Student Stories
![Project Open Door student painting in the Steel Yard](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2022-08/PODCeramicsNicolePaints.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=WCy9uvxb)
Project Open Door students are back on campus this summer, trying their hands at everything from textiles to toy design in long-running RISD program.
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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.
![Painting of Block Island grass and evening sky by Ireoluwatoni Asojo BRDD 26 IL](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2022-07/22BIXIcon.jpg?h=2e3eca71&itok=-63TM1BS)
Students examine a local island habitat through the lenses of environmental justice and Indigenous perspectives.
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Students are exploring European cultural and design traditions this summer in Denmark, France, Italy and the Azores.
![Three knitted monsters made by Alexis Harris 23 TX](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2022-07/22CareersListingImage_0.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=WL-3zDtj)
Hundreds of current RISD students are learning the ropes this summer by working for design firms, nonprofits, publishing companies and more.
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A SPUR-funded project by grad student Zoë Pulley presents positive images of Black people to counteract the negative imagery flooding the media.
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RISD students working across disciplines explore the relationship between nature, art and design in third year of synergistic partnership.
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RISD and Elisava School of Design and Engineering students use Formica panels in an inclusive and sustainable collaboration.
![rendering of harm reduction center featuring natural light](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2022-06/CfcSunRenderingHero.jpg?h=badc8c3f&itok=BilxoHZA)
A spring studio offered through RISD’s Center for Complexity offers fresh ideas for Rhode Island’s harm reduction center pilot program.