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RISD news
This Programmable Fiber Has Memories and Can Sense Temperature
Big Think reports on high-tech textiles research with foundations in RISD’s Textiles department.
RISD Establishes Center for Community Partnerships
New hub for community engagement will support and build upon existing initiatives and develop new opportunities for mutually beneficial relationships.
Extraordinary Film Festival Now on View
The Film/Animation/Video Class of 2021 takes audiences on a transformative journey into real and imagined worlds far away from the here and now.
Celebrating RISD’s Class of 2021
An in-person and online Commencement ceremony features student leaders from the classes of 2020 and 2021 and an eclectic array of honorary degree recipients.
Hybrid Grad Show Hits the Mark
Intensely personal work by more than 200 RISD graduate students is now on view virtually and in limited-access Providence galleries.
Rhode Island School of Design Fashion Thesis Collections
Women’s Wear Daily interviews five outstanding Apparel Design seniors.
Promoting Civic Engagement
Students in an Industrial Design class called Urbanist Interactions propose design strategies to the Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics.
Movement and Light
Students in a cross-disciplinary spring studio experiment with projection and glass.