Open to students in every major, Interdisciplinary Hot Casting explores a range of traditional and non-traditional techniques ...

An international group of thinkers, makers, and educators interested in spatial phenomena, complex systems, and ...

Outside of Woods-Gerry House on the east side of campus, a massive pot rack hangs from one of the property’s ancient oak trees. The assembled pots and pans clank together when the wind stirs them, ...

Furniture Design and Architecture students in the collaborative fall studio Site Specific Furnishings are taking inspiration from work by renowned architect Louis Kahn to design site-specific ...

Beginning Fall 2025, all students must meet in person with their faculty advisors to discuss academic performance, plan upcoming wintersession and spring courses, and review their progress toward ...

How can we apply the strategies we observe in the natural world to our own design research? Why have the characteristics of living creatures evolved in the ways that they have? These are the kinds of ...

Where does perceived value come from and how do we as a society move from an extractive/zero-sum mindset into a more generative one inspired by nature? The question was posed by RISD alum Charlotte ...

Spring 2025 marked the return of in-person adult art classes offered by RISD’s Continuing Ed division after a five-year, pandemic-related pause. Although virtual and long-distance learning is still ...

How can environmentalists help fellow citizens understand the importance of clean waterways and a diverse aquaculture to our long-term planetary health? That is one of the key questions a team of RISD ...

It’s early in the spring semester, and students in a lighting design course offered through the Furniture Design department are just beginning to consider ideas for their final projects. Junior Ankita ...

“Construction has long been known as a growth industry, where material expenditure is geared towards ever greater gross domestic product (GDP),” says Assistant Professor of Architecture Amelyn Ng. “We ...