Local Show | RI RISD Alumni Show Tonight
If you’re in or around Rhode Island, come out to the 42 Rice Street Gallery for the opening celebration of The Locals, an exhibition of RISD alumni work from all over the state. The exhibition runs from February 2 to March 1 with a fast paced Crit Night on Wednesday, February 15 from 6 pm [...]
Will Harris | Firefly
Back in February of 2011, Will Harris BFA ID ’10 told us about some of the initial design reviews of Firefly, a project that started in his Advanced Studio Course, Product Design and Development, in the Industrial Design Department at RISD. He contacted us again recently to tell us more about the progress of Firefly [...]
ID Sketching | Michael DiTullo
We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Michael DiTullo, Creative Director of the global innovation firm, frog design, and alumnus of the Industrial Design Department here at RISD, for our ID Sketching Series. From starting his career at Evo Design to developing several product collections at Nike Inc, DiTullo has had extensive experience in bringing [...]
Anson Cheung | IPEVO Perch
During his internship with IPEVO Corporation in Taipei last summer, recent RISD ID alumnus Anson Cheung BFA ID ’11 worked on the concept and prototyping phases of one of their new product lines. The line was designed to aid in new iPad uses via the support of a playful stand. Now, one year later, the [...]
ID Sketching | Erik Askin
Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Erik Askin BFA ID ’10 is currently a designer at Keytech inc., a high-tech product design and applied research prototyping company located in Baltimore, Maryland. As you will quickly take away from the sketches below, Askin is phenomenal at sketching. When laying out my own projects or looking for ideas on [...]
ID Sketching | Oleg Panichev
Oleg Panichev (BFA ID ’11) is a recent graduate of RISD’s Industrial Design program. Below are some recent sketches he shared with us of a motorcycle he’s been ruminating on. More of his sketches can be seen in our previous post on his sketchbook while traveling through Rome in the European Honors Program. Posted by [...]
Soojung Ham | Sabbatical Presentation
Last Monday, Soojung Ham, both an alumnus and member of the faculty in the RISD Industrial Design department, gave a presentation the sabbatical she had taken the previous academic year. Sabbaticals are encouraged among the faculty, as it allows them the time to practice their profession, engaging in their own work, and then the ability [...]
RISD Entrepreneur Mindshare
22 Speakers. 1 Day. Be Inspired. This is the mission proposed by the team behind RISD Entrepreneur Mindshare, a one day event hosted by RISD Career Services Saturday, November 12 in Met Rooms A, B, and C from 9:00am – 7:00pm. Although the event lasts all day, students are encouraged to come in and out [...]
RISD by Design Alumni+Student Sale
Although the weather was blustery and slightly wet on Friday, the clouds cleared and made for a beautiful, sunny day on Saturday — just perfect from the Alumni+Student Sale held on Benefit Street. While many students had booths at the sale, the RISD Industrial Design students by far had the most number of booths. Below are some shots of RISD ID students at the sale and their wares.
Erik Askin | Key Tech
I recently had the opportunity to meet Erik Askin ’10, while he was on campus for the IDSA NED conference. During his time back at RISD he gave a great sketch demo to the sophomore Design Principles class. Askin is currently working as an industrial designer at Key Tech, a design consultancy based in Baltimore, [...]
Sandra Chung | PearsonLloyd
In my recent travels abroad on exchange in Europe, I got to stop by London and speak with RISD Alumnus Sandra Chung (Architecture ’01), who is currently working at PearsonLloyd, a studio designing things from airline interiors too furniture. I asked her a few questions about the company; her opinions on design, and of course [...]
Will Harris | Design that Matters
Currently involved in the MIT Global Challenge, recent alumnus William Harris (BFA ID ’10) is a part of Project Firefly, a project that first got its wings here at RISD. Harris initially got involved in the project as a senior via an Industrial Design Advanced Studio Course titled Product Design and Development. “It was a [...]
Tino Chow | Big New Ideas
Posted by Isaac Blankensmith | Date Posted: 12 January, 2011 During my time on the A Better World By Design Committee this past year, I had the pleasure of meeting many fascinating people, both inside and outside the RISD community. One of these people was Tino Chow ’09, who co-founded the conference and graduated from [...]
Cutter Hutton | Kaiju Studios
Posted by Carly Ayres | Date Posted: 14 December, 2010 I recently had the opportunity to meet Cutter Hutton ’99, graduate of Industrial Design here at RISD. Hutton is one of the principal founders of Kaiju Studios, an industrial design firm here in Providence. Here are a couple of questions we asked him. What led [...]