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Students traveled to Australia over Wintersession for an intensive variation on RISD’s long-running Witness Tree course.
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RISD makers are helping to address the nationwide shortage of personal protective equipment.
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Work by five young Furniture Design graduates is featured in a DesignTO exhibition in Toronto called Themselves.
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The Center for Art in Wood hosts an exhibition of contemporary female woodworkers, including several with RISD connections.
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Furniture Design Professor Lothar Windels BID 96 creates a new version of his award-winning Joseph Felt Chair for the President’s House.
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RISD takes part in the sixth annual DESIGN WEEK RI event celebrating the state’s top design talents.
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Professors John Dunnigan MFA 80 ID and Lothar Windels BID 96 create the Rhye Collection of furniture for RISD's new residence hall.
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Textiles students design custom jacquards for the RISD library’s collection of classic Knoll chairs.
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Designer Karla López Rivera 04 FD returned to San Juan to launch Isleñas, a socially responsible footwear company.