kathy wu (she/they) is a designer, artist and poet interested in histories of science and technology via the mediums of code, language and image. She earned a BFA from RISD in Graphic Design in 2015 with a concentration in Literary Arts. She has worked as a designer at the Lifelong Kindergarten group at MIT Media Lab and as technology researcher at IDEO coLab. She is passionate about creative tools, community organizing and poetry. She has presented work at Babycastles, NY MakerFaire, MoMA and the If, Then Poetics Conference. She has been published via The New School, Dialogist, the Syllabus Project and Fonograf. She is a graduate of Brown University’s Literary Arts MFA program.
Courses
Fall 2024 Courses
GRAPH 3210-01 - DESIGN STUDIO 1
LevelUndergraduate
UnitGraphic Design
Subject Graphic Design
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
GRAPH 3210-01
DESIGN STUDIO 1
LevelUndergraduate
UnitGraphic Design
Subject Graphic Design
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): kathy wuLocation(s): Design Center, Room 209Enrolled / Capacity: 14Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In the first two semesters of a two-year studio track, students will come into contact with issues and questions that face the contemporary designer. Students will engage with and develop methods to take on these questions: search (formal and intellectual), research, analysis, ideation, and prototyping. Projects will increase in complexity over time, sequenced to evolve from guided inquiry to more open, self-generated methodologies. Some examples of the questions students might work with are: What is graphic? or How are tools shaped by contemporary culture, technology, and convention? or How is a spatial or dimensional experience plotted and communicated? These questions will be accompanied by a mix of precedents, theoretical contexts, readings and presentations, technical and/or formal exercises and working methods.
Please contact the department for permission to register.
Major Requirement | BFA Graphic Design
GRAPH 3223-01 - TYPOGRAPHY III
LevelUndergraduate
UnitGraphic Design
Subject Graphic Design
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
GRAPH 3223-01
TYPOGRAPHY III
LevelUndergraduate
UnitGraphic Design
Subject Graphic Design
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: TH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): kathy wuLocation(s): Design Center, Room 210Enrolled / Capacity: 14Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Typography III is the culmination of RISD's typography sequence, with an emphasis on typography and contemporary display platforms. Advances in software and hardware have created new opportunities for how language is written, sequenced and accessed. Projects in this semester depend on altered states, where the content, composition, and context all are potentially at play. Students will continue to develop proficiency in designing for static compositions while extending the meaning and voice of that work across multiple platforms. Students will have ample opportunity to further shape their perspective and individual voice in relation to contemporary typography. This is a studio course, so some class time will be used for discussions, most of the time we will be working in class, often on a computer. There is an expectation that students work both individually and in groups and be prepared to speak about their own work and the work of their peers in supportive and respectful ways. A laptop and relevant software are required.
Please contact the department for permission to register.
