Where Observation Meets Imagination

webmaster@risd.edu — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:33:38 GMT

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

Drag Show Stuns and Amazes

webmaster@risd.edu — Fri, 03 May 2013 18:29:09 GMT

Cross-dressing kings and queens strutted their stuff on the RISD Auditorium stage in hopes of winning the legendary Brown/RISD Drag Show.

Researching the Passive Solar Solution

webmaster@risd.edu — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:01:57 GMT

RISD’s Interior Architecture Department has partnered with Brown University’s Center for Environmental Studies to further research passive solar applications in architecture.

KASCON Co-Sponsored by RISD

webmaster@risd.edu — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:56:29 GMT

RISD and Brown University co-sponsored the 26th annual Korean American Students Conference (KASCON), an engaging forum for college students across the country to discuss issues relevant to Asian-American culture.

Mind Meld

webmaster@risd.edu — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:17:10 GMT

Beautiful tapestries, smart installations and inventive furniture designs are now on display in Full, the fifth annual Brown/RISD dual degree exhibition.

Clean Water for Urban Slums

webmaster@risd.edu — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:48:57 GMT

In a venture called WaterWalla, RISD and Brown students are working to bring clean water to slum dwellers in the developing world.

St. Florian studio

webmaster@risd.edu — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:21:23 GMT

Architecture ProfessorEmeritus Friedrich St. Florian led an advanced urban design studio to reimagine a vital intersection of downtown Providence.

Students Build a Simpler, Greener Car

webmaster@risd.edu — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:29:46 GMT

In the Out of Gas! studio, students from RISD and Brown worked together to develop the Coda, an energy-efficient three-wheeler designed for urban commuters.

Polymath Artist Anne Spalter Makes NYC Debut

webmaster@risd.edu — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:06:29 GMT

Inspired by computers, math and the complexity of contemporary life, Anne Morgan Spalter MFA 92 PT presents a new body of work in her first New York solo show, called Traffic Circle.

Styling Scholarly Space

webmaster@risd.edu — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:52:40 GMT

Sublime furnishings made by RISD furniture designers have added a punch of color to Brown University’s Granoff Center for the Creative Arts.

Local Collaboration Fosters Global Innovation

webmaster@risd.edu — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:14:16 GMT

A Better World by Design, a student-led conference organized by RISD and Brown University, addressed sustainable solutions to complex social issues such as food, health care and the built environment in the developing world.

The State of the Art in Healthcare

webmaster@risd.edu — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:57:56 GMT

Nearly 500 policymakers, healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs, activists, academics, artists and designers came together at RISD for Make It Better, a two-day symposium that envisioned new and evolving roles for artists and designers in solving complex healthcare challenges.

Reimagining Medical Communications

webmaster@risd.edu — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:47:53 GMT

In the spring studio Communicating Medical Risk, Brown undergraduates teamed up with RISD art and design majors to look at better ways of disseminating medical information.

Bridging the Brain Divide

webmaster@risd.edu — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:43:40 GMT

A recent panel discussion involving participants from RISD, Brown and the local performing arts group Everett focused on the natural connections between art and science.

Painting What the Eye Can’t See

webmaster@risd.edu — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:55:43 GMT

While studying at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Lab (MBL), Lizzie Kripke 14 PT created a cutting-edge animation that allows scientists to visualize complex skin structures in ways previously unseen.

Full STEAM Ahead

webmaster@risd.edu — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:22:53 GMT

As part of SmART Schools, a research-based K–12 reform initiative, Industrial Design faculty member Amy Leidtke is leading two mini-institutes this spring to help Rhode Island math and science teachers incorporate art and design into their lesson plans.

Home of the Future

webmaster@risd.edu — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:25:07 GMT

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.

Designing for America

webmaster@risd.edu — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:32:35 GMT

When Sami Nerenberg 07 ID discovered that a small group of like-minded people shared her dream of using design to foster social change, she joined their effort to launch a national design movement on college campuses.

Creativity Cubed

webmaster@risd.edu — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:24:59 GMT

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.

RISD/Brown Collaboration Celebrates Cunningham

webmaster@risd.edu — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:01:49 GMT

Working with costume design professionals on RISD’s faculty, Apparel Design students became part of the late Merce Cunningham’s legacy when they designed the dancers’ costumes for MinEvent: A Cunningham Collaboration.

Hermès Creative Director Critiques Grad Work

webmaster@risd.edu — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:54:26 GMT

As a graduate program guest critic in Glass and Furniture Design, Pierre-Alexis Dumas, chief creative officer at Hermès, was impressed with the experimentation, craftsmanship and passion RISD students pour into their work.

Alum’s Neurotic Machines at Bell Gallery

webmaster@risd.edu — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:17:55 GMT

Quirky kinetic sculpture by Meridith Pingree MFA 03 SC injects a visceral immediacy to the work in a group show at Brown University’s David Winton Bell Gallery.

Brown + RISD: Improving Transportation in Developing Economies

webmaster@risd.edu — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:59:42 GMT

RISD designers and Brown University engineers are working together to develop eMotive, a cost-effective, energy-efficient vehicle designed to address transportation problems in the developing world.