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Grad student Hyunseok An MID 20 introduces an easy-to-use micro-algae farming kit
Grow Your Own

Grad student Hyunseok An MID 20 designs a compact, easy-to-use micro-algae farming kit.

Still Here, a 100- x 120-foot mural celebrating Rhode Island’s indigenous people, by world-renowned street artist and muralist Gaia
Here in RI | Creative Commitment to Community

The Avenue Concept founder Yarrow Thorne is helping to enhance urban life in Providence through public art.

Studio DUNN furniture
Leaning Local

Asher Rodriquez-Dunn and his Studio DUNN team have made a home in Providence and a name for themselves in the world of furniture and lighting design.

Model wearing Kate Reed BRDD 21 ID work, Musical Prosthetics
Invested in Design for the Greater Good

With support from a Slavin Family Foundation Fellowship, dual degree student Kate Reed is strengthening her commitment to socially engaged design.

Talkbox, by Industrial Design junior Malaika Franks 20 ID, contains materials for developing social-emotional skills that promote nonviolence
Preventing Gun Violence

In a fall semester Industrial Design studio, students took a holistic approach to addressing an urgent public health issue.

A train and related materials for children in an exhibit by Margaret Middleton 08 ID that focuses on creating inclusive, accessible learning environments for children
Designing Family Fun for All

Exhibit designer Margaret Middleton loves creating inclusive, accessible learning environments for children.

Steel-framed bicycles in the shop of master craftsman Shinichi Konno.
Mindful Making in Japan

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
Maharam Fellows Explore New Frontiers

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
Drawn in by the Grad Show

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.