Come see the 2019 Final MFA Thesis Presentations in the Sol Koffler Gallery at 169 Weybosset Street. Open to larger GD community and interested visitors.

Saturday, May 18
10:00–10:50 Marcus Peabody
10:55–11:45 Angela Torchio
11:50–12:40 Chris Cote
12:45–1:35 Nathan Young
🥪 1:40–2:20
2:25–3:15 Amy Auman
3:20–4:10 Joel Kern
4:15–5:05 Ji Kim
5:10–6:00 Goeun Park

Sunday, May 19
10:00–10:50 June Yoon
10:55–11:45 Eury Kim
11:50–12:40 Olivia de Salve Villedieu
12:45–1:35 Elaine Lopez
🥪 1:40–2:20
2:25–3:15 Wei-hao Wang
3:20–4:10 Robert McConnell
4:15–5:05 Mo Nassem
5:10–6:00 Annaka Olsen

Eddie Opara was born in Wandsworth, London in 1972. He studied graphic design at the London College of Printing and Yale University, where he received his MFA in 1997. He began his career as a designer at ATG and Imaginary Forces and worked as a senior designer/art director at 2×4 before establishing his own studio, The Map Office, in 2005. He joined Pentagram’s New York office as partner in 2010.

Visiting Designer Lectures are located at the Graduate Program building on 169 Weybosset Street and open to the public.

Advising period has begun. Registration for fall courses begins on May 7th. We are still adding courses to Student Planning, but we have a list of our intended offerings here on risd.gd and will update it with new information as it becomes available. Meet with your advisers now to plan the upcoming semester (and beyond). You may see Department policies on ISPs and 16+ credits at info.risd.gd

The RISD Design Guild is a student-run design studio based here on campus. Each year, our group designs posters, t-shirts, videos and more for events like Artist Ball, the Yearbook, New Student Orientation, Lawn Party, and many others.

We're looking for talented designers from all majors to join our group! You can get a sense of what we do through our website: risdguild.com

If you’re interested in applying to this paid position, send us an email at dguild@risd.edu before Saturday, April 27th.

Tomasz Bierkowski is a designer, trainer and researcher of visual communication at Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Specializes in publication, information and visual identity systems design. He publishes texts on typography and visual communication, author of the books O typografii [On Typography], Type for Solidarity and Typography for Humanists.

Find out why Hangul, the Korean alphabet, is considered to be one of the most elegant writing systems in the world. June Shin will lead a part-lecture, part-lettering workshop in the GD Commons. Open to anyone interested. Familiarity with Hangul not required. Love of form absolutely required. First come, first serve, as the space permits. Bring a roll of masking tape and some square-tip markers (plus any mark-making tools of your choice—ink, paint, brush, etc.—if you want).

The Graphic Design Department presents an incomplete historical survey of work created by African-American graphic designers from 1865–1999 curated by designer Jerome Harris. Located in GD Commons from April 11 until April 21 and roving various locations on campus.

Closing weekend party, Friday, April 19. More information on the @asnotfor Instagram. Generously supported by the RISD Office of Social Equity and Inclusion (SEI).

“On the Edge of Normal,” the MFA GD Biennial, is open 12–6pm daily from Friday, April 6 until Sunday April 21st at RISD's Sol Koffler Gallery on 69 Weybosset Street. The exhibition opening is on Thursday evening, April 5th, from 7 until 9pm.

Exhibit was organized and curated by current MFA students and shows work from the last two years of the Graduate Program.

Laurel Schwulst (RISD BFA GD 2010) is an artist, designer, and writer. She operates Beautiful Company, a design practice, and teaches at both Yale and Rutgers. Previously, she was creative director of The Creative Independent and worked at the New York-based design studio Linked by Air. Her book Perfume Area (Ambient Works, 2015), coauthored with Sydney Shen, contemplates thirty-six designer fragrances.

She will discuss her new project, Flight Simulator, a mobile app available for download.

cairolexicon.com Chris Lee is a graphic designer and educator based Buffalo, NY, and Toronto, ON. He is a graduate of ocadu (toronto) and the Sandberg Instituut (Amsterdam), and has worked for The Walrus Magazine, Metahaven and Bruce Mau Design. Through the genres of currency and documents, Chris’ research explores graphic design’s entanglement with power, standards, and legitimacy. Chris is an Assistant Professor at the University at Buffalo SUNY; a graphic design research fellow of Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam (2017/18); and a participant of the fifth edition of the Summer University of the Bibliotheque Kandinsky at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

Learn about the diverse professional opportunities that employ the unique skills and talents of RISD graphic designers, and gain insights from the career paths of those who are working in areas including publishing, branding, experiential design, systems design, technology, and wayfinding. Moderated by James Goggin and includes these alumni:

Phoebe Morrison BFA 2017, frog design

Jason Fujikuni BFA 2017, NY Times

Jenn Cash, MFA 2006, Language Dept.

Andy Chen, MFA 2013, Isometric

Philippe Cao BFA 2014, Google

Yolanda Lam MFA D+M 2017, Digitas

If you’d like a pair of eyes on your resumé (or portfolio), come by the GD Commons on Monday, March 11th from 10am until 1pm. GD faculty and graduate students will be on hand to look over your materials in preparation for Design Portfolio Review.

Donuts and coffee on hand.

The GD Senior Show opens Thursday, March 7 at 6pm at Woods-Gerry Gallery. Drinks, snacks and good cheer served. Work for sale. Open until 7:30pm.

Jerome Harris is a graphic designer, educator, writer, and curator. He holds an MFA from Yale University. His exhibition As, Not For: Dethroning Our Absolutes featuring work created by African-American graphic designers during the last century, is currently traveling to design schools throughout the US.

More on Jerome at jwhgd.co

Mindy Seu is a designer working in user experience and interactive design, with a studio practice heavily informed by cybercultural studies. She is currently a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for the Internet & Society (BKC) at Harvard and former fellow at the Internet Archive.

More on Mindy at mindyseu.com