Zander Schlacter is an interdisciplinary designer, artist and educator who works primarily within home decor and interior textiles design. They received their BFA in Textiles at RISD. Prior to teaching at RISD, they worked as a designer at Todd Oldham Studio before founding their namesake design brand in 2020. Schlacter serves as the lead designer for their brand, designing products such as knit blankets, decorative pillows, rugs and home accessories, as well as art directing and designing collaborations with companies like Nike, Brooklinen and Tyler McGillivary. They have presented their design work at Shoppe Object and have been featured in New York Magazine, Hyperallergic, Clever, Domino Mag, Dwell and Design Milk. Schlacter has shown their fine art and installation work in several solo and group exhibitions in New York City and Nashville, TN. They live and work in Brooklyn, NY.
Courses
Fall 2023 Courses
TEXT 480G-01 - GRADUATE STUDIO I
LevelGraduate
UnitTextiles
Subject Textiles
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
TEXT 480G-01
GRADUATE STUDIO I
LevelGraduate
UnitTextiles
Subject Textiles
PeriodFall 2023
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: M | 3:00 PM - 6:00 PMInstructor(s): Zander SchlacterLocation(s): College Building, Room 331Enrolled / Capacity: 8Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course, a major component in the student's curriculum, is tailored to individual needs. It includes workshops and tutorials intended to strengthen technical skills and design vocabulary in the areas of weaving, knitting and surface design. Additionally, students pursue individual projects under graduate instructors. This semester's emphasis is on enlarging and solidifying the student's background and defining the direction for the work.
This course is a requirement for first-year Graduate Textiles Students.
Major Requirement | MFA Textiles
TEXT 4826-01 - CAD IN TEXTILES
LevelUndergraduate
UnitTextiles
Subject Textiles
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
TEXT 4826-01
CAD IN TEXTILES
LevelUndergraduate
UnitTextiles
Subject Textiles
PeriodFall 2023
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: M | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PMInstructor(s): Zander SchlacterLocation(s): College Building, Room 446Enrolled / Capacity: 12Status: Closed
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Through demonstrations and practice in the department's computer lab, students learn to use NedGraphics software. Assignments help students to incorporate the tools and functions available in this professional software into their own ideas. By the end of the course students will have gained a readiness to integrate computer-aided methods into their design processes in other appropriate courses.
This course is a requirement for Sophomore Textiles Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Textiles
TEXT 4826-02 - CAD IN TEXTILES
LevelUndergraduate
UnitTextiles
Subject Textiles
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
TEXT 4826-02
CAD IN TEXTILES
LevelUndergraduate
UnitTextiles
Subject Textiles
PeriodFall 2023
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: T | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PMInstructor(s): Zander SchlacterLocation(s): College Building, Room 446Enrolled / Capacity: 12Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Through demonstrations and practice in the department's computer lab, students learn to use NedGraphics software. Assignments help students to incorporate the tools and functions available in this professional software into their own ideas. By the end of the course students will have gained a readiness to integrate computer-aided methods into their design processes in other appropriate courses.
This course is a requirement for Sophomore Textiles Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Textiles
Spring 2024 Courses
TEXT 4807-01 - DESIGN FOR PRINTED TEXTILES
LevelUndergraduate
UnitTextiles
Subject Textiles
Period Spring 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
TEXT 4807-01
DESIGN FOR PRINTED TEXTILES
LevelUndergraduate
UnitTextiles
Subject Textiles
PeriodSpring 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Zander SchlacterLocation(s): College Building, Room 143; College Building, Room 446Enrolled / Capacity: 12Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course emphasizes the design process - how to come up with an idea and how to develop it into a finished design - as well as technical skills. Using tools, techniques, and materials from professional studios, students work on paper exploring and analyzing layouts, color, and other design elements within repeated patterns. As students develop their individual styles, they are exposed to design requirements stemming from production methods and the intended end use. Successful work from this course becomes part of students' portfolios.
Please contact the department for permission to register.
