Local/Regional Partnerships
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On September 26, artists, designers, scientists, educators, business leaders and policymakers came together to celebrate Rhode Island’s leadership role in advocating for the role of art and design in fostering innovation.
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Under the leadership of Professor Paul Sproll, RISD’s Project Open Door college access program for urban teens looks to build on its
successes.
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RISD partners with Providence and local arts groups to reimagine downtown as a destination for the arts.
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Professors Markus Berger and Peter Dean lead a collaborative triad between RISD, Brown University and a team of RISD alumni in thinking outside the box – or in this case, redesigning the box entirely to creatively repurpose shipping containers.
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A RISD Wintersession class brought together students and
policymakers to explore how art and design can communicate public policy around
healthcare reform. For example, this bus stop rendering is an example of how
design thinking can be used to reach out to Rhode Island’s Latino community.
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RISD partners with
local arts organization AS220 to bring printing power to the people.
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This long-running R+D collaboration pairs RISD students with MBA candidates from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Babson College in pursuit of new products and business models.
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When this Providence film production studio began to develop a feature-length animated horror film, they turned to RISD for an abundance of talent to start the production process.
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Students explored the meaning of play and developed ideas for new board games in a partnered studio with Hasbro/Cranium, the popular board game “for your whole brain.”
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RISD students work with Sakonnet Vineyards to design an eye-catching label that captures the essence of a fruity new vintage.
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For the Solar Pavilion Collaborative Research Project, RISD and Brown researchers are working with Viessmann Manufacturing Company to build a small demonstration structure powered by a thermal electric system.
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