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![Hanbok attire, traditional clothing from Korean culture](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1559920436388_Bonny-Cai-hanbok.jpeg?h=7e059404&itok=KNoga_zs)
Recent graduates will advance interesting art and design research in Africa, Asia and Europe during the 2019–20 academic year.
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A partnership between the Furniture Design department and Mabeo Furniture in Botswana leads to spring exhibitions in Milan and NYC.
![chair and 2- and 3D student work centered on seating in the Gelman Student Exhibitions Gallery](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1555361548703_chairs-listing-alt.jpg?h=774f4037&itok=bo9sQriS)
A multidisciplinary exhibition curated by seniors Hannah Bartlett 19 FD and Raina Wellman 19 GD reflects on chairs as both objects and symbols.
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Asher Rodriquez-Dunn and his Studio DUNN team have made a home in Providence and a name for themselves in the world of furniture and lighting design.
![Joshua Enck MFA 03 FD working with copper in India as a Fulbright-Nehru fellow](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1550875662925_enck-hero.jpg?h=60f9f39d&itok=EEuu4UC5)
Sculptor Joshua Enck MFA 03 FD finds unparalleled creative inspiration as a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar in India.
![Embroidered border patterns by Textiles Critic Michael Savoia draw inspiration from design details in NYC’s Grand Central Station](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1549416724794_Savoia-embroidery-hero.jpg?h=188675a3&itok=F5X2hhi0)
Three entrepreneurial alumni and a current faculty member earn 2019 Providence Design Catalyst awards in support of their practices.
![Tim Miller MFA 19 making furniture](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1546629170080_Tim-working.png?h=35169713&itok=INOgw4Gi)
After completing a recent commission for Lexus, Furniture Design grad student Tim Miller reflects on the project and considers what's next.
![A secret drawer in The Daedalus Cabinet, by Justin Seow 18 FD, reveals another puzzle object](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1528396211154_Daedelus%2520box%25203%2520x%25202.jpg?h=e981c850&itok=cVdllrmu)
Recent graduate and 2018 Windgate Fellow Justin Seow recalls discovering RISD, furniture design and the creative challenges that continue to excite him.
![Graduating student Arghavan Khosravi MFA 18 PT, Professor of Painting Dennis Congdon 75 PT, and President Rosanne Somerson 76 ID at the opening reception of the thesis exhibition](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1527627999846_gradshow_9O5A0066%252Bcrop.jpg?h=01766206&itok=ncwXVZbk)
Master's degree candidates showcase the culmination of their creative efforts in this year's lively and impressive graduate thesis exhibition at the Providence Convention Center.