Longtime RISD faculty member Chris Specce 01 ID was recently named Schiller Family Endowed Chair in Furniture Design. The ...

In early March, 300 art and design enthusiasts came together in person and via livestream for TEDxRISD, the second annual student-organized event bringing together student, faculty and alumni speakers ...

From flowing capes to intricately stitched leather to jeweled headpieces, this year’s RISD Apparel Design runway show had it all. Presented on May 24 in Providence’s WaterFire Arts Center, Collection ...

Since launching our first Social Equity and Inclusion (SEI) Action Plan in 2017, RISD has built upon a series of core values inspired by student activity and input across our community. Among others, ...

RISD designers have long been focused on research initiatives promoting planetary health and sustainability. Today that focus is taking a turn toward interdepartmental and interdivisional ...

“My people have been written out of Rhode Island history for so long,” says Indigenous artist Lynsea Montanari (Narragansett). “I hope that people finally begin to see us because of this mural.” ...

The RISD community and out-of-town guests awoke on Commencement morning to heavy rain, cool temperatures, and a weather advisory predicting 50-mph winds, but the spirits of the Class of 2026 remained ...

When interdisciplinary sculptor Brian Oakes 18 SC was a student at RISD, they happened upon a huge pile of “techno-waste”—cables, dongles, monitors, speakers—that inspired a fresh take on materiality ...

Studying a worm’s nervous system to shine light on a rare childhood disease. Investigating how global warming is killing coral reefs on the molecular level in French Polynesia. Translating data about ...

“In this current political climate it is more important than ever to showcase, highlight, support and protect our LGBTQIA+ siblings within our community,” says Ellie Fortier, the Illustration ...

The poor image is a copy in motion. Its quality is bad, its resolution substandard. As it accelerates, it deteriorates. It is a ghost of an image, a preview, a thumbnail, an errant idea. … It is about ...

Six research projects combining art and design thinking with a focus on sustainability earned financial support in the 2022–23 academic year from RISD’s new Somerson Sustainability Innovation Fund ...