Seniors created video trailers in advance of their culminating review. Above video by Tom Tan. See all the videos on Vimeo
The RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition is open 12–5pm daily from Thursday, May 26th until June 4th at the R.I. Convention Center. Exhibition identity by Sabrina Ji and Zoey Guo (MFA 2022). See the online exhibition.
Each undergraduate junior exhibited their body of work from the entire academic year to the RISD community in a book-fair type format.
OnX Variable is a custom typeface and website from Hwan Lee (BFA 2023). See the project.
2022 MFA thesis students presented their completed body of work to critics and peers in mid-May. Pictured: Nick Larson
Browse our Fall 2022 electives
Check out our lineup of RISD GD electives slated for this fall: 12 electives and 5 workshops. These are spread out throughout the week and will accommodate many different kinds of schedules, from sophomores to degree project to thesis.
Recycled Pages, an exhibition of photographs of in-situ paper-based collages by Ben Denzer (MFA 2023), was up in the GD Commons in early April. See photographs of the exhibition.
The 2022 Senior Show identity was designed by Mankun Guo, Samaaya Jayamaha, Alejandro Molestina, and Utkan Dora Öncül. See photographs of the exhibition.
Watch faculty member Richard Lipton present the research that led to Dunhill Script, his latest typeface. Presented as part of Font Fashion week in early April. See more information on the typeface.
Our 2022 Spring Speakers Series featured talks from Ryan Kuo, Upstatement and Studio Yukiko. Revisit lectures going back to 2014 on our Vimeo channel.
Code Lab, organized by faculty Minkyoung Kim and Marie Otsuka, ran weekly tutoring sessions and workshops throughout the spring semester. Photographs from an AR workshop offered by Halim Lee (MFA 2023), who also designed the identity system for Code Lab. More information on Code Lab.
The Black Biennial was a student-led exhibition that brought together Black artists, designers and makers. Jenni Oughton's (MFA 2023) An Incomplete Archive of Capturing Blackness solicited visitors to suggest stories or artists that they believe have been “written out” of traditional narratives of Black History. Identity by Zoë Pulley (MFA 2023).
Marigold, from MFA student Serena Ho, is a colored ornamental typeface inspired by the organic forms of the plant kingdom.
A handful of seniors undertook their Degree Project this past fall. Degree Projects are guided by an adviser and result in a variety of subject matter, scales and formats. Visit websites by Jada Akoto and Ji Yi.
Design Studio 3, the required BFA fall junior-year studio, finished the semester with a video assignment. Each student was asked to make a video about an issue that was important to them. The video above is by Nate Krohn. See all videos in the Vimeo showcase.
The 2021 GD Triennial was on exhibit at Woods-Gerry Gallery this past October. See the website for a selection of projects.