Carol Lasch has worked in architecture, historic preservation, interior design, industrial design and furniture design in Cleveland, Washington DC, New York City, Savannah and Providence. Her most recent work explores modularity in furniture and the combination and expression of materials including bamboo, steel, wood, cast resin and upholstery. Before joining the faculty at RISD, Lasch taught furniture design at the Savannah College of Art and Design. She lives in Providence with her husband, John Schlinke, and her children, Kate and Thomas.
Academic areas of interest
Carol Lasch sees furniture as the intermediary between architectural and human scale. It offers the opportunity to resolve structural and aesthetic details in the connections between materials as well as the interaction between the body and the furniture. Her work focuses on seating, tables, shelving, desks and lighting.
Courses
Fall 2024 Courses
FOUND 1005-05 - STUDIO: SPATIAL DYNAMICS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitExperimental and Foundation Studies
Subject Foundation Studies
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
FOUND 1005-05
STUDIO: SPATIAL DYNAMICS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitExperimental and Foundation Studies
Subject Foundation Studies
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: W | 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM; W | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PMInstructor(s): Amy Goodwin, Carol LaschLocation(s): What Cheer Studios, Room 101Enrolled / Capacity: 20Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Studio: Spatial Dynamics is a studio-based inquiry into physical, spatial and temporal phenomena. The study of Spatial Dynamics is rooted in the necessity to consider forces and their effects on structure. Force is the consequence of energy. In Spatial Dynamics the energy and resultant forces are studied in actual motion, stability, and materiality. The structures of physical, spatial and temporal phenomena are studied through additive, subtractive, transformative, iterative, and ephemeral processes both analog and digital. Mediums and materials that are commonly explored and utilized have a broad range of characteristics due to their organic and synthetic sources. Most assignments utilize methods such as preliminary sketches and diagrams in research, planning, and experimental processes. Assignments reference the histories and theories of art and design and include areas of inquiry that extend to disciplines such as the sciences, music, dance, film, and theater.
Enrollment is limited to First-Year Undergraduate Students.
Major Requirement | BFA
FOUND 1005-14 - STUDIO: SPATIAL DYNAMICS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitExperimental and Foundation Studies
Subject Foundation Studies
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
FOUND 1005-14
STUDIO: SPATIAL DYNAMICS
LevelUndergraduate
UnitExperimental and Foundation Studies
Subject Foundation Studies
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: T | 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM; T | 1:30 PM - 6:00 PMInstructor(s): Carol LaschLocation(s): Washington Place, Room 215Enrolled / Capacity: 20Status: Closed
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Studio: Spatial Dynamics is a studio-based inquiry into physical, spatial and temporal phenomena. The study of Spatial Dynamics is rooted in the necessity to consider forces and their effects on structure. Force is the consequence of energy. In Spatial Dynamics the energy and resultant forces are studied in actual motion, stability, and materiality. The structures of physical, spatial and temporal phenomena are studied through additive, subtractive, transformative, iterative, and ephemeral processes both analog and digital. Mediums and materials that are commonly explored and utilized have a broad range of characteristics due to their organic and synthetic sources. Most assignments utilize methods such as preliminary sketches and diagrams in research, planning, and experimental processes. Assignments reference the histories and theories of art and design and include areas of inquiry that extend to disciplines such as the sciences, music, dance, film, and theater.
Enrollment is limited to First-Year Undergraduate Students.
