Faculty Stories

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RISD’s Center for Complexity Developing Design Manual for Maintaining Life on Earth

An ongoing initiative brings together experts and futurists from around the world to consider planetary policy decisions that increase the odds of our survival.

a neighborhood underwater
RISD’s Inaugural Somerson Sustainability Innovation Grants Support Groundbreaking Research

Six funded projects explore radical solutions to longstanding problems that impact the environment and marginalized communities. 

model of a shelter designed using nature-inspired design principles
RISD x Hyundai Motor Group Collaborative Continues to Produce Compelling Research

Students in two spring 2023 studios used scientific methodologies combined with design thinking to explore collaborative future living.

a student presents a rendering of her proposed design intervention to serve unhoused parents and children
RISD Students Use Principles of Trauma-Informed Design to Develop Child-Friendly Temporary Housing

Grad students in a spring Interior Architecture studio worked with real-world client FamilyAid.

graduating students hug outside of the First Baptist Church, 2023
Celebrating Community at RISD Commencement 2023

Students, families, friends, faculty and alumni joined together to welcome RISD’s newest alums into the fold.

first-year student Emily Kwak takes a swing at her pinata during spring 2023 crits
RISD’s Spring 2023 Semester Comes to a Close with Final Critiques

Students across campus present the fruits of their labor to peers, faculty members and visiting critics

models wearing Navajo-inspired work by Korina Emmerich
Indigenous Apparel Designers Urge RISD Students to Reject Fast Fashion

Korina Emmerich and Liana Shewey of NYC incubator Relative Arts participate in ongoing Indigenous and First Nations Artist Series.

head shot of Africanus Okokon
Five Questions: Africanus Okokon

A brief interview with one of RISD’s Schiller Family Assistant Professors in Race in Art and Design.

a doctor uses the new tool in his mobile phone
RISD’s Center for Complexity Partners on Translation Tool for ER Patients

New Say Your Pain app developed in conjunction with creative agency WongDoody aims to improve outcomes for non-English speakers.