Jennaca Davies is a designer and educator working in Providence. After completing her MFA in Jewelry + Metalsmithing at RISD, she started her own studio design practice. She previously held teaching appointments at Tufts University, The School of Museum of Fine Arts (at Tufts) and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. In 2017 Davies received a Tufts Innovates Grant to co-create new interdisciplinary curriculum between design, engineering, arts and sciences at Tufts. She has shown her work internationally at exhibitions such as the Sieraad International Jewelry Fair in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Talente in Munich, Germany. She earned her BARC from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and continues to practice architecture part-time.
Courses
Fall 2024 Courses
ID 245G-01 - ID GRADUATE SHOP ORIENTATION
LevelGraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
ID 245G-01
ID GRADUATE SHOP ORIENTATION
LevelGraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: F | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PMInstructor(s): Asher Rodriquez Dunn, Jennaca DaviesLocation(s): Industrial Design Building, Room 301-1Enrolled / Capacity: 12Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course will acclimate new graduate students to the shop environment of the Industrial Design Department. The Metal, Wood and Model Shops are invaluable resources, clarifying pragmatic aspects of the design process from general feasibility of manufacturing to the challenges of translating concepts into tangible objects. This course covers excerpted information from both undergraduate courses Wood I and Metals I and emphasizes safety in the utilization of shop facilities.
Preference is given to first-year Graduate Industrial Design Students.
The 6-credit Advanced Design studios offer second semester juniors and seniors the opportunity to investigate product, socially responsible, and sustainable design; innovation through science and technology and other topics in contemporary practice. These studios are designed to strengthen the student's ability to conduct research, ideation, material exploration, presentation, and concept validation. Studios meet two days per week. Junior and Senior Industrial Design Students are required to take a total of three (3) advanced studios.
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Junior, Senior or Graduate Industrial Design Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Industrial Design, MID (2.5yr): Industrial Design
Spring 2025 Courses
ID 2465-03 - DESIGN PRINCIPLES II
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
Period Spring 2025
Credits 6
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
ID 2465-03
DESIGN PRINCIPLES II
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
PeriodSpring 2025
Credits6
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2025-02-13 to 2025-05-23
Times: M | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM; W | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PMInstructor(s): Jennaca DaviesLocation(s): Industrial Design Building, Room 400Enrolled / Capacity: 15Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course is a continuation of Design Principles (ID-2464) with an emphasis on problem solving and design process and skills.
Enrollment is limited to Sophomore Industrial Design Students.
