Brynn Trusewicz uses writing, social interactions and adornment to explore the tension between identity and appearance, especially as it relates to queer identities and the bodies that carry them. They have worked with digital fabrication and fashion and collaborated with New Skins and Francis Bitonti on the Verlan Dress, which is featured in Smart Textiles for Designers: Inventing the Future of Fabrics. As a freelance embroiderer, Trusewicz has worked with clients in the local automotive industry and large corporations such as Reebok.
Trusewicz earned an MID at RISD after completing bachelor degrees in Sculpture and Mathematics at SUNY Purchase. They instruct courses at RISD in digital embroidery and ornamentation as it relates to intersectional identity politics and serve as lab manager of RISD Co-Works.
Courses
Spring 2025 Courses
GRAPH 2156-01 - FAB: DIGITAL FABRICATION AND THE ACT OF MAKING
LevelUndergraduate
UnitGraphic Design
Subject Graphic Design
Period Spring 2025
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
GRAPH 2156-01
FAB: DIGITAL FABRICATION AND THE ACT OF MAKING
LevelUndergraduate
UnitGraphic Design
Subject Graphic Design
PeriodSpring 2025
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2025-02-13 to 2025-05-23
Times: T | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PMInstructor(s): Brynn TrusewiczLocation(s): Design Center, Room 206Enrolled / Capacity: 14Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This studio course is an investigation in the act of making. We’ll begin the semester by looking at performance theory, linguistics, ornamentation, and replication to explore the “act,” and simultaneously use digital fabrication, material research and hand craft to explore the “making.” You will further expand on these ideas by applying lenses of your choice to develop your own methodologies and frameworks to situate your work within a larger conversation about making and graphic design. While our primary modes of making will be within the realm of digital fabrication (using the resources at CoWorks), we will also incorporate other modalities to explore the tensions between presenting information/concepts and performing design. Course meetings will range from group discussions, making and fabrication demonstrations, work time and critiques. This course is designed for the graphic design student who already has an established independent practice with strong research and conceptual interests. The class will culminate in a final project that will support, enhance or evolve your Graphic Design Degree Project or Thesis.
