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Half a century ago, Marc Harrison built a prototype for a home that would accommodate people of all ages and abilities. Now his daughter has restored it.
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RISD students and recent alums are using funding from RISD Research to develop interdisciplinary projects with communities around the world.
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RISD students and recent grads are using design thinking skills to support positive change in Africa, Asia and North and South America.
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Seven artists and designers will advance cross-cultural dialogue across Europe and Asia during the 2022–23 academic year.
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Students are exploring European cultural and design traditions this summer in Denmark, France, Italy and the Azores.
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A spring studio offered through RISD’s Center for Complexity offers fresh ideas for Rhode Island’s harm reduction center pilot program.
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An interdisciplinary design studio at the Rhode Island School of Design is looking at how harm reduction centers can take a more holistic approach to addiction.
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Providence-based dance company Haus of Glitter speaks at RISD about using an activist dance opera to transform a racist national historic site.
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RISD’s chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America hosts an all-day makeathon focused on sustainability, accessibility and social impact.