Longtime RISD faculty member Chris Specce 01 ID was recently named Schiller Family Endowed Chair in Furniture Design. The ...

Four research projects in the works led by faculty members and recent alums focus on collaboration and inclusive design.

Grounded in craft, the artist’s practice was set in motion by a Southwestern-style bolo tie and other costume jewelry handed ...

Award-winning cinematographer Jeremy Lasky 97 FAV began working at Pixar Animation Studios weeks after graduating from RISD. He is credited as director of photography on over 12 feature films, ...

Modeled on our EFS curriculum, this one-semester program for first-year students is a unique, immersive option for students beginning their RISD journey. 2027 marks RISD’s 150th year of art and design ...

In her foundational publication Killing Rage: Ending Racism, late social critic bell hooks wrote, “Beloved community is formed not by the eradication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of ...

Designer Georgie Stout 89 GD, co-founder of studio 2x4 in New York City, transferred to RISD as a sophomore and built lifelong relationships with her classmates. At 2x4, she leads projects across the ...

Video games, earth sciences, social justice, and 2D animation were just a few of the topics covered during this year’s Brown | RISD Dual Degree capstone presentations, in which graduating students ...

A graduate-level Furniture Design course taught by faculty member Jonah Takagi 02 FD used Providence’s Lippitt House Museum as a lens for understanding how furniture and interiors reflect the social, ...

“The work you’re going to see is not about something mechanical, mass-reproducible, or robotic; rather, it serves to highlight the unique signature of our graduating students—celebrating the ...

The RISD community and out-of-town guests awoke on Commencement morning to heavy rain, cool temperatures, and a weather advisory predicting 50-mph winds, but the spirits of the Class of 2026 remained ...