Hillel O’Leary is a sculptor, installation artist, educator and multidisciplinary designer living and working in Providence, RI. Their work has been recognized nationally and internationally, including in the recent Newport Museum of Art Biennial. In addition to teaching in RISD's Industrial Design department, Hillel has recently conducted research in the fields of site-specific installation and sculpture in the US national park system, and in cultural sites in Italy and Spain. They are currently co-developing a series of audience-focused public works that expand access to decolonized history-making. Hillel is an art community collaborator, creative director and project facilitator. They are an active partner with several local nonprofit art organizations, including the Outsider Collective, Providence Children’s Museum, Downcity Design, and the Wurks, a collective they have helped lead since 2011.
Courses
Fall 2023 Courses
ID 20ST-17 - SPECIAL TOPIC DESIGN STUDIO
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
ID 20ST-17
SPECIAL TOPIC DESIGN STUDIO
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
PeriodFall 2023
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: F | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Hillel O'LearyLocation(s): Bayard Ewing Building, Room 109Enrolled / Capacity: 15Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Juniors take two 3-credit Special Topic Design Studios in the Fall semester. Juniors choose one 3-credit option from the Content category such as Packaging, Typography, Play, or UI/UX, and the other option from the "Process" category such as Casting, Soft Goods or Prototyping. Students will gain multiple competencies by utilizing techniques and methodologies through practice and process. Each studio meets once per week.
Please contact the department for permission to register; registration is not available in Workday.
This course introduces the Graduate Thesis project starting with the development of a research question through secondary research reading methods. This question has its assumptions articulated and verified through experimental making and primary research methods that engage specific audiences for qualitative discourse.
Enrollment in this course is limited to Graduate Industrial Design Students.
This course introduces the Graduate Thesis project starting with the development of a research question through secondary research reading methods. This question has its assumptions articulated and verified through experimental making and primary research methods that engage specific audiences for qualitative discourse.
Enrollment in this course is limited to Graduate Industrial Design Students.
Major Requirement | MID Industrial Design
Spring 2024 Courses
ID 2451-04 - METAL I
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
Period Spring 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
ID 2451-04
METAL I
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
PeriodSpring 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: F | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Hillel O'LearyLocation(s): Industrial Design Building, Room 200Enrolled / Capacity: 15Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course gives the student a hands-on opportunity to develop design skills through the interaction with industrial materials that have strictly defined properties. Experimenting with these materials and the processes by which they are manipulated and formed promotes innovative thinking, problem solving and idea development. Students will achieve a more precise, professional and sensitive approach to design while broadening their technical skill base.
Enrollment is limited to Sophomore Industrial Design Students.
The 6-credit Advanced Design studios offer second semester juniors and seniors the opportunity to investigate product, socially responsible, and sustainable design; innovation through science and technology and other topics in contemporary practice. These studios are designed to strengthen the student's ability to conduct research, ideation, material exploration, presentation, and concept validation. Studios meet two days per week. Junior and Senior Industrial Design Students are required to take a total of three (3) advanced studios.
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Junior, Senior or Graduate Industrial Design Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Industrial Design, MID (2.5yr): Industrial Design
