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RISD participates in a Microsoft virtual reality study aimed at developing an immersive classroom environment that meets the needs of artists and designers.

Students and faculty partner with Hyundai Motor Group to improve the way people move through—and live in—the world.

From film premieres to the grad thesis show, graduating students are turning to alternative outlets for showcasing their work.

RISD makers are helping to address the nationwide shortage of personal protective equipment.

Artist Liz Collins returns to RISD to talk with students about her vibrant and ever-evolving practice.

A $20-million gift from the Rayon Foundation Trust honors RISD’s historic roots in the study of textiles.

In developing Weavecraft, Associate Professor Brooks Hagan and the Virtual Textiles Research Group are pushing weaving in exciting new directions.

Textiles students design custom jacquards for the RISD library’s collection of classic Knoll chairs.

Textiles major Elizabeth Schweizer 19 TX will advance her work with Lakota youth thanks to a 2019 Windgate Fellowship from the Center for Craft, Creativity & Design.