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Exhibit designer Margaret Middleton loves creating inclusive, accessible learning environments for children.
![Steel-framed bicycles in the shop of master craftsman Shinichi Konno.](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1537322713095_Bike5SilverFrame-listing.jpg?h=10f881c8&itok=ca7xzPc-)
Students in a summer bike-building class in Tokyo absorb contemporary Japanese culture and design aesthetics while honing their skills as makers.
![Ice on the water in Iceland](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1533735716921_MaharamZeitzIcebergs.jpg?h=78e13483&itok=MPGn1cEi)
Eleven students and new graduates are bringing valuable critical thinking skills to nonprofits around the world.
![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.
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Industrial Design students set up shop in the Nature Lab, designing aquaponics systems with potential application on campus.
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In a presentation hosted by the RI Chamber of Commerce, Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia 05 GD/ID spoke about the entrepreneurial advantages of knowing how to solve problems the way he learned at RISD.
![Morpheus by Kehinde Wiley, who will accept an honorary degree at Commencement](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1582070364320_unnamed-1.jpg?h=eb8b11ee&itok=x4kYbkV9)
RISD grads and Airbnb cofounders Joe Gebbia 05 GD/ID and Brian Chesky 04 ID are among the honored guests joining the celebration at Commencement 2017.
![HI-SEAS crew member Andrzej Stewart in a modular space suit designed by students Erica Kim 18 AP/ID and Kasia Matlak MID 17](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1481920880784_NASA%2520thumbnail.jpg?h=95651f9d&itok=nW7XVY2Z)
An independent research project headed up by RISD’s NASA Coordinator Michael Lye 96 ID puts an entirely new spin on a space suit made for simulated space exploration.