The daylong May 2025 event highlighted novel, hands-on approaches to storytelling, spatial computing and sensory augmentation ...

Artists, alumni, faculty and community members gathered at Woods-Gerry Gallery in June for the 20th anniversary of RISD’s Project Open Door (POD). Run by the Teaching + Learning in Art + Design (TLAD) ...

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 ...

, a biomaterial fashion designer and researcher who participated in Haptic Futures: Sustainable Materials in Design Innovation, an event RISD presented during Climate Week NYC 2024. RISD’s Vice ...

Ng invited speakers whose perspectives depart from what she describes as “Eurocentric, Enlightenment-era, solutions-based approaches” to the climate crisis. “The arts bring forth counter-practices, ...

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 ...

As RISD students prepare for the fall semester, a number of them are bringing new perspectives into their practices gained through RISD Global summer courses spanning Asia and Europe. As RISD Global ...

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 ...

to develop a 3D visualization platform that will help the general public understand bay dynamics and anthropogenic impacts on the estuary. Topographic contour lines are projection-mapped onto a ...

Students in a cross-disciplinary studio are finding inspiration in nature for conceptual, environmentally friendly design proposals.

, along with several other early Talking Heads demos. Top to bottom: Talking Heads Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz visit the RISD Archives, the original reel-to-reel demo recently rediscovered in the ...