Paolo Cardini
Paolo Cardini came to RISD from the interdisciplinary graduate design program at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. His work ranges from product design to interaction design and from integrated communication to strategic planning.
Cardini studied industrial design at Politecnico di Milano and Glasgow School of Art and has served as department chair for undergraduate and graduate industrial design departments at Istituto Europeo di Design in Turin. In addition to teaching, Cardini designs and consults for various international firms, lectures at conferences and design schools worldwide and contributes actively to the field with papers and publications.
Summer 2022
ID-1567-01 *italy: Endemic & Endogenous Design Experimentations
ID-8960-01 Professional Internship
NMSE-8960-03 Professional Internship
NMSE-8960-17 Professional Internship
Fall 2022
ID-24ST-07 Advanced Design: Studio
ID-8960-01 Professional Internship
NMSE-8960-04 Professional Internship
Wintersession 2023
ID-236G-01 Thesis Open Research
ID-8960-01 Professional Internship
NMSE-8960-04 Professional Internship
Spring 2023
ID-242G-01 Graduate ID Studio II
ID-242G-02 Graduate ID Studio II
ID-305G-01 Artificial Intelligence and Design, Concerns, and Opportunities
ID-8960-01 Professional Internship

- Paolo Cardini
- Professor
- pcardini@risd.edu
- 401-709-8588
- BA, Politecnico Di Milano
- MID, Politecnico Di Milano