Tim Maly is senior lead of Strategic Design & Communications at RISD’s Center for Complexity. Tim is working on designing institutions suitable for managing existential threats and providing care beyond stigma. A writer and critical designer, Tim teaches in the Master’s of Industrial Design program at RISD, helping students understand the role that communication plays in explaining and exploring ideas.
Prior to joining RISD, Tim focused on the small details and vast networks at the strange edges of architecture and design. Tim is a co-founder of the Dredge Research Collaborative and of Capybara Games. Tim’s work has appeared in Wired, Fast Co.Design, The Atlantic, Medium, Works That Work and Urban Omnibus. Tim and Emily Horne co-wrote The Inspection House: An Impertinent Field Guide to Modern Surveillance, published by Coach House Press.
Courses
Fall 2023 Courses
ID 24ST-07 - ADVANCED DESIGN: STUDIO
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
Period Fall 2023
Credits 6
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
ID 24ST-07
ADVANCED DESIGN: STUDIO
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
PeriodFall 2023
Credits6
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: TTH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Justin Cook, Tim MalyEnrolled / Capacity: 16Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
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
Spring 2024 Courses
ID 24ST-15 - ADVANCED DESIGN: STUDIO
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
ID 24ST-15
ADVANCED DESIGN: STUDIO
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
PeriodSpring 2024
Credits6
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: TTH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Justin Cook, Tim MalyLocation(s): 68 South Main, Room 400Enrolled / Capacity: 15Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
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
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
