Ricardo Vestuti
Ricardo Vestuti is an American-Venezuelan designer who has managed to combine interests in sports and art into a career in footwear and product design. His fine arts background has allowed him to approach problem solving in this discipline with a unique perspective. Ricardo’s work experience in an advanced concepts setting allowed him to explore and apply new technologies, materials and processes to athletic products. He has designed at Saucony, Nike, Reebok/Adidas and Hasbro in different capacities. Lectures and sponsored studios have taken him to Sweden, England and a variety of art schools in the US, where he has introduced design students to the evolving world of footwear design. Ricardo has generated a long list of patents related to athletic equipment and has had work shown in the LaGrange Art Museum and Musée des Arts Décoratifs et du Design Bordeaux.
Courses
Fall 2024 Courses
FOUND 1005-17
STUDIO: SPATIAL DYNAMICS
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Studio: Spatial Dynamics is a studio-based inquiry into physical, spatial and temporal phenomena. The study of Spatial Dynamics is rooted in the necessity to consider forces and their effects on structure. Force is the consequence of energy. In Spatial Dynamics the energy and resultant forces are studied in actual motion, stability, and materiality. The structures of physical, spatial and temporal phenomena are studied through additive, subtractive, transformative, iterative, and ephemeral processes both analog and digital. Mediums and materials that are commonly explored and utilized have a broad range of characteristics due to their organic and synthetic sources. Most assignments utilize methods such as preliminary sketches and diagrams in research, planning, and experimental processes. Assignments reference the histories and theories of art and design and include areas of inquiry that extend to disciplines such as the sciences, music, dance, film, and theater.
Enrollment is limited to First-Year Undergraduate Students.
Major Requirement | BFA