Extra-Medium Lecture Series | Tim Parsons
This Monday, April 23rd, will be the 11th Extra-Medium Lecture Series out of 13 lectures organized by David Zacher (MID ’12). The event is sponsored both by the Industrial Design and Furniture Departments and will be taking place in the Chace Center Auditorium from 12:00p-1:00p. Tim Parsons is a product designer, writer, and lecturer on [...]
Extra-Medium Lecture Series | Anab Jain
Wednesday, March 20th, will be the 10th out of what has now been updated to 13 lectures, as part of the Extra-Medium Lecture Series run by David Zacher (MID ’12). The lecture will be taking place on the 6th floor of 161 South Main Street from 12:00p-1:00p. Anab Jain, a designer, film maker, and founder [...]
Jonathan Harris | Lecture Tonight!
World renowned artist and digital media maker Jonathan Harris will speak on the importance of storytelling and humanizing technology TONIGHT at 7:30p in the RISD Auditorium. Harris is a true artist and luminary of our time and this lecture is not one to miss! “Instead of fleeing to the forest, we must find humanity in [...]
Ayah Bdeir | RISD on TED
Over wintersession, TED Fellow Ayah Bdeir visited RISD and presented as part of the Extra Medium Lecture Series organized by David Zacher (MID ’12). While visiting, Bdeir talked about the development behind littleBits, a set of electronics as easy to play with as Legos. Following her presentation, Bdeir broke students into teams of two and [...]
Extra-Medium Lecture Series | Microsoft
Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 20th, will be the 9th out of 10 lectures, as part of the Extra-Medium Lecture Series run by David Zacher (MID ’12). The lecture will be taking place on the 6th floor of 161 South Main Street from 12:00p-1:00p. Nic Villar can take a product from idea into production in 24 hours… [...]
Jessica Jackley | Lessons for Entrepreneurs
“Jessica Jackley co-founded KIVA, which has put nearly $300M in the hands of entrepreneurs “in need” in 61 countries. This not for profit, peer-to-peer micro-lending platform has an incredible project failure rate of only 1%. Wanting to reproduce this success in the USA, Jackley went on to create ProFounder to make the process of raising [...]
Furniture Lecture | Arno Verhoeven
Today at 6:30p, there will be a lecture in the Bayard Ewing Building, room 106, as the Furniture Department continues to search for a full time professor. While the department searches to fill a new full0time faulty position, they are hosting candidates who attend critiques and give a lecture during their visit. Tonight’s candidate is [...]
Shared Voices | Kevin Kelly
This Wednesday marks the third and final installment of the Presidential Lecture Series, Shared Voices. Coming to speak in the RISD Auditorium at 7:30pm on March 14th will be Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired magazine and an expert on science, culture, technology, sustainability and the future. As taken from Shared Voices: Among his many current [...]
Glass Visiting Artist | Karen La Monte
The Glass Department will initiate the Spring 2012 Visiting Artists Lecture Series this Wednesday, March 7th with Karen LaMonte. Come and join us for her lecture at 1:10p in the Design Center, Room 212. Posted by Carly Ayres | Date Posted: 05 March, 2012
Extra-Medium Lecture Series | Jessica Jackley
This Thursday, March 8th, will be the 8th out of 10 lectures, as part of the Extra-Medium Lecture Series run by David Zacher (MID ’12). The lecture will be taking place on the 6th floor of 161 South Main Street from 12:00p-1:00p. Jessica Jackley co-founded Kiva, which has put nearly $300M in the hands of [...]
Extra Medium Lecture Series | Thomas Thwaites
This Wednesday, the Extra-Medium lecture series continues with Thomas Thwaites of “The Toaster Project.” There will be a workshop taking place from 11:20am-4:20p in Room 600, with a lecture given in the RISD Auditorium. Check out the poster below for more information and click here to reserve a seat for the workshop, where participants will [...]
Shared Voices | Lisa Randall
Tomorrow, Thursday, February 2nd at 7:30 pm, Lisa Randall, a theoretical physicist and author will be speaking at the RISD Auditorium as part of the Shared Voice lecture series. A researcher in particle physics, Randall is speaking about the significance of her field and science in relation to art and design. Although tickets are sold [...]
Extra Medium Lecture Series | littleBits
This Tuesday, January 31st,at 12:20p there will be another edition to the Extra Medium Lecture Series. Ayah Bdeir will be giving a TedTalk and is looking for prototypes to display using her own version of the electronic Lego set, littleBits. Check out the poster below for more information and click here to reserve a seat [...]
Shared Voices | Juan Enriquez
A week from today, January 5th, will mark the first lecture of the Presidential Speaker Series “Shared Voices“ taking place at the Rhode Island School of Design. Taking the stage will be Juan Enriquez as he speaks on the newest innovations in digital fabrication, building with genes. Some principles of design are timeless, but a [...]
Rare Woods Collection Meeting
This coming Monday, December 5th, there will be an informational meeting hosted by the Furniture Department about the Rare Woods Collection here at RISD. For those of you who are unfamiliar, the Rare Woods Collection is one of the coolest secret attributes of the Rhode Island School of Design. On par with the secret Swarovski [...]
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 [...]
TODAY: Ben Fry Lecture
Ben Fry will be speaking at RISD TODAY, Thursday, November 17th at 6:00pm in the RISD Auditorium (17 Canal Street, Providence, RI). The lecture is free and open to the public. As taken from the EXPspace website: Ben Fry is principal of Fathom, a design and software consultancy located in Boston. He received his doctoral [...]
Extra Medium Lecture Series | CW&T
The third lecture of the RISD Industrial Design Lecture Series will be this Thursday from 12:00p to 1:00p in on the 6th Floor of the ID Building (161 South Main Street). This week Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy will be joining us from CW&T to speak about their Kickstarter project, Pen Type-A. They will discuss [...]
Extra Medium Lecture Series | Best Made
Come hear the founder of Best Made, Peter Buchanan-Smith, speak about adding perceived value to products. The lecture will be Thursday, November 10th from 12:00p to 1:00p on the 6th Floor of the ID Building. Posted by Isaac Blankensmith | Date Posted: 08 November, 2011
Sabbatical Presentation: Soojung Ham
This coming Monday, November 14th, Industrial Design Professor Soojung Ham will be presenting the work she did during her sabbatical in the Tap Room from 12:00p-1:00p. The presentation, titled “Working as a Creative Director at Samsung Electronics,” will give a glimpse into her work with the company and design process, as well as what she [...]
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 [...]
This Thursday: Protomold
This Thursday, November 3rd, marks the first talk of the RISD Industrial Design Department Lecture Series. The lecture will be held on the 6th floor of 161 South Main Street at 12:00-1:00pm. David Zacher (MID ’12) will be the graduate student coordinator of this year’s lecture series, and wanted to pass on the below message [...]
TODAY: Roo Trimble + the Roopod
Join the Electrathon studio and Roo Trimble at lunch time today! Posted by Carly Ayres | Date Posted: 18 October, 2011
Deena Rosen | OPOWER
How design can help save the world: Using behavioral science to motivate people to save energy, save money, and save the environment A talk by Deena Rosen and Jeremy Faro, OPOWER Let’s face it: energy efficiency is not sexy. While many people want to do the right thing and save energy when they can, people [...]