Graphic Design
Graphic Design at RISD (RISD GD) pushes on the boundaries of the discipline. Here you will communicate ideas visually, play with the tools of the field, frame points of view and messages, build community and embrace a fluid, networked culture.
Through our degree programs, RISD GD provides the knowledge and skills for you to expand and challenge the field. Supported and encouraged by faculty, you design and follow a personal path forward in creative and professional practice.
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What we make
In the studio students learn the fundamental value of typography, imagery, grids, systems and more in the course of creating everything from traditional books, posters, logos and websites to apps, interactive texts and other digital media.
Exhibitions and events
Inspired by the pangram that gives the show its name, the 2026 senior exhibition celebrates the quick, iterative experiments that lead graphic designers to critical creative decisions about type and form.
A consideration of the harmonious relationship between graphic design and temporality, and a challenge to the fleeting existence of images and messages in the digital age.
A collective provocation to see beyond the surface of a work, to read the subtext of what makes up graphic design—For Reference Only invites viewers to take a second glance and discover something you’re moved to sit with.
Student work
Featured news
In recognizing a 16-spot jump from the previous year, the article also features work by recent alums Deborah Khodanovich and Dohee Kim.
The graphic designer and co-founder of studio 2x4 builds interdisciplinary teams that create brand identities and immersive environments for such notable clients as Prada and Cooper Hewitt.
The multilingual type and graphic designer probes existential and personal questions about what it means to be an immigrant designer in New York City.