Student stories
What Is the Future of Cities, and How Can We Develop New Solutions for Them?
The Boston Globe reports on RISD’s collaborative research project with Hyundai Motor Group.
Reclaiming the Blackstone
Students in a cross-disciplinary fall studio interpret cultural history and use geo-textiles to restore what was once described as “America’s hardest-working river.”
What to Wear on Orion
Students in a fall Apparel Design studio construct gender-neutral capsule collections for 18 astronauts flying to the moon.
Architecture Student Recognized
Ghanaian undergraduate Abena Acheampong Danquah wins a Creative Futures Grant from the Black Artists + Designers Guild.
The Regenerative Earth Collective
A transdisciplinary, student-led initiative reimagines RISD’s relationship with the ecosystem that surrounds it.
Grad Photography Work on Display
First- and second-year MFA students simultaneously present two distinctive approaches to exhibiting fine art.
Visualizing Hard Science
Students in a fall Digital + Media research studio use high- and low-tech tools to explore the changing Narragansett Bay and develop creative research projects.
Perspectives on Praxis
RISD students test ideas about art and pedagogy by working directly with local teenagers.
These 3D-Printed Bike Lanes Are Designed to Sit Underneath Bridges
Fast Company reports on Interior Architecture department project focused on reimagining Rhode Island’s Pell Bridge.