Industrial Design News
The empathic industrial designer and educator discusses how his own identity enables him to find unique solutions and effect positive change.
Fall 2025 Regeneration Studio focuses on biomimicry research in structures, materials, mechanisms, and interfaces.
The unconventional designer creates unexpected, humorous objects with stories to tell about consumer culture.
RISD teams’ innovative sustainability projects win Terra Carta Design Lab competition top honors.
Students are turning waste into materials ready for cross-disciplinary use and experimentation, from blotter paper to cotton muslin.
From Providence to Pakistan, this year’s Maharam fellows are putting their creative problem-solving skills to good use.
Faculty members Catherine Andreozzi and Michael Lye teach courses focused on apparel design and habitats for astronauts and have created an informal pipeline for alums interested in working for the space agency.
Hundreds of rising juniors and seniors are learning the ropes working for arts organizations and design firms from coast to coast.
Faculty- and alum-led initiatives focus on everything from new materials to sustainable fishing practices to strategies for mitigating urban heat island effect.