Alumni Stories

Shellf Life founder and RISD alum Felicia Neuhof developed the recipe for her sustainable design business using her kitchen stove.

RISD alums Raphael Martinez Cohen and Ryan Bush combine mussel shells, fruit pits, pine cones and more into terrazzo creations rich with narrative meaning.

The Texas native and Illustration alum shared sage advice with current students about sustaining a healthy creative practice.

The devoted RISD alum led a multidisciplinary, project-based spring course in which students created a cozy, inclusive space within her exhibition in progress.

RISD alum Jack Sivan started his namesake men’s wear business after freelancing for luxury labels like the Row.

Former RISD president Rosanne Somerson and alums Ginger Gordon, Joyce Lin and Alexis Tingey included in article about women woodworkers.

A mythical lion cub stuck in the modern world must harness the power of stories to save his family and return home.

The award acts as Sight Unseen’s guide to the talents influencing the design landscape in any given year.

The tape of the Artistics, the first band of frontman David Byrne and drummer Chris Frantz, was recorded in a Providence apartment and is now in the RISD Archives.