The recent Film/Animation/Video alum and Student Academy Award-winning animator reflects on his passions for problem solving, ...

When Brooklyn-based lighting designer and RISD alum David Weeks 90 PT created the Cubebot toy robot some 25 years ago, he was just looking for a new type of project to keep his creative wheels turning ...

We continue to deal with a massive volume of snowfall removal and its logistical consequences. Therefore, RISD will reopen on a limited basis on Thursday, February 26 and Friday, February 27. This ...

Due to the volume of blizzard snowfall and to allow for the safe and timely removal of snow, RISD’s winter weather closure will be extended through Wednesday, February 25 at 7:00 am. Please carefully ...

Modeled on our EFS curriculum, this one-semester program for first-year students is a unique, immersive option for students beginning their RISD journey. Our celebration of the Class of 2026 is part ...

RISD’s Studio for Research in Sound and Technology (SRST, formerly known as the Spatial Audio Studio) serves as an interdisciplinary hub for sound design experimentation as well as research in sonic ...

How can we apply the strategies we observe in the natural world to our own design research? Why have the characteristics of living creatures evolved in the ways that they have? These are the kinds of ...

VERY, VERY WHITE—EVEN IN MIDSUMMER, reports Michael Lye 96 ID in recalling his week in Iceland last summer. “White snow, white fog, white sky—just completely white,” the longtime RISD faculty member ...

How can environmentalists help fellow citizens understand the importance of clean waterways and a diverse aquaculture to our long-term planetary health? That is one of the key questions a team of RISD ...

What does it mean to have a “socially engaged” art practice? And what is an artist’s responsibility to create socially engaged work? Students sought answers to such questions in Complicating Social ...

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 ...

Spring 2025 marked the return of in-person adult art classes offered by RISD’s Continuing Ed division after a five-year, pandemic-related pause. Although virtual and long-distance learning is still ...