for the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter to accommodate its multiple applications.

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At RISD there's nothing unusual about suddenly finding a doorknob on a tree trunk, shown here across from Carr House,
the charming home of Student Life offices and the student-run Carr Haus Café.